As interest in cloud computing grows, so do the number of applications that companies are moving off premises and onto hosted platforms. Sales and operations planning (S&OP) isn't immune to the trend as firms strive to integrate their sales, marketing, finance, operations, supply chain, and manufacturing functions into fine-tuned machines that work well together.
In his recent opinion post, Why S&OP Belongs in the Cloud, Glen Margolis, founder and CEO of business planning solution provider Steelwedge, says the cloud helps companies achieve the organizational agility necessary to "quickly recognize, recalibrate, and respond to shiftin...