Sales & Operations Planning has emaerged as an essential set of management tools in this age of global operations, supply chains that extend half a world away, and increasingly demanding customers. Its primary component - Executive S&OP - has rightfully been called "top management's handle on business." The mission of this book is to tell the busy executive what he or she needs to know about Executive S&OP. Written in clear, understandable language, this book can easily be read in the course of an evening or two - or on a plane ride from Chicago to L.A.