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Finished product planning is a key business process for companies. It is about finding the balance between service levels and cost, and is therefore critical for the success of the company. In this paper the structure of the problem will be analysed and compared with literature about sales & operations planning as well as ERP solutions. In the analysis general process logic will be contrasted with idiosyncratic characteristics of the individual company. The use of different kinds of information will be discussed, in combination with the formal sign system of the computer and the social sign system of human communication.

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    Coen Suurmond

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    Boris Shishkov

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Suurmond, C. (2017). Why Plan?. In: Shishkov, B. (eds) Business Modeling and Software Design. BMSD 2016. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 275. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57222-2_3

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