Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 13, 2023

My first digital supply chain presentation was in Milan at an SAP Insider conference in 2012.) The investments in new approaches and deploying outside-in processes enables quicker sensing and bi-directional orchestration across source, make, and deliver. Traditional planning taxonomies focus on the optimization of functional metrics.

Optimal Sourcing 368

Optimal Sourcing Supply Chain Planning Software Modeling Supply Chain Planning 368

Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Last week, after booking an additional $1B in unexpected supplier costs in the third quarter, the CFO led the company’s focus on restructuring to “support efficient and reliable sourcing of components and internal development of key technologies and capabilities.” These capabilities do not exist at Ford. Conclusion.

Manufacturing Procurement 195

Manufacturing Procurement Supply Chain Design Software Network Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software 195

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. The data is all anonymous, but retailers can look at metrics such as time to fulfill, pack time, conversions, and ship versus pick-up, to name a few, across hundreds of Active Omni customers.

Supply Chain Planning Software 298

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 9, 2013

This research was the backbone of the Supply Chain Metrics that Matter series of reports. Instead, they have measured functional metrics or focused on projects. I believe that customer service is a critical metric and a key element of managing a complex supply chain system. The Building of the Index. Check them out!

Supply Chain Software 210

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 4, 2018

For the past five years, the team at Supply Chain Insights identified Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners by analyzing performance by peer group on the key metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). The project included the centralization of SAP ERP and the augmentation with other software.

Supply Chain Software 34

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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.

Supply Chain Planning Software 210

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Planning 210

Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 4, 2018

For the past five years, the team at Supply Chain Insights identified Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners by analyzing performance by peer group on the key metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). The project included the centralization of SAP ERP and the augmentation with other software.

Supply Chain Software 30

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Talking Logistics

JULY 19, 2013

SAP Announces Second Quarter and First Half Results 2013. Here are some additional details from the press release: Data Services data sets will include mode-specific transportation costs and transit times, facilities cost estimates, demographics, risk metrics, duties and taxes, sustainability metrics and others.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 153

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 26, 2016

The winners drive improvement while posting financial results in the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter ahead of the peer group. A Supply Chain Leader will make progress on both of these key metrics with a very tight and controlled pattern. In my research, Colgate is the consummate example of adherence to IT standardization on SAP.

Supply Chain Design Software 260

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 17, 2013

Source Merriam-Webster Dictionary. The definition is: An adaptive network focused on a value-based outcome that senses and translates market changes (buy- and sell-side markets) bidirectionally with near real-time data latency to align sell, deliver, make and sourcing operations. The acronyms keep coming…. The cadence does not stop.

Supply Chain Design Software 258

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 8, 2016

While ToolsGroup and SAP (with the acquisition of SmartOps) are the nearest competitors, Terra prided itself on delivering better decisions through better math. The Terra solution complimented the functionality of the traditional APS vendors, i.e. Adexa, JDA, Logility, Kinaxis, SAP APO and Steelwedge.

Supply Chain Planning Software 150

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2019

No metric should be measured in isolation, and functional metrics should be replaced with the balanced scorecard metrics shown in Figure 2. To maximize value—price to tangible book, functional metrics need to be reset to focus on reliability. 5 A Focus on Functional Metrics Throws the Supply Chain Out of Balance.

Supply Chain Design Software 207

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 11, 2016

The source of the content is research. In the market there is a clearer understanding that the software planning functionality by Oracle and SAP does not meet today’s business requirements. Oracle and SAP have not been able to bring enough domain expertise to solution development to stay current with the market requirements.

Supply Chain Planning Software 165

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Bristlecone

MAY 21, 2021

Procurement leaders are increasingly turning to SAP S/4HANA as their solution of choice. In October, SAP launched SAP S/4HANA 2020, and while there are numerous features that make S/4HANA stand out from other ERP solutions, what truly differentiates this latest release for procurement is its compelling offering of: Procurement Analytics.

Procurement Analytics 52

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 6, 2015

I think that IBM, HP, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP and Teradata are victims today in the information technology sector. Today, 32% of companies have source, make and deliver reporting to the same organization, and the gaps in alignment between operations and commercial teams are large. I would use SAP APO only as a system of record.

Supply Chain Planning Software 150

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Forecasting Software Demand Planning Software 150

Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 9, 2016

While, in 2012, SAP acquired Ariba. While it is too early to judge the impact of the acquisition strategy on E2open and GT Nexus, it is clear that SAP’s acquisition of Ariba slowed development and innovation. The technology market for B2B supply chain is consolidating. This announcement is consistent with this trend.

Supply Chain Network Software 150

Supply Chain Network Software Prescriptive Analytics Software Supply and Demand Modeling 150

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. Orchestration enables companies to effectively manage trade-offs between source, make, deliver and sell.) Organizations can align to drive value despite the allegiance to functional metrics. Mistake #5.

S&OP 195

S&OP Supply and Demand Procurement Analytics Manufacturing Procurement 195

Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 6, 2013

It senses, translates, and orchestrates market changes (buy- and sell-side markets) bidirectionally with near real-time latency to align sell, deliver, make and sourcing functions. When this happens, there is greater balance between metric trade-offs and resiliency in year-over-year improvements in corporate performance.

Supply Chain Network Software 225

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2017

” At the other end of the continuum is the argument that “ Forecast error is the most important metric to improve.” Test new solutions against the traditional demand sensing providers of E2open (Terra Technology), SAP and ToolsGroup. Three Reasons Why SAP Planning Is a Risk To Your Business.

Supply and Demand 199

Supply and Demand Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Forecasting Software 199

Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 30, 2019

Progress on the key performance metrics of cost, customer service, inventory, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) are going backward; not forwards, for most companies. I also do not know a team that has been successful implementing a solution across make, source and deliver processes without clearly defined goals and process workflows.

Supply Chain Planning Software 186

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

The company leverages globally sourcing strategies to buy products at a lower cost and then deploys some unique process logic to drive mass customization for retailers. Over the period of 2009-2015, only 88% of companies made improvement on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. (As Performance on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter.

Supply Chain Design Software 195

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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? I will let you draw your own conclusions.

Supply Chain Software 150

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 30, 2019

Progress on the key performance metrics of cost, customer service, inventory, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) are going backward; not forwards, for most companies. I also do not know a team that has been successful implementing a solution across make, source and deliver processes without clearly defined goals and process workflows.

Supply Chain Planning Software 170

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 29, 2015

Despite the fact that the cost of memory decreased a million-fold in 55 years, the majority of supply chain solutions use relational databases from vendors like Oracle, SAP or Teradata. Hadoop is an open-source software framework written in Java for distributed storage and processing of large data sets on computer clusters.

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Precoro

JUNE 3, 2025

Therefore, traditional sourcing is often reactive: a procurement manager reviews a purchase request , finds a supplier, negotiates terms, and moves on. Then, create and carry out a specific category strategy through sourcing and contract management. Procurement should act as a translator between business needs and sourcing options.

Manufacturing Procurement 45

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 22, 2015

In a similar vein, SAP Hana has a huge marketing machine behind its launch, but I question if the price is worth the value. While the manufacturing clients that I work with have strong IT relationships with SAP, and HANA is more and more a discussion, I think that we are missing several basic discussions. Priced in RFPs as 1.6M

Supply Chain Planning Software 150

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Supply Chain View from the Field

APRIL 10, 2013

When Coke first started looking at 3-procurement systems, they questioned why they should go out of the current SAP system that was already deployed. The decision was to keep the front end of the system in SAP, and use Coupa for a procure to order part of the P2P process. Deployment occurred December 1, 2012.

Procurement 83

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2016

The network senses, translates, and orchestrates market changes (buy and sell-side markets) bi-directionally with near-real time data to align sell, deliver, make and sourcing organizations outside-in. Don’t expect Oracle and SAP to stand on the sidelines twiddling their thumbs. It will take us awhile to figure it out.

Supply Chain Network Software 186

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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.”

SAP 40

SAP Report Supply Chain Planning Software Predictive Analytics Software 40

Talking Logistics

APRIL 12, 2017

In short, Descartes is among the largest supply chain and logistics software companies in the market today (behind SAP, Oracle, Manhattan Associates, and JDA Software), and one of the first to embrace the network/software-as-a-service model (services revenues represented 97 percent of total revenues in FY 2017).

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 27, 2016

With Infor’s acquisition of GT Nexus, SAP’s acquisition of Ariba and E2open’s acquisition of Terra Technology, it has grown more confusing for the business user. ” Some data needs to move quickly and with high velocity using streaming data architectures, while other data sources can move in batch processes.

Supply Chain Network Software 150

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 5, 2019

And while each market can be unique, we found a few repeating themes in our own experience and from sources including Gartner and our customers Procter and Gamble (P&G) and Cipla Medpro. It included an advanced planning algorithm, a self-tuning forecasting engine, SAP ERP connectors, and S&OP capabilities.

Supply Chain Planning Software 159

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Supply Chain Insights

AUGUST 29, 2017

It matters not what your metric is, you get the same results: too much of our trade spend goes down the drain, doesn’t it? And we’re off to the races to identify the source and promotion involved. Bang…deduction!

Supply Chain Planning Software 95

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Enterra Insights

JULY 27, 2021

Businesses need to: Drive planning processes that strive to reduce emissions and satisfy demand with sustainable, ethically-sourced supply. 3] Richard Howells, “ Sustainable Supply Chains: Balancing the Bottom Line and the Green Line ,” SAP News, 17 May 2021. [4] ’ This is true of a sustainability initiative.

Supply Chain Design Software 100

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Supply Chain View from the Field

JUNE 10, 2014

The DRL is a rigorous metrics-based assessment of the value of data in various states of readiness. The aggregate change in DRL associated with a piece of data from raw input signal to finished product will contribute to the characterization of a given analytic flow in terms of accuracy, efficiency, and other performance metrics.

Analytics Software 89

Analytics Software Procurement Analytics Supply Chain Software Analytics 89

Unleashed

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

If you’re looking into ERPs, you’re likely to come across providers like SAP, Sage, Infor, Netsuite and Microsoft Dynamics 365. Include metrics to measure success, like the accuracy of demand forecasting, revenue growth, and customer experience. Instead, Target chose to use a new system (from SAP) to speed things up.

Supply Chain Planning Software 98

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Supply Chain Insights

AUGUST 3, 2017

The only real problems they had outside of vying with their competitors were helping their accounting folks in the home office locate the source of deductions that were not obviously linked to the promotion plans; and heck, that wasn’t their problem anyway, right? It was a tedious effort, but, overall, rather easy. Ah, those were the days!

Vendor Strategies 110

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