ITP: TACTICAL PLANNING, EFFECTIVE EXECUTION - PART 2.: MANAGING THE INTEGRATED TACTICAL PLANNING PROCESS

摘要

The quorum managing Integrated Tactical Planning will vary from company to company, and by size and industry type, so this section uses generic roles. Each of the four major elements of planning execution requires at least one formally defined role to identify and manage changes to plans inside the planning time fence as follows: Figure 4. shows how each of the roles and responsibilities interact. The objective is to ensure the many potential influencers for each element are channelled through a small number of key roles, and thereby managed effectively. The senior role for governing this element is the demand manager. In smaller companies the demand manager may also be responsible for demand planning and control. In larger companies responsibilities might be split into demand manager, demand planner, and demand controller. However the demand controller aspect of the role is the most important here. It is the responsibility of the demand controller to be 'all over' the difference between incoming sales orders and the progression to meet the monthly forecast/demand plan. They play a pivotal liaison role in identifying and managing potential abnormal demand, and liaising with Order Entry and Order Promising, Supply Chain, Production, Distribution and so on, to fully understand the impact and what can be done about getting back on track.