AI Augmented S&OP: Everything Manufacturers Need for Planning
ASCM Twin Cities Webinar
August 11, 2026
11:00am-12:00pm

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Introduction
Do you have a strong cross-functional Sales & Operations Planning process? Do you trust the data behind your planning decisions? Do you have sufficient data to do robust shop planning? Do you follow the monthly cadence of S&OP?

If the answer to these questions is not a resounding yes, your team is most likely in firefighting mode all the time, reacting and not planning. You probably rely on constant heroics from your team, which is beginning to show signs of burnout.

Does it take too much effort to organize information to conduct S&OP?

If you've ever struggled with conflicting numbers, limited visibility into future demand and capacity, spent days pulling together information for planning meetings, or relied on spreadsheets and tribal knowledge to make critical business decisions, this webinar is for you.

Join us to learn how manufacturers are moving beyond Excel and disconnected data to build an automated S&OP process. We'll cover practical steps to get started, explore available automation options for S&OP, and walk through a live demonstration of the state-of-the-art.

We'll also share a real-world customer case study, the impact on their shop KPIs, and lessons learned from manufacturers that have successfully modernized their planning processes.

About our Speaker, Vivek Saxena, CEO, FactoryTwin

Vivek founded FactoryTwin after 30 years in manufacturing with a mission to simplify factories and unlock productivity. FactoryTwin is a factory intelligence platform, based on Digital Twin and AI technologies. Data diagnostics and cleansing are included in the platform. FactoryTwin is helping manufacturers gain vast efficiencies by exploiting the data their factories already have in multiple online and offline formats using advanced analytics. The platform won the prestigious National Science Foundation award for Small Business Innovation Research.

Vivek enjoys helping manufacturers achieve step improvements in key business metrics (e.g., on-time delivery, revenue, profitability, cash flow).

Previously, Vivek held a variety of roles, such as Chief Engineer, Plant Manager, Supply Chain Director, and GM at Pratt & Whitney; Vice President & Practice Leader at ICF Aviation; President & CEO at Mooney Aircraft. He holds a PhD in Applied Math from the University of Cambridge (UK).

About FactoryTwin
FactoryTwin is a factory intelligence platform powered by Digital Twin and AI technologies. By connecting & curating IT, OT, offline & tribal knowledge into a unified view, we transform disconnected data into predictive and prescriptive insights that improve revenue, profitability, cash flow, and on-time delivery by double-digits. Backed by NSF-funded R&D and designed for rapid, low-disruption implementations, FactoryTwin has already helped dozens of manufacturing teams move from data to decisions.

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