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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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

JUNE 21, 2023

I ask, “What happened to the better design of supply chains and the bi-directional orchestration of constraints across source, make, and deliver outside of lead time (the tactical horizon)?” 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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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. The translation of ripple effects of short supply, pricing, quality issues, and freight shifts affects how to source, make, and deliver processes should align.

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ToolsGroup

JANUARY 13, 2021

We’ve found our customers are urgently seeking ways to better plan around supply chain demand volatility and improve how they source materials and products from suppliers. Supply chains will get more regional and focus more on alternate sourcing/ substitution options.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 29, 2015

It’s also a big reason why SAP and Descartes formally announced their partnership this morning focused on TMS connectivity (attendees of Descartes’ user conference last month were given a sneak peak of this announcement). Where to Find Supply Chain Innovation (Source: Adelante SCM). Where to Find Supply Chain Innovation.

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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? The source of data for this blog comes from market triangulation. Over 50% of these business users have SAP as the backbone ERP system. Should I migrate to SAP IBP? Relationships matter.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Shaun has the courage to closely examine SAP’s market claims. Shaun debates the launch of DDMRP in SAP. It is not easy to take a contrarian approach against the big marketing machine of SAP. I am working with a client now that has run out of patience with SAP APO. I admire Shaun. They hate contrarian views.).

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ToolsGroup

JULY 11, 2019

According to Inbound Logistics , there are three main sources of supply chain complexity: meeting the needs of customers, globalization, and internal pressures. DCH then generates statistics that weight different data sources according to the level of accuracy they contribute. Franke was facing all three. million SKU-Markets).

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 25, 2021

Supply chain disruption has many sources: tariffs and trade disputes, natural disasters, pandemics, economic uncertainty and cybersecurity attacks. There won’t be a new normal, just new sources of disruption, from weather to government policies to industry conditions. Price fluctuations and sourcing issues.

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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

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Definition of Form and Function of Inventory: Source Supply Chain Insights. 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. Many companies with strong SAP investments are uncertain about the best next steps.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 15, 2017

Many of the clients I work with are nervous about SAP APO’s transition and the evolution of SAP’s supply chain planning solutions. The supply chain technology market is in transition. Over the last three decades, the market weathered consolidations, mergers and technology shifts. They are looking for alternatives.

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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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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] ” Sourcing optimization. ” SAP Explainer, 19 August 2024. [3]

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ToolsGroup

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Source: Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference. ToolsGroup’s SO99+ was tapped due to its advanced planning algorithm , a self-tuning forecasting engine, SAP connectors , MS Azure support and S&OP capabilities. It also exchanges data with various distributor ERP systems, P&G’s SAP ERP system, spreadsheets and other sources.

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Or as Shaun Snapp wrote recently in a blog entitled How Real is the SAP Machine Learning and Data Science Story , “SAP makes it sound like machine learning works like Skynet from the movie Terminator. Machine learning offers a unique insights on understanding many sources of data and inferring outcomes.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 24, 2024

B2B and ERP Cloud based software provider SAP SE has announced the launch of a 2024 corporate restructuring program. Specifically stated: “ In 2024, SAP will further increase its focus on key strategic growth areas, in particular Business AI. A further component of the operating profit goal was a reported €0.5 That remains to be seen.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 30, 2023

acquired by SAP). The company centralizes data from multiple sources to manage inventory, simplify change management, and improve data quality. Richard previously founded and led Factory Logic, Inc.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Facilities sourcing and construction contracting were centralized in the procurement department. Prior to Mr. Moore’s arrival, BU had put in the full SAP spend management suite, formerly called Ariba. With SAP, they got the great majority of their addressable spend – representing 100s of millions of dollars – under contract.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 14, 2023

Linda McKee, the director for global trade services management at SAP, expressed the idea this way, “I don’t think we currently have any real standard global trade scenarios. At SAP their solution is developed by their governance risk and compliance team. Every customer seems to want to manage them differently.”

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 23, 2024

The most interesting thing that Blue Yonder is doing from an OMS standpoint is driving promising and pre-sourcing to retailers. SAP SAP showed off Joule, its generative AI assistant. And if they are not, the retailer can look at alternative sources that aligns to their goals. The first was around inventory management.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 24, 2020

There is no network capable of connecting sourcing, logistics, manufacturing, and distribution together in the market today. As a new analyst, I was part of a team studying the evolution of value networks. At one time, there were more than 200, then consolidation happened, and the number became 112. Here are some rules of thumb: 1.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 14, 2018

I am speaking to companies that are being held hostage to SAP HANA upgrades with 70% cost overruns and 60% time schedule expansion. Similarly, SAP Ariba frustration is mounting in the market. Yet, the IT team is still mandating SAP standardization. For many, mandating SAP is job security for the IT implementation team.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

EDI is too cumbersome, and SAP Ariba’s focus, despite the marketing hype, is primarily on managing indirect spending. (My The SAP acquisition of Ariba slowed innovation and the purchase, and then the failed promise of investment in Crossgate was disappointing to SAP supply chain business users. There is hope.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 8, 2023

Botha does a lot of supply chain planning work implementing SAP supply chain solutions. The problem was that when the planning solution spit out recommendations, and someone in sourcing or someone on the factory floor looked at those recommendations, they just did not believe them.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 6, 2018

However, companies like JDA, Logility, Oracle and SAP are hamstrung by software maintenance upgrades, promises to customers and evolution. One of the largest blights in the market is the SAP evolution of APO and the lack of clarity of the roadmap. Today, the client-server technology vendors are moving to cloud-based deployments.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 13, 2021

There won’t be a new normal, just new sources of disruption, from weather to government policies to industry conditions. Don’t expect to plan for every disruption; instead, develop a strategy to overcome supply chain disruption, regardless of the source. Price fluctuations and sourcing issues. Trade disputes and tariffs.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 30, 2020

They are seldom cross-functional to optimize source, make, and deliver together. As warehouses fill with the wrong products (items ordered and sourced before the shutdown), companies will scramble for outside warehouses and container storage. Supply Chains to Admire Analysis for the Pharmaceutical Industry.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

The technology group wanted to implement SAP IBP, and the business leaders were resistant. The advancements in analytics–open-source, cloud, internet-of-things (IOT), and cognitive computing–are very promising. Successful network design strategies are holistic crossing the boundaries of source, make and deliver.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

While many companies attempt to improve the response by being reactive on traditional data sources, this is not the answer. One of Mary’s other competitors is implementing SAP HANA and a packaged order-based forecast technology and is struggling to read the market. In short, today’s supply chain world is a gloppy mess.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Cloud based ERP and supply chain technology provider SAP SE has announced another Executive Board level executive departure. I recognize my behavior at that moment did not reflect our values at SAP. Our readers will note that the Ariba by SAP procurement sourcing and transactional platform is a part of SAP BTP.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 26, 2023

Demand sensing involves the use of the external data sources – particularly the latest sales and market data – to improve short-term forecasting and then be able to use that improved understanding of consumer behavior to improve their supply planning. These codes were put into SAP after an order cut had occurred.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The team is waking up to realize SAP APO for supply chain planning is being sunsetted. Worried by the risk of technology obsolescence, the team is looking for a replacement for SAP APO. SAP has given mixed messages on the life of SAP APO in the market.) Their goal is to find a replacement. This includes.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 24, 2018

Together, we are testing use cases combining cognitive computing, blockchain, open source analytics, and Internet of Things (IOT). Many companies make the mistake that yesterday’s technologists–JDA, Logility, Oracle, SAP– are good business development partners to define the “art of the possible.”

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Taulia

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

­Driving decarbonization with technology In 2023, the SAP CPO Think Tank community has been closely examining how companies can accelerate supply chain decarbonization. Companies can pull in master and transactional data from SAP S/4HANA Cloud and integrate supplier data and third-party sources.

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Alloy

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Get full visibility with SAP and Alloy together Problems like stockouts and excess inventory continue to present a major challenge for every brand selling into retail. Today we’re excited to announce that our Alloy Intelligence application is now available on SAP® Store, the online marketplace for SAP and partner offerings.

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