Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights a published advisory regarding an announced software maintenance price increase planned for SAP on-premise customers. Robert Holland, Vice President and Research Director for the SAP Insider organization recently published an advisory: SAP Increases Pressure for On-Premise Customers.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

In this Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech update, we highlight SAP SE’s announcement of Joule , a natural-language, generative AI copilot. The technology will ultimately be embedded into various SAP Cloud based applications including those supporting supply chain management.

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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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Bristlecone

APRIL 22, 2020

Bristlecone S/4NOW for CPG is Now an SAP-Qualified Partner-Packaged Solution for SAP S/4HANA. Deploy SAP S/4HANA in as few as four months – at a fixed scope and price. As a result, S/4NOW jump-starts SAP S/4HANA deployments to deliver rapid time-to-value without sacrificing the ability to make necessary customizations.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 18, 2023

The Supply Chain Matters blog provides highlights and perspectives regarding SAP SE’s 2023 annual Sapphire and North America ASUG customer conference held this week both as an in-person and live streamed event. In the press and media event, SAP senior executives indicated that upwards of 80 generative AI use cases are being considered.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 24, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights of B2B, and ERP Cloud based software provider SAP SE’s formal reporting of Q4 and fiscal full year 2023 financial performance. SAP CEO Christien Klein noted in the company’s reporting that: “ SAP has delivered: We met or exceeded our outlook for 2023 in all key metrics.” billion to €7.9

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ThroughPut

JUNE 19, 2023

By integrating with SAP S/4 HANA, SAP Data warehouse cloud and SAP ERP software, the SKU Rationalization solution by ThroughPut.ai can optimize the product mix to generate rapid free cash flow improvements for SAP customers. cohort and an SAP Partner listed on the SAP Store. ThroughPut.ai ThroughPut.ai

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 28, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters commentary, we highlight SAP SE’s rather positive Q3-2022 financial performance and what is likely ahead. Investors were additionally pleased in that in July, SAP announced its second stock buyback program, with a purchase value of upwards of €500 million euros, which was completed in early September.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 15, 2015

I am writing this blog post in the air, sitting in seat 4c, somewhere over the Midwest en route to Philadelphia. The goal of this blog is to help business users maximize their current SAP Investments in a time of change. The goal of this blog is to help business users maximize their current SAP Investments in a time of change.

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Bristlecone

JUNE 18, 2020

SAP NS2 and Bristlecone have partnered to provide supply chain process optimization for customers in aerospace, defense and similarly regulated industries. The SAP NS2 IBP solution meets the compliance requirements for International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). Interested in evaluating this solution for your business?

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 18, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters blog we provide highlights and insights regarding SAP SE’s 2022 Sapphire ASUG Now customer conference held last week in Orlando, Florida. . Enterprise Cloud software provider SAP SE conducted its 2022 North America Sapphire Now customer conference last week. More on that later in this commentary.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 15, 2015

I am writing this blog post in the air, sitting in seat 4c, somewhere over the Midwest en route to Philadelphia. The goal of this blog is to help business users maximize their current SAP Investments in a time of change. The goal of this blog is to help business users maximize their current SAP Investments in a time of change.

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ToolsGroup

JANUARY 26, 2016

Many are wondering if SAP HANA will be a good in-memory computing platform for capturing the data that will feed processes such as supply chain planning. At ToolsGroup we have moved forward across multiple fronts, including a partnership with Retail Velocity (a leading DSR) and a certified interface with SAP ERP on the HANA platform.

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o9 Solutions

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The discontinuation of support for SAP APO (Advanced Planning and Optimization) is right around the corner. As we’ve discussed in previous blogs, thousands of companies are facing this looming decision. Integration challenges As mentioned earlier, upgrading to SAP IBP is not a simple 1:1 swap from APO. View Whitepaper.

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Bristlecone

JUNE 29, 2021

The SAP S/4HANA manufacturing suite is a powerful, end-to-end suite of solutions that enables intelligent manufacturing and supply chain processes from design to operations. SAP S/4HANA facilitates seamless planning of manufacturing operations from material requirements to inventory management.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 10, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog continues with our annual listing of our most read blog commentaries that were published and of keen interest to our readers during the year 2021. For these reasons, we elected to expand our profile from ten to the top twenty-five blogs of most interest in the prior year. The Countdown of Most Read.

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Bristlecone

JUNE 1, 2021

SAP Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) is a leading warehouse solution, widely used to assist large and medium-sized warehouses with complex processes. The initial versions of SAP EWM were available as separate standalone applications on the SCM server until 2016. This offering is positioned to replace SAP LE-WM.

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Bristlecone

MAY 4, 2020

Enables disrupted supply chains to start running SAP IBP in a matter of weeks (includes limited-time SAP IBP offer). Combines procurement tools and deployment expertise to improve sourcing processes (includes limited-time SAP Ariba offer). SAP BASIS DIAGNOSTICS. Optimize Existing SAP Installations. Learn More.

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Bristlecone

MARCH 13, 2020

With Bristlecone AribaRDS (Rapid Deployment Solution), mid-market businesses can transform global sourcing, gain visibility, reduce cycle times and start achieving procurement savings with SAP Ariba Sourcing in as little as six weeks with minimal downtime. In the meantime, learn more about our SAP Ariba Capabilities and Bristlecone AribaRDS.

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Bristlecone

JANUARY 15, 2021

Before SAP S/4HANA Accruals Management, automating the management of the entire accruals and deferments process was a near impossibility. SAP S/4HANA 1909 includes the following features: Accrual engine posting line items are stored only in ACDOCA. The post Purchase Order Accruals in SAP S/4HANA appeared first on Bristlecone.

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Bristlecone

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Have you hesitated to start the all-important transition from SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA? Bristlecone S/4NOW Conversion helps businesses overcome these challenges and accelerate conversions from SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA. Highly skilled functional and technical experts with rich SAP S/4HANA experience.

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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).

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Before reading this post, consider reading my prior blog post, Don’t AI This. ” 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 question in my mind is, “Will we drive substantial improvement in outcomes? Or transform work?”

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Bristlecone

JULY 26, 2021

Kunal Waghmare, Practice Director, SAP Planning. The post Experience SAP IBP with Supply Chain Gamification appeared first on Bristlecone. For ages, human beings have learned, understood and appreciated new concepts and tools using three primary methods, largely depending on the context and our stage in life.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2023

As you read this blog, I hope that you will see me as a positive contrarian versus an old curmudgeon. 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. As I listen, I struggle.

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o9 Solutions

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Then I thought about a conversation I had with Simon Ellis, Program Vice President at IDC around the topic of SAP APO and old refrigerators. During our discussion we delved into the analogy that SAP APO is like an old refrigerator. Each one gets me to an outcome, but how do I know which one is the best? In fact, you should be excited.

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RFgen

JUNE 19, 2019

Migrating to SAP S/4HANA? For IT professionals using SAP in the supply chain, S/4HANA could mean big changes – but not necessarily for enterprise mobility. You’ve probably been hearing a lot about SAP’s next-gen ERP suite: SAP S/4HANA. SAP has its own reasons for deprecating these older systems.

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RFgen

JUNE 19, 2019

For IT professionals using SAP in the supply chain, S/4HANA could mean big changes – but not necessarily for enterprise mobility. You’ve probably been hearing a lot about SAP’s next-gen ERP suite: SAP S/4HANA. SAP has its own reasons for deprecating these older systems. SAP S/4HANA is the future.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 12, 2017

The blog post, What About Them Apples , raised a lot of heated discussion on LinkedIn. There were two great blog posts on the topic of DDMRP on Linkedin last week. Shaun has the courage to closely examine SAP’s market claims. Shaun debates the launch of DDMRP in SAP. Quite the dust-up… Why? I admire Shaun.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 27, 2023

This week, enterprise software provider SAP SE reported both full year and Q4 2022 financial performance , which included an announcement of corporate restructuring. SAP closed 2022 with a reported Cloud backlog of €12 billion, up 24 percent at constant currencies. percent of the company’s global workforce. Operating Margin of 15.1

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 24, 2014

“I read your blog, and was struck by some of your comments on Forbes,” stated the email. ” Since more and more equity groups are reading this blog, and sending me questions, this post is for them. I think that SAP has great talent to write software, but their current focus is on the analytics technology market.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 1, 2015

Several good friends in consulting roles are sharing information on SAP HANA from SAP Insider; and this morning, LLamasoft announced the acquisition of the LogicTools assets from IBM. SAP: Will Hype Translate to Hope? SAP: Will Hype Translate to Hope? My advice for mainstream SAP users is to use caution.

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

In this blog I want to debunk just one of those messages -- that machine learning is a universal problem solver -- You just turn it on and it addresses your supply chain planning needs. One of our recent blogs described the difference between traditional statistics and machine learning ( Click here to read the blog).

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 14, 2023

The Supply Chain Matters blog features our April 14, 17, 2023 edition of This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech , a synopsis capsule of noteworthy supply chain management focused technology news. It is based on the RISE with SAP offering provided to large businesses. This column publishes when tech news cycles warrant.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 22, 2022

Supply Chain Matters highlights enterprise systems and supply chain software technology provider SAP SE ’s most recent report of Q2-2022 and half-year financial performance, along with added perspectives for this tech provider’s supply chain management focused customer community. SAP elected to exit its business operations in the region.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 3, 2013

The blogs, social media networks, and pundits are whirring with predictions and accolades. The company partnered with SAP to launch a product offering, SAP Supply Chain Response by icon-scm, in 2010. The founders bet the future of the company on the SAP partnership. SAP is betting on the Ariba platform.

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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. SAP released an S&OP solution using HANA in 2011.

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