S&OP: Sales and Operations Planning
RCCP: Rough Cut Capacity Planning
MRP: Material Requirements Planning
Sales & Operations Planning
Process to support business leaders making decisions on topics such as balancing demand plans with supply plans, making adjustments in execution, introducing new products and phasing out of old products, and so on.
Order to Cash (Cycle)
Time from order receipt to fulfillment and cash inflow. Shortening cycle aims at improving cash flow position and usage, increasing customer satisfaction and overall operational efficiency.
Cash to Cash (Cycle)
Time period spanning over cash out to suppliers to cash in from customers, thus measuring how cash is tied from production into sales.
Rough Cut Capacity Planning
Planning over longer term in order to balance required and available capacity.
End to End (Planning)
Involving the entire supply chain processes, information flows and execution activities. Such visibility avoids siloes and spans over demand and design, through production and distribution, to delivery and after sales service.
Material Requirements Planning
Plan and manage procurement and scheduling of materials needed for production; ensure material availability in quantity and timing, optimize inventory levels, reduce stockouts.