Asset utilization is a major mid-term lever to increase shareholder value creation. Since rough-cut planning of capacity (dis-)investments is performed at the long-term level, detailed timing of adjustments remains for the mid-term level. In combination with capacity control measures, capacity...

A challenge for car manufacturers is to adjust rapidly and efficiently the production capacities with a volatile market demand and despite distant suppliers. In this paper, we consider a sales and operations planning problem based on the actual situation of Renault, a French global automobile...

Sales and operations planning (S&OP) is a key business process to match customer demand with supply capabilities in the medium term. Coordination mechanisms play a pivotal role within S&OP to align business strategy and operational planning as well as the involved business functions and supply...