Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Many people still equate SAP with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and other solutions for “inside the four walls” business processes. The reality, however, is that SAP (a Talking Logistics sponsor) has a significant presence in the logistics realm too, and logistics remains an important focus area for the company moving forward.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Read more The post Key Takeaways from SAP Logistics Info Days 2023 appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez. In 2022, having a bit more room to breathe, companies started to reflect on the lessons learned from the previous two years (e.g., we need to make our supply chains more resilient). This year, it seems like companies.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 10, 2021

This week, SAP announced the intention to build business communities to drive improved outcomes. ” The focus is on combining the Ariba Networks, the SAP Logistics Business Network, and the SAP Asset Intelligence Network. SAP’s argument is that the solution benefits 5.5 The post My Response to SAP.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 30, 2025

OMP, like o9 and Kinaxis, benefited from the SAP’s APO migration failure. The game of musical chairs is active as supply chain talent shifts between SAP/Blue Yonder/Kinaxis and o9. The winner in the next three years with the implementation of RISE will be SAP HANA IBP as a system of record. Kinaxis and o9.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Cloud ERP and technology provider SAP SE reported both Q4 and 2024 full year financial performance along with senior executive alignment moves. Q4 and 2024 Financial Performance SAP SE reported both Q4 and 2024 full year performance that was positively received by global financial markets. Gross Profit in Q4 was up 12 percent to 6.9

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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 Matters

MARCH 30, 2025

A recently published report by CIO indicates that more than 60 percent of companies have experienced deviations in budget, schedule, and result quality during their planned migrations to SAPs S/4 HANA Cloud ERP suite. In contrast, just under 30% follow the standard set by SAP and have chosen the public cloud as their hosting option.

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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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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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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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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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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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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 12, 2025

Suppliers using blockchain for supply chains: IBMs TradeLens, VeChain, SAP Blockchain, Hyperledger Fabric What Are Smart Contracts and How Do They Work? Lack of transparency Fraud and counterfeiting thrive in complex global supply chains. Slow dispute resolution Legal battles over contracts delay shipments and payments.

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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

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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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

So, we deploy an agent on an SAP environment. “If you want to digitize decision-making, you need 100% of the information required for a decision to be made available in a normalized data model. We built a technology that allows us to crawl the transactional systems. The agent selectively pushes data to the Aera data model.”

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The SAP staff observes, “The top supply chain optimization priorities havent really changed for decades, even centuries: Make sure customers are happy, increase efficiency and profitability, and balance supply and demand.”[2] ” SAP Explainer, 19 August 2024. [3] ” What is Supply Chain Optimization?

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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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RFgen

DECEMBER 27, 2024

SAP SAP is another major player in the ERP market, known for its focus on end-to-end production visibility and control: SAP S/4HANA: SAPs flagship ERP, S/4HANA, offers a comprehensive suite of tools for managing all aspects of a manufacturing business, from planning and procurement to production and sales.

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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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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics) provided better visibility but lacked inter-organizational trust (meaning companies still had to rely on each others internal data without independent verification) and suffered from vendor lock-in (high switching costs when a company becomes too dependent on a particular software vendor).

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