Enterra Insights

MARCH 26, 2024

There is no question that today’s business environment is uber competitive. And, in some cases, cyber-attacks and espionage by national entities against commercial businesses come very close to being acts of war. Both strategies and tactics are important in today’s complex business environment.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 1, 2024

On Friday, March 29 th , Blue Yonder, a leading provider of supply chain planning and today execution solutions, announced signing an agreement to acquire One Network Enterprises for approximately $839 million. One Network provides supply chain planning, execution, and a multi-enterprise supply chain network solution.

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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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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 14, 2023

Linda McKee, the director for global trade services management at SAP, expressed the idea this way, “I don’t think we currently have any real standard global trade scenarios. They offer a solution for corporate tax departments called ONESOURCE. At SAP their solution is developed by their governance risk and compliance team.

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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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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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o9 Solutions

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The discontinuation of support for SAP APO (Advanced Planning and Optimization) is right around the corner. Stay with SAP and upgrade to SAP IBP , or look to a new generation of supply chain management platforms that provide a different user experience, granular insight of operational performance, and elevate competitive differentiation.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2023

Today’s risk management solutions focus largely on supply sensing and early alerting. Some solutions now include proactive event management driving recommendations to correct/prevent disruption. These are three very different solutions.) Will these solutions disrupt? Could SAP mobilize to redefine the space?

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 8, 2023

Traditionally, planning processes are designed to serve specific time horizons – sales & operations execution (S&OE) is used for short term horizon, sales & operations planning (S&OP) for the mid-term horizon, and integrated business planning (IBP) for long term strategic horizon. This is known as the “black box” problem.

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Bristlecone

JULY 26, 2021

Kunal Waghmare, Practice Director, SAP Planning. We’re seeing a greater need for these immersive experiences, especially in business, as a means for convincing a potential buyer or customer about the business value of a solution. It helps the customer arrive at a convincing business value.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

“To support this massive speed, we needed a solid replenishment solution in place.” The company’s supply chain planning and automated replenishment solution comes from Solvoyo. SAP/HANA is used as their key enterprise application. At the end of the day, when the stores close, the sales are posted to SAP.

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Bristlecone

JUNE 25, 2020

BRF+ is one of the leading business rule management systems due to its flexible, easy and cost-effective implementation and its ability to automate business processes in a simpler and smarter way. BRF+ was first introduced in SAP NetWeaver 7.1 BRF+ was first introduced in SAP NetWeaver 7.1 Business Value Drivers.

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Supply Chain Movement

JULY 7, 2014

International SAP Conference on Supply Chain 2014. Join us in Copenhagen this September for the much-awaited International SAP Conference on Supply Chain – a business-focussed, customer-centric event for supply chain management. Date: 22-24 September 2014. Location: Scandic Copenhagen, Denmark. Organisation: T.A.

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Supply Chain Movement

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Enabling business users to directly access drill-down Business Intelligence is the solution for optimizing processes in a world which is constantly changing. Maintain control, as well as flexibility, using smart IT applications that can deliver the required Visibility, Understanding, Clarity and Agility.

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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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Talking Logistics

JULY 29, 2015

That is one of the most important, yet often overlooked, questions shippers should ask before implementing a Transportation Management System — specifically if they’re implementing a traditional, behind-the-firewall solution.

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Supply Chain Movement

AUGUST 18, 2015

International SAP Conference on Supply Chain 2015. Join us this October at a business-focussed, customer-led event – the 2 nd International SAP® Conference on Supply Chain in Darmstadt, Germany. Customer case studies : Gain an informed perspective from leading companies on implementing and working with SAP’s SCM applications.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 9, 2023

This year’s research on the global WMS market has revealed many of the perennial factors influencing demand for WMS solutions – such as e-commerce fulfillment needs. Today’s article will build upon that post with a discussion of the major factors influencing demand for WMS solutions, and the dynamics behind this demand.

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Oracle SCM

MARCH 5, 2018

Businesses today are increasingly focused on modernizing their core enterprise applications to enable end-to-end business operating models: According to a recent Gartner survey , 45% of respondents cited this as one of their top five IT priorities. Enhancing the Value and Impact of Business Data. Jim D'Addario , Sr.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 21, 2022

In the enterprise software application market, the biggest players have embraced a partnership model, while smaller, more focused companies often have not. The two largest suppliers of enterprise applications – SAP and Oracle – had SI revenues that were less than 15% of their total TMS revenues. Mr. Beecher said.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 2, 2019

In parallel, SAP launched technology platforms: NetWeaver in 2004 followed by HANA 2.0 SAP won the fight, but ERP failed to make the desired mark on driving value in supply chain management. Business leaders are questioning the value of planning labor. These solutions have different names. The reality?

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AIMMS

JULY 27, 2015

For most enterprise companies, ERP has become a foundational infrastructure technology and a cost of doing business. Supply Chain Insights , founded by well-known analyst Lora Cecere, conducts many quantitative studies and reports a couple of key trends, in their report “ Three Reasons Why SAP SC Planning Is a Risk to Your Business ”.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 2, 2014

The business requirements have changed. The business pain is high. To succeed line of business leaders have to learn about new forms of technology and use their influence management to drive supply chain innovation. The rise of the dutch software solutions and North American analytics providers changes the course of the play.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The Failure of Existing Demand Planning Solutions. During the pandemic, supply chain leaders turned off their demand planning solutions. Also, the solutions lacked flexibility. Avoid implementing Aera on top of an existing SAP APO implementation.) Lessons Learned. The reason? The output was just not helpful. Next Steps.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

I am facilitating a workshop between supply chain business visionaries and technology innovators. Just as the Internet spurred connectivity, B2B processes, and new business models, I am trying to stimulate the discussions and business models to redefine B2B. Data today does not move at the speed of business.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 11, 2021

SAP recently announced that NTT DATA Services, a global digital business and IT services company, had achieved $125 million in value based on a digital transformation of their procurement function. By March of 2017, the organization began implementing SAP Ariba solutions. And more importantly, how did NTT DATA do it?

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Supply Chain Network

MAY 23, 2012

SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) and Ariba, Inc. Nasdaq: ARBA) today announced that SAP’s subsidiary, SAP America, Inc., has entered into an agreement to acquire Ariba, the leading cloud-based business commerce network, for $45.00 The transaction is expected to be accretive to SAP’s non-IFRS earnings per share in 2013.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 21, 2015

Like a hammer looking for a nail, it seems like every vendor I meet now has an S&OP solution. Business leaders request it. Here is my take: New Solutions. Technologies natively written as Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions are entering the market. I think that this is great for line-of-business users.

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AIMMS

JULY 27, 2015

For most enterprise companies, ERP has become a foundational infrastructure technology and a cost of doing business. Supply Chain Insights , founded by well-known analyst Lora Cecere, conducts many quantitative studies and reports a couple of key trends, in their report “ Three Reasons Why SAP SC Planning Is a Risk to Your Business ”.

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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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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Business continuity is the overarching issue. Make, source, and deliver need to be managed together based on analytics that sense and respond at the speed of business. Companies implementing Advanced Planning solutions from ERP technologists augmented the planning applications with descriptive analytics.

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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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Elementum

AUGUST 30, 2022

Businesses go through cycles too: centralization and localization; spending and cost cutting; verticalization and integration. Business tools go through cycles as well, and in the case of enterprise software, they seem to oscillate between application consolidation and specialization. These are the super-apps.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 11, 2021

SAP recently announced that NTT DATA Services, a global digital business and IT services company, had achieved $125 million in value based on a digital transformation of their procurement function. By March of 2017, the organization began implementing SAP Ariba solutions. And more importantly, how did NTT DATA do it?

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SAP Negotiate Pricing Optimal Sourcing Negotiating Skills 137

Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 11, 2013

This event is owned and run by WIS Publications and features insights on SAP product developments and software.) I believe that both of these three-letter acronym companies (SAS and SAP) have a role to play in the emerging market of supply chain management. The solutions are largely complimentary to their SAP investments.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

My focus in this post is to highlight changes in supply chain analytics, and what this can mean for your business. My predictions: 1) Redefinition of the Market and Business Applications. Instead, it is about powering digital business outside-in from the customer back. Now, in my 60’s, I want to do it again.

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RFgen

APRIL 19, 2024

SAP-run businesses face more challenges than ever. One of these technologies has traditionally been the SAP Warehouse Management, or WM, module. However, WM support is ending in 2025 (possibly 2027 in conjunction with ECC), meaning WM users must migrate to a new solution or face security risks and loss of functionality.

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