This is a short primer booklet (only 34 pages and priced accordingly) that provides a brief overview of Sales & Operations Planning and what it takes to implement or improve an existing process. It is written specifically for stakeholders who don't have time or interest in reading a full book on the subject. The author uses the booklet for stakeholder education and project teams involved in an S&OP effort. The primer contains several graphical illustrations and covers implementation steps, the 8 levers for S&OP performance, roles & responsibilities, IT options, reports and tools, KPIs, change management, and more. The primer also contains a download link for a free S&OP improvement tool. An in-depth "how to" implementation manual with several associated templates is coming soon by this author. Please refer to the Nexview website for an advance abbreviated free download and to keep in touch on that.