ISG S&OP Series | Episode 3 – Supply Planning: Making Continuous Real

→ Watch Episode 4: Supply Chain Technology, Complexity vs Confidence

The issue usually isn’t supply planning.
It’s how quickly the plan stops matching reality.

You can build detailed supply plans and run plenty of scenarios. But when constraints shift and disruption is constant, static plans stop being usable and teams fall back into firefighting.

If any of this feels familiar, your supply plan isn’t staying real long enough to drive decisions:

1. Plans are outdated as soon as they’re published
2. Constraint surprises force last-minute expediting and reallocations
3. Teams replan constantly, but decisions still lag behind events
4. Trade-offs between service, cost, and capacity aren’t visible fast enough
5. Operations loses trust because the plan doesn’t reflect reality

More replanning won’t fix this. Continuous, constraint-aware supply planning will.

What you’ll learn:

• Why static supply plans break under constant disruption
• How constraint-aware planning improves responsiveness and reduces firefighting
• How leading teams turn scenarios into executable supply decisions

Featuring:

Robert Kugel, ISG (Executive Director):
highlights why traditional supply planning cycles struggle when disruption and constraints change day to day.

Kevin Bromberg, Board (Enterprise Account Executive, S&OP):
explains how leading teams make continuous supply planning practical, so plans stay executable as conditions shift.

Next episode:

Episode 4: Supply Chain Technology, Complexity vs Confidence

Or explore the series:

Episode 1: The Missing Orchestrator
Episode 2: Demand Planning, From Forecast to Foresight
Episode 5: Integrated Business Planning and AI, The Confidence Multiplier