The Struggle is Real—Discerning Realignment vs. Lifecycle Planning Consider Your Forecasting Purpose to Determine Which Process to Apply By Ryan Rickard, Director SCMO2 Have you ever found yourself trying to decide when to use SAP’s realignment functionality versus lifecycle planning? Typically you just want to leverage the data from a former planning object to helpRead more
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Why is it So Hard to Realize the Business Benefits of Supply Chain Planning? A Three-Part Series on the Characteristics, Pitfalls and Lessons Learned from Project Implementation By Tom Chason, Principal SCMO2 PART III This is the final installment of this three-part post on why getting business benefits from a supply chain investment isRead more
Why is it So Hard to Realize the Business Benefits of Supply Chain Planning? A Three-Part Series on the Characteristics, Pitfalls and Lessons Learned from Project Implementation By Tom Chason, Principal SCMO2 PART II In my first post, which can be found here if you have not yet read it, I painted a pictureRead more
Why is it So Hard to Realize the Business Benefits of Supply Chain Planning? A Three-Part Series on the Characteristics, Pitfalls and Lessons Learned from Project Implementation By Tom Chason, Principal SCMO2 Over the span of my career I have witnessed many supply chain planning software implementations that have not lived up to expectations orRead more
Yes! You CAN Still Get More Value Out of Your APO Solution. Transitioning to a New Platform is Inevitable, but You Don’t Have to Throw Away APO Just Yet. By Robert Birdsall, Director SCMO2 At SCMO2, we find quite a number of clients are not yet ready to throw away APO in favor of aRead more
Going Digital Means Retooling, Even For Providers and Integrators SAP’s Recent Job Cuts Announcement is a Prime Example By Clay Thomas, Principal SCMO2 As cloud apps and “going digital” have invaded our everyday vernacular, my inbox and LinkedIn update stream are filled with articles and posts about the necessary workforce changes and skills retooling required by companies to successfullyRead more
IBP 1902: A Sneak Preview of Some Great Benefits On the Go? No Excel? No Problem! By Clay Thomas, Principal SCMO2 We just got some interesting news this morning while listening to the SAP call regarding changes coming in the IBP 1902 release (which will be available this Saturday, 9 February). The one we areRead more
Modernizing Your SAP Business Suite Products Developing Your Roadmap for IBP and S/4 HANA By Matt Campbell, Founder SCMO2 During strategic roadmapping sessions with customers, I see the sequence of transitioning business processes from “expiring” products to SAP’s latest products frequently cause great angst. It happens regardless of whether the client is moving from non-SAPRead more
Top 5 Reasons to Choose SAP IBP in 2019 Respond to new market expectations with real-time supply chain planning capabilities By Frank Polito, Director SCMO2 Most of you are likely already familiar with SAP’s next-generation platform Integrated Business Planning, or IBP. But most of you are also unsure what the benefits are from making theRead more
Segmentation for Optimization! Using SAP IBP to Optimize your Forecasting Strategy using ABC/XYZ Analysis By Ryan Rickard, Director SCMO2 Most planning organizations approach and plan every forecasting combination the same way—by trying to tackle each combination every planning cycle. Most of the time demand planners can’t get to every combination each cycle, leading to manyRead more
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