Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

. “At the Digital Supply Chain event at SAP. ” When I asked the question, I got an answer from LinkedIn that the research focused on digital maturity with SAP. The research is generated by SAP. The research is generated by SAP. ” My question is, “What is a digitally mature company?

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

There are three reasons why: Vertical excellence—having the best manufacturing, procurement or transportation function—has not worked. What does an investment in SAP mean for a company? SAP means many different things for different people. Can you help us with what you see in the data?” ” Yes, I said.

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ivalua

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

John Cockerill was looking for a unified end-to-end spend management platform to be deployed across 4 business units in 22 countries, helping to reduce administrative tasks for the buyers, improve the fluidity of the procurement process and optimize collaboration between internal stakeholder and suppliers in a highly secure environment.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

FDAs Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) and global standards like ISO 20400 for sustainable procurement are driving companies to adopt blockchain for improved compliance and accountability. ERP & SCM Systems (2000s2015): Centralized ERP suites (e.g.,

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 15, 2015

The goal of this blog is to help business users maximize their current SAP Investments in a time of change. While the name of SAP’s Supply Chain Planning suite has changed to SCM7 (the old name was SAP APO), the gaps are glaring. For SAP users, it is the best and a much needed system of record. Reflections.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 15, 2015

The goal of this blog is to help business users maximize their current SAP Investments in a time of change. While the name of SAP’s Supply Chain Planning suite has changed to SCM7 (the old name was SAP APO), the gaps are glaring. For SAP users, it is the best and a much needed system of record. Reflections.

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The SAP staff observes, “The top supply chain optimization priorities havent really changed for decades, even centuries: Make sure customers are happy, increase efficiency and profitability, and balance supply and demand.”[2] ” SAP Explainer, 19 August 2024. [3] ” What is Supply Chain Optimization?

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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. Don’t run a selection process through procurement or finance. The reason? Analyze what is working and what is not.

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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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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 3, 2013

In the height of the e-commerce craze, the marketplace offerings started with a focus on e-procurement. The widely-held view was that the e-procurement market would fuel the next generation of marketplace applications. The rebirth of marketplace offerings is not on the back of e-procurement or ERP. The debates were heated.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 3, 2013

The company partnered with SAP to launch a product offering, SAP Supply Chain Response by icon-scm, in 2010. SAP company passed on a thirty-day period of first refusal to acquire the asset allowing the purchase by E2open on July 31st, 2013. The founders bet the future of the company on the SAP partnership.

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Taulia

MAY 14, 2025

This on-demand SAP Taulia webinar dives into the growing trend of supplier-driven early payment requests and what it means for procurement leaders. The post The Shift to Supplier-Driven Early Payments: What Procurement Leaders Need to Know Webinar appeared first on Taulia.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 19, 2024

Most of the network investment is in passing procurement transactional data. In contrast, Infor bought GT Nexus, Kinaxis purchased MPO, SAP purchased Ariba, and Trimble purchased Transporeon. Most is silo’d. Many systems without interoperability. Purchase order data, while not as important, has the smallest gap.

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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 became an island–isolated from the demand signal except for MRP. Procurement: Purchase price variance and procurement cost.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

In 2017, a strategy consultant was hired to do a top-to-bottom assessment of the Boston University procurement program. Randall Moore was hired as the new chief procurement officer in May. Facilities sourcing and construction contracting were centralized in the procurement department. What SAP is doing is great!

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Those without any chutzpah define the “supply chain” as an organizational function that focuses only on distribution, manufacturing and procurement. Last week, I was with a client that is working with SAP to run their supply chain planning system, SAP APO, on SAP’s HANA platform. I asked them “Why?”

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RFgen

DECEMBER 27, 2024

SAP SAP is another major player in the ERP market, known for its focus on end-to-end production visibility and control: SAP S/4HANA: SAPs flagship ERP, S/4HANA, offers a comprehensive suite of tools for managing all aspects of a manufacturing business, from planning and procurement to production and sales.

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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). The Network Effect in Supply Chain and Logistics. The Rise of Supply Chain Operating Networks.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

At Cerasis we work with our shipper customers who procure items every day and have needs for inbound freight management as they secure those products from their vendors. Increasingly, as we work with procurement folks at these companies, we are hearing that technology for better communication and to create more efficiency.

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ivalua

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Food service leader digitizes procurement to drive efficiency, transparency and effective supplier management as it accelerates global expansion. JFC leverages only best-in-class processes and technologies, with its full operational procurement system used over the years to support its rapidly growing store network in the Philippines.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 6, 2018

However, companies like JDA, Logility, Oracle and SAP are hamstrung by software maintenance upgrades, promises to customers and evolution. One of the largest blights in the market is the SAP evolution of APO and the lack of clarity of the roadmap. Today, the client-server technology vendors are moving to cloud-based deployments.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 30, 2023

acquired by SAP). LeanDNA is a cloud-based supply chain execution platform that helps discrete manufacturers digitally transform their procurement operations. Richard previously founded and led Factory Logic, Inc.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Last week enterprise ERP and SCM software and technology platform provider SAP SE made what the provider declared as a significant and groundbreaking announcement. In the spiffy video event premiering this new capability, SAP CEO Christien Klein explained: SAP Business Data Cloud unleashes the full value of enterprise data for Business AI.

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ToolsGroup

JANUARY 13, 2021

Cloud has evolved to provide the ideal infrastructure and platform for hosting multiple supply chain partners to collaboratively offer optimized services including planning, logistics, sourcing, procurement and spare parts management.

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Precoro

JULY 29, 2024

Procurement operations are no exception. In fact, 43% of GPOs that took part in the 2023 Global Chief Procurement Officer Survey cited overall procurement risk had increased significantly as compared to 20% in the 2021 study. Keep reading to learn: What is an online procurement system?

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Bristlecone

MAY 21, 2021

Did you know that advanced analytics, when used in lieu of traditional statistical models, can help procurement departments increase cost efficiency by 3-8%? [1]. The procurement department of any business generates more data than is humanly possible to compute and comprehend through traditional means. Operational Procurement.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 7, 2017

Today I attended the SAP Insider Conference. SAP S4/HANA delivers on the goal of digital transformation. I yearn for the years when the SAP Insider conference was larger and full of energy. The attendees are hard-core SAP teams trying to figure out the new architecture. This should worry SAP. The answer?

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ivalua

MAY 9, 2023

Ivalua Spend Management Insights [ivory-search] Procurement in the Age of Uncertainty: 4 Lessons from the New Forrester Study May 9, 2023 | | Innovation by Alex Saric In today’s age of uncertainty, procurement departments are under tremendous pressure. Fortunately, the report shows that procurement is putting actions behind words.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 13, 2023

My first digital supply chain presentation was in Milan at an SAP Insider conference in 2012.) The primary investments are in networks of limited capabilities based on EDI, and indirect procurement spend management. (Our research shows that the projects failed to deliver value in 75% of companies.) Relationship Management.

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Jaggaer

APRIL 9, 2025

The first company to use the term ERP commercially was SAP, which was founded in 1972 by five former German employees of IBM after the IT giant had abandoned their pet project. While SAP set the standard for ERP in the early years, it faced stiff competition when relational database specialist Oracle entered the market.

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Bristlecone

AUGUST 18, 2020

Oftentimes, these new products are highly engineered and high value, and they require long lead times for procurement of materials. Recognizing manufacturers’ need to be agile and flexible throughout the engineering and production process, SAP has enhanced its manufacturing solution for Production Engineering and Operations.

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Bristlecone

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

MASTERING RISK-FREE SAP S/4HANA MIGRATIONS Unlock the potential of SAP S/4HANA with strategies for smooth ERP migration, data-driven innovation, and scalable digital transformation. Join Peter Baumert as he shares the company’s inspiring journey, set against the stunning backdrop of Lucerne.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 23, 2024

SAP SAP showed off Joule, its generative AI assistant. For the end consumer, it creates a snapshot of traceability from procurement to delivery. Infor is also embedding generative AI capabilities for queries; instead of filtering data, users can use natural language to say “show me where the biggest delays are for order.”

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

The technology group wanted to implement SAP IBP, and the business leaders were resistant. Companies that outsource procurement and focus on transactional supplier management are less agile and struggle to be adaptable. The delivery against goals starts with leadership and a clear strategy. Many try to start with technology.

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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.

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Taulia

JUNE 7, 2023

Learn about the Cloud Integration Gateway (CIG) that simplifies integration with SAP and Taulia solutions, enabling faster deployments and optimized working capital. We are pleased to announce a new update that will provide seamless integration of SAP and Taulia, ensuring a smooth experience for all users.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 12, 2022

In September of 2020, the company hired Jeff Baker to be their Vice President of Procurement and Integrated Supply Chain. Mr. Baker spent over 34 years leading procurement teams at The Dow Chemical Company. At Dow, Mr. Baker had Purchasing experience in raw materials, and logistics for their plastics supply chain.

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