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Partners in Planning – December 2026
Topic to be decided | Mechelen | 3 December 2026 Partners in Planning Partners In Planning is a collaborative learning network designed to connect planning professionals, managers, team leaders, and key stakeholders from sales and operations who are eager...
Partners in Planning – September 2026
Topic to be decided | Online | 24 September 2026 Partners in Planning Partners In Planning is a collaborative learning network designed to connect planning professionals, managers, team leaders, and key stakeholders from sales and operations who are eager to...
Partners in Planning – June 2026
The Future of Planning | Online | 12 June 2026 Current definitions of planning focus on using math to predict future outcomes, assuming that the future is predictable and that teams are clear on desired outcomes. But what happens when both assumptions are...
Partners in Planning – May 2026
Trust the System: From Task to Help | Mechelen | 7 May 2026 A planning tool becomes a help — not a task — when it saves time, supports better daily decisions, and makes work easier for the people who use it. In this event we will discuss what builds trust...
Partners in Planning – November 2025
Should Energy Set the Pace? | Mechelen | 20 November 2025 In many companies, supply chain and energy procurement still operate in silos. Yet when planning needs to balance service, cost, and inventory, energy can play a decisive role in the cost equation....
Partners in Planning – September 2025
Building a High-Performance Supply Chain: Lessons from Arxada’s Rapid Evolution | Online webinar | 25 September 2025 Join Randall Willis, VP of Supply Chain at Arxada, for a behind-the-scenes look at one of the most impressive supply chain turnarounds in...
Partners in Planning – May 2025
Do’s and Don’ts in Digital Transformation | Mechelen | 15 May 2025 Digitizing the supply chain promises efficiency, transparency, and cost savings — but a successful transformation is no easy feat.What pitfalls should you avoid? What truly works in practice?Our...
Partners in Planning – November 2024
Linking Planning to Operations | Mechelen | 21 November 2024 Partners In Planning is a collaborative learning network designed to connect planning professionals, managers, team leaders, and key stakeholders from sales and operations who are eager to broaden their...
Next part of the MPS toolkit: Link S&OP to MPS
Next part of the MPS toolkit: Link S&OP to MPS I regularly get questions on how the different planning levels link: why do we do S&OP if we don’t “use” it on MPS level? Or, if we do ‘use it’, how can we then link it to the planning run on item level? And how...
Next part of the MPS toolkit: The “Demand – Supply – Inventory graph”
Next part of the MPS toolkit: The Demand – Supply – Inventory graph We are very eager to take you to the next part of the Master Production Schedule toolkit: the graph that shows the demand, supply and inventory. Before we start, let’s recap In one of the last blogs,...