Logility

APRIL 27, 2021

Running a complex, global enterprise from one large suite of seamlessly integrated applications is a powerful vision, and SAP has done well to implement this vision. It’s important to know the dangers behind SCM-to-SAP integration, and how to avoid them. SAP ERP-to-SAP SCM Standard Integration.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 15, 2015

The goal of this blog is to help business users maximize their current SAP Investments in a time of change. While the name of SAP’s Supply Chain Planning suite has changed to SCM7 (the old name was SAP APO), the gaps are glaring. For SAP users, it is the best and a much needed system of record. Reflections.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 20, 2014

Competition : The aggressive marketing of the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) vendors introducing planning suites (led by SAP with a product named SAP APO) took the market off course. It did not matter that most of them had integrated to SAP suites for over a decade. During this time, I worked for Manugistics. Study Results.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The decision to re-platform SAP ERP and focus on implementing HANA/Rise, is an opportunity. If you agree with this statement, SAP Planning as a system of insight is not for you. However, SAP supply chain planning is an excellent system of record. Note: What-if analysis is not a strength of SAP planning. You need both.

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Logility

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

SAP IBP is a powerful tool that brings together all the elements of large organizations, including supply chain management, sales, finance, and operations, into one integrated platform. By consolidating data from multiple sources, SAP IBP allows organizations to gain a clear understanding of their supply chain and demand planning processes.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 4, 2023

That was the opening question in a recent LinkedIn Live event produced by SAP titled “The Future of Logistics, NOW.” Andy Hancock from SAP was. What are some big trends in the logistics industry that are not only having an impact today but will continue to shape the future of the logistics industry moving forward?

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The combination of supply chain planning and real-time visibility can lead to bigger benefits than either can provide alone.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 21, 2020

In a freewheeling discussion at the ARC Industry Forum in Orlando, I spoke with Richard Howells, Vice President Marketing Digital Supply Chain at SAP about the trends, customer expectations, the challenges, and imperatives of digital transformation in the supply chain.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 24, 2023

For the past two weeks, SAP (a Talking Logistics sponsor) has been using AI and a human artist “to turn. ​​Every Friday on Talking Logistics I share news headlines related to supply chain and logistics. What if I fed those news headlines into a generative AI engine to create images? What would they look like?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 8, 2024

KRONOS Worldwide implemented SAP’s ERP to gain more central control and streamline operations. Memsud Musabasic, a director of global distribution, joined KRONOS in 2019 to support the objectives and leverage SAP to drive value across all supply chain layers including physical distribution network, planning and execution layers.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 13, 2024

My takeaway is a serious concern by attendees on the impact of SAP RISE on global supply chains. Definition: “The RISE with SAP offering includes an AI-powered cloud ERP that’s managed and optimized by SAP. SAP is the maestro of charging customers for software upgrades. It was painful. I listened.

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Supply Chain Brain

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

SAP SE, an application software company, announced the availability of SAP Product Footprint Management, a solution that lets companies calculate carbon footprints for their products and improve sustainability across their supply chain.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

What does an investment in SAP mean for a company? SAP means many different things for different people. An investment in SAP ERP improves transactional effectiveness in order-to-cash and procure-t0-pay. However, the investment in SAP planning, a product termed APO, can often take a company backwards.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

. “At the Digital Supply Chain event at SAP. ” When I asked the question, I got an answer from LinkedIn that the research focused on digital maturity with SAP. The research is generated by SAP. The research is generated by SAP. ” My question is, “What is a digitally mature company?

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 29, 2024

Does anyone really think that the Oracle SCP solution is stronger than SAP’s? For example, those that actively read my blog, know that I frequently take issue with SAP, but seldom with Oracle. Many technologies (I count six) are missing, and most of the ratings are just wrong. The reason?

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IT Supply Chain

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

By Charles Smith (pictured) Sales Executive, Absoft The post The Value of a Personable Approach to Managed Service for SAP appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Bristlecone

AUGUST 22, 2024

SAP selected Bristlecone as its trusted partner to provide ongoing support and maintenance for Ariba Cloud Integration (CI-9), Ariba Integration Toolkit (ITK), and SAP Business Suite Add-On for Ariba Network (BSAO). Our team of experts is ready to provide the support and maintenance you need to keep your systems running smoothly.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 12, 2014

Yes, I know that SAP bought Ariba, and that they are hard at work on the integration of SAP APO, SNC and the Ariba business network. However, it is important to note that SAP is trying. I just do not see that it will be a viable alternative in the short-term. e.g., …less than five years.)

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Talking Logistics

MAY 19, 2023

I also spent a busy two days at SAP Sapphire earlier this week (stay tuned for my takeaways). As you read this, I’ll be on a 6-hour drive back home, after driving 6 hours yesterday to pick up my oldest son from college. Needless to say, I’ve logged a lot of steps and miles the.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 1, 2014

3) SAP Stumbles and Then Succeeds. SAP is an innovation copycat in the supply chain space. This is especially true of large technology vendors like IBM, Oracle and SAP. New technologies JDA kinaxis llamasoft logility Oracle SAP' The forced HANA rewrite of APO will open up the market to new technology providers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 23, 2023

I attended the SAP Spend Connect Live conference in Vienna, Austria a couple weeks ago. This user conference focused on SAP’s spend management and business network solutions. If the supplier does not know what their emissions are, artificial intelligence can be employed by the SAP Spend Control Tower solution to estimate the emissions.

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IT Supply Chain

OCTOBER 2, 2023

By Dan Barton (pictured) COO & co-founder, BluestoneX The post SAP Master Data Management: Solving the Dirty Data Dilemma appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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IT Supply Chain

JUNE 25, 2024

By By Erik Kaminski (pictured) Feature Article Writer The post Migration to SAP S/4HANA: How Automated Tools Can Save The Day appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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IT Supply Chain

AUGUST 7, 2024

By Eilidh Semple (pictured) Senior Account Manager, Absoft The post The Costs of Doing Nothing: Why Outdated SAP Systems are a Risky Business appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2023

Over the last seven years, the failure of the SAP APO migration to SAP IBP and the general deficiencies in ERP planning solutions gave headwinds to the best-of-breed supply chain planning market. Could SAP mobilize to redefine the space? I fear we are losing a basic understanding of supply chain planning with employee turnover.

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RFgen

APRIL 19, 2024

SAP-run businesses face more challenges than ever. One of these technologies has traditionally been the SAP Warehouse Management, or WM, module. What is SAP EWM? What is the difference between WM and EWM in SAP? SAP WM is for simpler warehouse operations than EWM. EWM can be deployed as a standalone component.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 26, 2023

Last week I was at the SAP Sapphire conference, and this week I was at Manhattan Associates’ Momentum 2023 conference. It’s been a busy two weeks of traveling, learning, and networking. I’ll share my takeaways from both events in upcoming posts. Sneak peak: AI and sustainability were big topics at both.) I’m looking forward to.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

The most common questions include: What should I do about the discontinuation of SAP APO in 2025? Should I migrate to SAP IBP? Over 50% of these business users have SAP as the backbone ERP system. For example, there are very few planning pilots where Oracle or SAP beat the competition on capabilities.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Shell operates as a single-instance of SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). The Company implemented SAP Advanced Planner and Optimizer (APO) including the standard functionality of Demand Planning (DP), Supply Network Planning (SNP), and Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling (PPDS), yet many planners also used Excel.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

” Same for SAP HANA. My Point of View (POV) is that the best use case for SAP HANA is the in-memory capabilities for repetitive work. My question, which was unanswered, was, “How does using a different relational database platform improve the outcomes even if it is fast and in the cloud?”

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

SAP and IBM failed the market. The recent gains in market share of Kinaxis, o9, and OMP are largely due to the failure of SAP to drive thought leadership in planning. The sunsetting of SAP APO and the deficiencies of SAP IBP is an issue in the face of disruption. Private Equity M&A.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 27, 2022

(For example, I am working with a client that has deployed Ariba from SAP, GT Nexus from Infor, Everstream, and Project 44. In contrast, SAP touts an integrated cloud-ready portfolio that includes predictive analytics, automation, and IoT capabilities. When asked how to drive interoperability, I replied, “There is no good template.

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AIMMS

JANUARY 9, 2018

Besides AIMMS, we had started implemented SAP. Within SAP, there is also a solution called S&OP. So I had to justify why we needed AIMMS instead of using this SAP solution. Rather than a standard solution from SAP, which could be tweaked according to our requirements but never to the same extent AIMMS could be.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

SAP/HANA is used as their key enterprise application. At the end of the day, when the stores close, the sales are posted to SAP. A product’s minimum order quantity is stored in the SAP application. For A101 that backbone consists of SAP/HANA, their warehouse management system, and Solvoyo. What comes next?

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 11, 2021

My first calls were with with Descartes and SAP. I had interesting conversations with Jackson Wood- director of industry strategy for global trade intelligence at Descartes, and Linda McKee – director of solution management for global trade services at SAP. Both are leaders in this market.

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