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.

Optimal Sourcing 169

Optimal Sourcing Manufacturing Procurement Supply Chain Planning Software Agile and Lean Supply Chain 169

Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

As Allyson presented her story of working for multiple consumer products companies, with very advanced technologies (demand sensing, advanced automation of forecasting, data lakes and descriptive analytics), she spoke of why at the end of the day, the most important technology that she uses is Excel. The question is, “Why?

Optimal Sourcing 217

Optimal Sourcing Analytics Software Procurement Analytics Supply Chain Planning Software 217

Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 15, 2015

However, in the polling data in the APICS webinar, we found that over 70% of the respondents had deployed solutions from the ERP-expansionists (either SAP or Oracle). Today, SAP and Oracle have market share dominance; however, the data is clear. The SAP and Oracle analyst relations groups are big machines. It is complex.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 7, 2018

Or agreement on the definition of supply chain excellence. As a result, functional excellence anchors action. The focus is on digitization—automating today’s processes—versus rethinking process excellence based on the art of the possible. We are driving functional excellence and incrementally. (To Moving Forward.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Avoid implementing Aera on top of an existing SAP APO implementation.) Initially, the output was published to procurement to design strategic buying strategies. Procurement: Purchase price variance and procurement cost. (Baseline demand reflects market potential.) Start small and test and learn. Over time, this changed.

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Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply and Demand Procurement Analytics 278

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 Planning Software Modeling Optimization Software SAP 212

Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

In a development similar to buying your first colour TV (yes my dear daughter, we watched black & white telly) or the first microwave cooker, I have finally bought a Smartphone. No, not me and the new Smartphone but you Mr. CEO; you and your Supply Chain IT purchases. By the way, I have purchased the same Smartphone for my wife.

Eliminating Excel in Purchasing 178

Eliminating Excel in Purchasing Supply Chain Software Procurement Solutions Supply Chain Strategy 178

Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 3, 2018

Through digital marketing, small brands are cropping up all over, and it is sentiment analysis and digital content driving purchases. Instead, companies need to build it into digital process redefinition like digital path-to-purchase, digital procurement, digital agriculture, digital manufacturing or digital service.

Supply Chain Design Software 152

Supply Chain Design Software Manufacturing Procurement Network Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software 152

Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 12, 2022

At Dow, Mr. Baker had Purchasing experience in raw materials, and logistics for their plastics supply chain. S&OP is the key process in effectively balancing supply – what can be made – with demand – what customers want to buy. This replaced an Excel based, part-by-part approach.

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Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Planning Procurement Solutions Scenario Planning 200

Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

The third issue is the lack of understanding that global processes–to maximize the economies of scale in transportation and material buying–need strong governance. Without this discipline, the global organization cannot actualize buying power in procurement or lower costs and improve costs/customer service in transportation.

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Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Scenario Planning 150

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

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 kept pressuring this client to use their channel data locked into the Excel files in their sales account teams.

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Bristlecone

MAY 31, 2020

NEW SAP-QUALIFIED PARTNER-PACKAGED SOLUTIONS. Bristlecone has introduced several new fixed-price, fixed-scope offerings for SAP products across supply chain planning, procurement and execution. Procurement Center of Excellence creation for discrete manufacturer. Application support and monitoring for corporate apparel leader.

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Supply Chain Insights

JANUARY 18, 2018

Here are my predictions for 2018: Supply Chain Excellence as We Know It Is Redefined. Supply chain excellence definitions evolve as companies explore the Art of the Possible. We are moving out of the era of functional integration of transactional workflows. Confluence of Technologies. Fines and penalties will increase.

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Prescriptive Analytics Software Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Predictive Analytics Software 197

Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 11, 2018

While there is much hype on DDMRP and the use of orders as a proxy for demand, companies need to remember that orders carry latency: they are out-of-step with market purchase behavior. The transformational wave is slowly transforming the automotive industry from a focus on selling “rides” versus the purchase of an automobile.

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Supply Chain Movement

JULY 21, 2016

there are three options: to set to work with excel, to develop one’s own solution or to purchase an off-the-shelf tool. Excel is an indispensable tool in sales & operations planning (S&OP), or at least that could be one conclusion based on the statistics. The Netherlands is far from an exception in terms of Excel use.

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Supply Chain Planning Software Forecasting Software Demand Planning Software Modeling Software 60

Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 18, 2019

Dependency on Excel. Due to the shortfalls in the evolution of Advanced Planning, 68% of business users use Excel spreadsheets as the primary mechanism for planning. This is especially true for processes dependent on the ERP-based solutions from Infor, Oracle and SAP. Driving supply chain excellence is a balancing act.

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S&OP Supply and Demand Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software 176

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.

Prescriptive Analytics Software 150

Prescriptive Analytics Software Supply Chain Network Software Supply Chain Design Software Analytics Software 150

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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Inventory Reduction Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Inventory Management Software 150

Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 3, 2013

While there is work within SAP to rethink SNC and use the assets purchased with Ariba to build multi-tier capabilities, the progress is not encouraging. the company is owned today by 20 organizations representing manufacturers, distributors, hospitals and group purchasing organizations (GPOs). Marketplace Rebirth.

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Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Procurement Analytics Manufacturing Procurement 253

Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 4, 2018

At the time, the company started internal discussions on re-footprinting the organization and deploying SAP across manufacturing centers. The project included the centralization of SAP ERP and the augmentation with other software. The total cost of ownership analyzes the total costs of the buying decision.

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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 8, 2019

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. A simplistic view is that supply chain excellence is the trade-off of cost, inventory and customer service. The River of Demand. #3

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Supply Chain Insights

AUGUST 11, 2017

It is obvious that the level of domain expertise and knowledge has contributed to a new class of trade promotion execution; and I have sympathy for the manufacturers who will be making decisions about TPx solution purchases in the next few years. They will undoubtedly be taxed in their effort to choose the right solution. User Interfaces.

Vendor Strategies 110

Vendor Strategies Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Analytics Software 110

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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S&OP Supply and Demand Supply Chain Planning Software Analytics Software 100

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.

Supply Chain Software 150

Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Network Software Manufacturing Procurement Supply Chain Planning Software 150

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? Lora thinks that we are never too old to learn or to push for excellence.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

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). We have built transactional buying relationships. Yes; someday it will happen, but not any time soon.

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Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Network Software 286

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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Supply Chain Software Eliminating Excel in Purchasing Procurement Sourcing Strategies 52

Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 12, 2019

This team was working on quality improvements and found that the flows crossed 117 disconnected documents in access, excel, and google analytics. Most deployments focus on functional excellence–manufacturing, transportation, customer service or procurement. Process gaps are larger in companies greater than 5B$ in annual revenues.

Prescriptive Analytics Software 173

Prescriptive Analytics Software Manufacturing Procurement Procurement Analytics Analytics Software 173

Supply Chain View from the Field

JANUARY 14, 2015

They have been touted as the key to manufacturing excellence and supply chain integration… But what is the real ROI on ERP system implementation? Our research also found that organizations selecting a large provider (SAP) had improved outcomes relative to users of Oracle, other ERP systems, and no ERP system.

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Manufacturing Procurement Negotiating Skills Purchasing Skills Procurement Analytics 60

Unleashed

AUGUST 11, 2020

Digitising processes provides transparency of these operational processes and will deliver reliable data, allowing manufacturers to make more effective business decisions to maximise productivity and drive operational excellence. Unleashed Software’s Business Intelligence tools are a case in point.

Manufacturing Procurement 89

Manufacturing Procurement Inventory Management Software Supply Chain Planning Software Forecasting Software 89

SCMDOJO

JUNE 21, 2023

Companies with advanced supply chain practices excel in delivering quality third-party logistics management, SKU optimization, efficient transport management, and swift handling of B2B/B2C shipments. allowing them to shift their focus towards core activities like market share and product management. Why outsource Demand Planning?

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ivalua

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Maverick buying . Fit for Purpose’ buying channels with guided buying . The way how these needs are managed are defined as buying channels. Buying channels take into account different product characteristics (e.g. Buying channels take into account different product characteristics (e.g. drives cost savings.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 29, 2017

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. Each had invested in multiple forms of Supply Chain Operating Networks (Many-to-many business networks are often termed Supply Chain Operating Networks.) Improve the Possible.

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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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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2017

Most demand planning happens in Excel Ghettos not in the expensive technologies implemented in 90% of manufacturing companies. Test new solutions against the traditional demand sensing providers of E2open (Terra Technology), SAP and ToolsGroup. Demand latency is the time from channel purchase to translation into an order.

Supply and Demand 156

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