Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

On Friday, I presented an overview of outside-in planning to a consulting group. Over the next five weeks, seventy business/technology and consulting leaders will complete the course. When implemented in an organization, we add customer service (orders shipped complete and in full). I love the questions when I present.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 15, 2021

The good news is that you don’t have to—even if you have hundreds of legacy systems and ERP instances across your company. This typically uses multiple disconnected algorithms and optimisation engines, along with dozens of ERP instances and systems. Eliminate the tremendous costs of maintaining and migrating the current ERP monolith.

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Logility

JUNE 22, 2021

a leader in supply chain innovation powering the sustainable and resilient enterprise, will discuss how to tackle ERP limitations during its upcoming webinar, Collaboration, Intelligence and Connection: Going Beyond ERP to Maximize Supply Chain Value. ATLANTA – June 22, 2021 – Logility, Inc., The session begins at 11 a.m.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 23, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights of B2B, and ERP Cloud based software provider SAP SE’s formal reporting of Q1-2024 financial performance. Bob Ferrari © Copyright 2024, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. The headlines included: Quarterly Cloud revenues of €8.04 All rights reserved.

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Logility

OCTOBER 6, 2023

And those that leverage on-demand services provide secure access to scalable, high-performance environments available around the globe. This structure can be a huge win for your IT teams focused on managing their core business devices and services. Is Logility a trusted cloud service provider?

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SCMDOJO

DECEMBER 14, 2023

It makes the job of getting goods and services easier. Task-Specific Services: Primarily involved in tasks like supplier identification, negotiation, and quality control. Comprehensive Services: Offers a broader range of services, including market research, logistics coordination, and risk mitigation.

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Logility

AUGUST 24, 2023

This is where production planning software excels over enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. Although ERP systems often offer production planning capabilities, the plans they produce don’t always reflect your company’s constraints. Better production planning will also help you improve customer service levels.

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SCMDOJO

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

It guarantees the smooth movement of commodities, services, and financial resources, enabling businesses to flourish in cutthroat markets. Hire any of them as your supply chain consultant and see the difference! Effective supply chain management is essential for success in the dynamism and connectivity of modern companies.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Most of the time, implementing Advanced Planning Systems, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), and Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) increases the bullwhip impact. I struggle to find any consultants who are experienced enough with demand modeling to help. In the sessions, the learning is intense and profound. The reason?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 15, 2018

CIOs are rebranding as Digital Innovation Officers, and consultants are knocking down doors to sell digital innovation projects. Consultants are rebranding traditional processes and technologies as digital innovation. This is a tough transition for conventional ERP, APS and consulting companies. Sort fact from fiction.

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Supply Chain Insights

JANUARY 18, 2018

Consultants and technology leaders are rebranding under a “digital umbrella” without clear definition. Manufacturers and retailers are bundling goods and services to drive solutions. The Supply Chain Moves to Non-ERP-Centric Architectures. Cloud and machine learning enables applications to be less ERP-centric.

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Logility

AUGUST 31, 2023

In most cases, their legacy ERP or supply chain solutions cannot support the real-time, frequent forecasting and inventory planning needed to get ahead of margins pressures, rising costs, and shifts in consumer demand. Kelly-Moore achieved 20% less overstock and avoided $1 million in purchase orders after reallocating sundries.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 15, 2024

Q3 Fusion Cloud ERP (SaaS) Revenue of $0.8 billion, up 18 percent in both USD and constant currency Q3 NetSuite Cloud ERP (SaaS) Revenue of $0.8 Bob Ferrari © Copyright 2024, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. Q3 Cloud Revenue (IaaS plus SaaS) of $5.1 All rights reserved.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 29, 2014

They are precipitated by a strategic relationship between a consulting company and the executive team. The consulting team pitches a theme–vision of supply chain best practices, big data analytics, or demand-driven value networks– to the executive team, and a new project is initiated. But, did it add more value?

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The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Marty is the Chief Commercial Officer of Ruan Transportation , a transportation company providing Dedicated Contract Transportation, Managed Transportation, Value-added Warehousing, and Brokerage Support Services. Preferably, these services are integrated, or “bundled” together by the provider. About Marty Wadle.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 27, 2022

The promise of a well-intended consultant just sounds sooooooo good. At each company, there is a relationship between the metrics of growth, margin, inventory, customer service, and asset strategy. True leaders top the chart on the balanced scorecard of growth, inventory turns, operating margin, ROIC, and customer service.

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SCMDOJO

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Supply chain management professionals know the essentiality of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP): these software systems automate everything from procurement, inventory, and financials, as well as assist with customer relations and human relations. We’ll discuss everything you need to know about this powerful consulting strategy.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Mainly under the guidance of consultants, supply chain leaders try these new concepts in hype cycles. I see the packaging of traditional technologies into new programs by consultants to drive and accelerate spending. The net result? Year-over-year, millions of dollars in programmatic spending with questionable value. How can this be?

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RFgen

JANUARY 18, 2024

TL;DR: This article provides a comprehensive guide on migrating to a cloud-based ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) solution. It covers the importance of cloud ERP in modernizing business processes, offering increased flexibility, scalability, and cost-effectiveness.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

While supply chain leaders give lip service building networks, nothing evolved. While all ERP providers failed, SAP was the market share leader.) Consultants Failed to Deliver Value Through Software Models. Software and consultant business models do not support the development of software. The reason? The takeaway?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

Integrating ERP with TMS and WMS in Logistics! The implementation of an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system can be a challenging undertaking that has repercussions for a wide range of the company’s operations. Any significant effort requires a detailed and well-planned ERP implementation strategy. Discovery And Planning.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Additionally, the tight integration of ERP to APS (Advanced Planning) makes the system nervous and throws supply chain results out of balance, increasing the bullwhip impact. Here are my thoughts: Self-service Planning for Use by Business Leaders. The problem with supply chain planning is that it is, by definition, not repetitive work.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 26, 2020

3rd party logistics services include 5 major categories: 1.) Special Services. Robert Cadena is the Co-Founder and CEO of Lean Staffing Solutions, which provides operational, marketing, sales, and technology services to the logistics and transportation industry. Special Services. Transportation Services.

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ivalua

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Asian Paints selected Ivalua because of their ability to deploy quickly, support all spend categories, easily integrate with existing ERP systems and meet their unique industry requirements. said Girish BS, Managing Director of Durvah IT Consulting. “It billion ($2.2

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 20, 2014

Integrated Planning: Tight Coupling of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) to Supply Chain Planning (SCP). The term integrated planning, as used in this blog, defines the relationship between Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP ) and Supply Chain Planning (SCP). (It Hoax: An act intended to deceive or trick. Was it intentional?

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

In parallel, Enterprise Resource Planning(ERP) providers introduced a new hype cycle. Termed ERP II by Gartner, the concept of integrated planning with tightly coupled ERP to Advanced Planning Systems (APS) could drive higher value. In my opinion, in this journey, industry analysts and consultants were complicit.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 18, 2018

In the last year, she worked with three consulting companies. Each recommended a supply chain planning system tightly integrated to Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) along with collaborative planning with sales in Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP). In contrast, the design of ERP-based systems is functional efficiency.

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AIMMS

MARCH 2, 2021

Districon is a consulting company that brings the power of optimization and analytics closer to supply chain processes. During the webinar , we showcased an AIMMS-based application developed by our consultants at Districon. How can an AIMMS app connect to source systems, like an ERP? How can you get data visibility?

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Unleashed

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Rolling out new ERP software is a big project. So, as you set out on your own ERP implementation journey, what are the risks and challenges you should be aware of – and try and mitigate? So, as you set out on your own ERP implementation journey, what are the risks and challenges you should be aware of – and try and mitigate?

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ivalua

JUNE 29, 2021

Modern businesses are now challenged to rethink traditional methods of paying suppliers globally via their ERP and look towards more digitized and seamless payments that are tightly connected to the procure-to-pay process. In a recent study of european suppliers, 65% felt that late payments are putting their company at financial risk.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 23, 2024

In this special edition of Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Technology , we provide a follow-up on a prior announcement of added capabilities being planned for Amazon Web Services, Inc. © Copyright 2023, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. AWS) Supply Chain. All rights reserved.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 12, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters commentary, we focus on enterprise Cloud infrastructure, Cloud ERP and SCM software applications technology provider Oracle ’s latest report of fiscal Q3 financial results for the period ending on February 28. Cloud services and license support revenues of $7.6 billion and growing at a 30 percent rate.

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QAD

APRIL 2, 2020

QAD is pleased to announce the availability of QAD Adaptive ERP 2020, the latest version of QAD’s flagship next generation ERP solution that includes the Adaptive User Experience (UX) and the QAD Enterprise Platform. QAD Adaptive ERP 2020 Highlights. Other QAD Adaptive Applications Highlights.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 17, 2024

Supply Chain Matters highlights an announcement from ERP and Cloud applications technology provider SAP SE regarding two changes in this provider’s Executive Board. The Announcement Last week global based ERP , B2B and Cloud applications technology provider SAP announced two changes to the company’s Executive Board. Stay tuned.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

In this special edition of Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech , we highlight significant B2B supply chain platform and control layer announcements that are coming forth from prominent ERP and enterprise software providers at a particularly rapid rate. Other ERP and Tech Vendor Announcements. Oracle B2B Commerce.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 5, 2021

Despite the significant amount of effort involved in going from running a business on Excel spreadsheets to implementing an enterprise resource planning (ERP), they are very grateful that their efforts to improve their supply chain agility were underway when the pandemic hit. Partly this involved consulting around the layout of the warehouse.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 2, 2016

The technology market for new Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is drying up. Excess ERP consultants line the bench. With rising labor rates in Asia, the drivers for Indian IT services are in question. In my coverage of the supply chain market, here are my lessons learned: Consulting companies should not sell software.

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