Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 3, 2013

SmartOps was purchased by SAP. If you do a google search, you will find lots of accolades and positive press on the acquisition of SmartOps by SAP, but the Shaman is a skeptic. SmartOps entered the supply chain optimization market in 2000 and became an SAP partner in 2006. Failure of the SAP Partnering Ecosystem.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

At the time, DuPont, now acquired by DOW, boasted externally on internal adherence to SAP standardization for decision support. Demand latency is two-eight weeks delayed from consumption purchase to translate to an order. I give you this evidence in this blog.). Let me explain. My challenge? Measure it. Mistake #4. Mistake #5.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 21, 2015

Since the last report, Kinaxis successfully launched an IPO on the Toronto Stock Exchange, E2open launched an IPO and then went private with a buy out by Insights, IBS and Steelwedge sought new rounds of capital, and WAM Systems and Acorn Systems have new owners. Evolution of S&OP Options for SAP. A planner is not a planner.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 3, 2015

Executive, after executive, lament, “They have purchased many technologies and sponsored many projects to reduce inventories, but they are not seeing results.” The companies with the greatest market share—Oracle and SAP—have the weakest references. As a result, buyers should buy based on today’s functionality.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 16, 2015

Despite numerous acquisitions and product development efforts, SAP and Oracle are much larger industry giants. In 2014, SAP posted revenues of 19.5B$ and Oracle with 38.3B$. On August 13th, Infor announced the intent to purchase GT Nexus for 675M$. SAP and several other companies passed on the opportunity.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 13, 2015

Today, 7% of order and purchase order flows move through business networks. ” Smiling and nodding in agreement, he said, “ It is frustrating,” He continued, “Why is SAP not doing more with Ariba? She also actively blogs on her Supply Chain Insights website, at the Supply Chain Shaman blog, and for Forbes.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

View all Infosys blogs. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions. In my previous blog , I had talked about the Cash on Delivery payment option. Layaway: • The customer selects the product that she wants to buy. Pharmaceutical and Biotech.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

So, I thought that I would write a blog to answer what seems like a simple question. They excel in the four Ps of marketing. In contrast, a market-driven organization connects bidirectionally market-to-market to orchestrate the signals to shape demand and mitigate risk (buy-side to sell-side and back). I could not. Absolutely!

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2019

This blog post formed in my head as I worked with clients this month. The focus is on the role of supply chain finance in driving supply chain excellence. The design of the conference includes tours of several modern warehouses and centers of excellence. ————————-.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 15, 2016

Is it a coincidence that process industry leaders have standardized on SAP and blindly followed the SAP IT-centric definition of supply chain automation without holding SAP accountable to build effective supply chain solutions for the extended value network? In 2004 Compuware purchased Covisint. The solution failed.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2017

This was the subject of my last blog post, Upending the Apple Cart. In this blog post, I believe that we must start by examining the apples. Most demand planning happens in Excel Ghettos not in the expensive technologies implemented in 90% of manufacturing companies. Recently, I wrote a blog post on upending the apple cart.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 26, 2019

The Internet was still in its infancy (it had about 100K hosts connecting roughly a million people), the Macintosh Portable was released (weighing 16 pounds and costing $6500), and Microsoft Excel (a mainstay of S&OP) was just four years old. Dependency on Excel. That doesn’t mean buying the first shiny thing you see.

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HICX Solutions

MAY 13, 2020

“No one ever got fired for buying IBM,” so the saying goes, meaning it’s generally safer to go with a household name when you’re in the market for new technology. And given the speed of technological development, is buying a procurement suite really the ‘safe’ option today?

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Bristlecone

OCTOBER 23, 2019

This year’s Customer Excellence Award for Best Supply Chain Transformation goes to Ferrara Candy – for making incredible strides in its digital transformation journey amidst a string of M&A activity that continues to add extreme complexity to Ferrara’s global supply chain. Ferrara has come a long way since its founding in 1908.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 29, 2014

The second generation of solutions were built and marketed by Enterprise Resource Planning technology companies like SAP and Oracle. By purchasing planning and transactional systems for a common vendor, they had one throat to choke and they were familiar with the architectural elements. In this blog, I hope that I push you too.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

APRIL 30, 2012

View all Infosys blogs. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions. We are familiar with the concept of buying online books, electronic goods, gift articles, apparels. But do we purchase grocery online (excluding the perishables) in India.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 29, 2017

Let me start this blog with a story. Examples include E2open, Elemica, GT Nexus (now owned by INFOR ), and SAP Ariba. As shown in Figure 2, few orders and purchase orders flow hands-free. I believe that Supply Chains build economies and save the planet. It is about value creation. Investments in ERP are not the answer.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 27, 2022

”[1] A nationally-focused study published by SAP Canada and IDC Canada concluded, “Digital transformation will be the most valuable business investment Canadian companies can make as they enter 2022.”[2] ”[7] Digital twins allow companies to leverage “try it before you buy it” decision-making strategies.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JANUARY 13, 2013

View all Infosys blogs. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions. It is generally recommended that you plan critical products and components in SAP APO [or an APS system] and non-critical products and components in SAP ECC [or the respective OLTP system].

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

View all Infosys blogs. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions. Guest Post By Bob Ferrari, Executive Editor, Supply Chain Matters blog. Pharmaceutical and Biotech. Public Sector. Publishing Resources Industries. Business Services. Islamic Banking.

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ivalua

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Maverick buying . In the blog, I will share ten best practices that any organization can adopt when implementing or improving their P2P practices. Fit for Purpose’ buying channels with guided buying . The way how these needs are managed are defined as buying channels. Claims & disputes . drives cost savings.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

DECEMBER 18, 2012

View all Infosys blogs. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions. Bob Ferrari, the Executive Editor of the Supply Chain Matters Blog, and a periodic guest blogger on the Infosys Supply Chain Management blog. Pharmaceutical and Biotech.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

APRIL 8, 2014

View all Infosys blogs. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions. Cloud Simple meaning of Cloud in context of SMAC is using software applications as a service without buying them. New application purchases are being evaluated to be cloud deployable.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JANUARY 31, 2012

View all Infosys blogs. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions. In his previous blog , my colleague Amit Ambekar had talked about various payment types such as Cash on Delivery, Layaway and Buy Now Pay Later. Supply Excellence.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

DECEMBER 9, 2011

View all Infosys blogs. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions. Some enable a buy-online-in-store-pickup approach while a few expand their reach to include home deliveries and the usage of dark stores. The entire blog can be accessed here.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JANUARY 10, 2013

View all Infosys blogs. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions. For more insights into the need to innovate supply chain and how goals translate into business and technology needs, read my latest 2-part blog series in Supply Chain Matters.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Each blog post written is distributed into groups that reach the supply chain community as well as professionals in manufacturing, transportation, distribution, and more. Today’s post is a follow up blog post to the post written a week or so back called “Vendor Managed Inventory Model for Supply Chain Cost Reductions.”

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

View all Infosys blogs. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions. In my previous blog , I had highlighted various mobile payment options and their importance in retail industry. Supply Excellence. Business Assurance: Supply Chain Blogs.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

View all Infosys blogs. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions. For example, an internal social media application can help the purchasing team collaborate more effectively with the payables team. Supply Excellence. Procurement Blog.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

<Bear with me… > Here I share a nine-step process in an attempt to help companies unravel the process for buying supply chain planning software. They center on how to make a good decision in the purchase of supply chain planning solutions. Most have purchased software, but are dependent on Excel spreadsheets.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

View all Infosys blogs. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions. One of the ways by which E-Retailers are attracting people to buy on the net is by offering Cash on Delivery (CoD) payment option. Great blog Ramesh. Public Sector.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

DECEMBER 29, 2011

View all Infosys blogs. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions. Supply Excellence. Business Assurance: Supply Chain Blogs. Procurement Blog. Pharmaceutical and Biotech. Public Sector. Publishing Resources Industries. Islamic Banking.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

View all Infosys blogs. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions. Supply Excellence. Business Assurance: Supply Chain Blogs. Procurement Blog. Pharmaceutical and Biotech. Public Sector. Publishing Resources Industries. Islamic Banking.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 20, 2014

The term integrated planning, as used in this blog, defines the relationship between Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP ) and Supply Chain Planning (SCP). (It 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.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Many teams will fight to gain recognition that anything which is not labeled SAP or Oracle will be good for the supply chain. This issue is that the orders have inherent order latency (The time for customer purchases to translate to manufacturing orders). CRM and SRM are not the enterprise adapters to build value networks.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

MAY 25, 2012

View all Infosys blogs. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions. « How to make Preventive Maintenance a way of life in SAP APO Support Projects - Part 2 | Main | Multi - channel commerce in Europe - the next frontier for Retailers?

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

DECEMBER 29, 2011

View all Infosys blogs. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions. » The Real Headline for the 2011 Holiday Buying Season- Need for Balancing Retailer Online and Fulfillment Process Investments. Pharmaceutical and Biotech. Public Sector.

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