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Related Resources - Planning and Forecasting
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by Thomas Ohnemus and Richard Howells, SAP
SAPinsider - 2011 (Volume 12), July (Issue 3) Despite the best intentions, silos remain in many organizations that fail to see a direct path to collaboration. But the right IT systems, when used effectively, can extend collaboration out to suppliers, customers, and partners, integrating all processes from idea to delivery. In this Q&A, SAP executives Thomas Ohnemus and Richard Howells discuss the idea-to-delivery model and why it’s so important for SAP customers.
by Michael Lipton, SAP
SAPinsider - 2011 (Volume 12), July (Issue 3) With today's supply chains spread across global networks, a lack of visibility and long decision-making times often make it difficult to plan and execute with speed and precision. This article discusses three success factors that companies are focusing on to become more demand-driven, as well as the SAP solutions — such as SAP Supply Chain Response Management — that are available to support those success factors.
by Timo Wagenblatt, SAP AG
SAPinsider - 2011 (Volume 12), July (Issue 3) The expense of promotions represents the second highest single line item in the corporate budget, after the cost of goods. So ensuring that this money is spent effectively is no small concern for CIOs. To help consumer companies seeking to take the guesswork out of promotion planning and move to a more data-driven decision-making process, this article takes a close look at SAP Trade Promotion Optimization, a new solution developed to help maximize the return on trade promotion.
by David Hannon, Features Editor
insiderPROFILES - 2011 (Volume 2), January (Issue 1) A series of acquisitions and mergers led Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) to its current name, but it also led to complexity in producing timely forecast revenues. HMH’s finance group struggled in a post-acquisition environment — until a process mapping project and new technology changed the game. Learn how SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation enabled financial process efficiencies and new opportunities for HMH.
by Evan J. Albright
insiderPROFILES - 2010 (Volume 1), January (Issue 1) A major beer producer and distributor’s revenue targets hinge on seasonal sales. At Molson Coors, Todd Campbell, Vice President of Logistics and Procurement, and his supply chain team don’t have the time or the luxury to operate on gut feel. Every decision needs to be grounded in fact. Follow this team as it evaluates business intelligence tools to provide crucial data for advance planning and anticipate inventory gaps with incredible speed.
by V. Krishna Anaparthi, Associate Consultant, Sheng Li, Development Architect, and Christian Butzlaff, Director, Value Prototyping, SAP (February 2010)
SCM Expert - Volume 8 (2010), Update 2 Learn how using dynamic or reactive promotion management — rather than static promotion management — can reduce the risk for stock-out situations and overstocking at the retailer. This approach directly contributes to the success of a promotion and therefore to the company’s top-line results.
by Rishi Menon, Senior Consultant, Deloitte Consulting LLP, and Satish Vadlamani, President, SAPsquad Inc. and Forecast Modeler, Pepsico Inc. (January 2010)
SCM Expert - Volume 8 (2010), Update 1 Learn when and how to use Configurable Process Scheduling (CPS) in SAP Advanced Planning & Optimization (SAP APO) Global Available-to-Promise (Global ATP). Understand the master data needed to support CPS and help avoid common mistakes while setting up CPS.
by Richard Howells and Dr. Krish Mantripragada, SAP
SAPinsider - 2009 (Volume 10), April (Issue 2) As a supply chain executive, what can you do to navigate your company through these trying economic times? The key is having not just the ability to react, but the responsiveness and efficiency to constantly re-plan and re-align your activities based on current business dynamics.
by Vivek Bapat and Kara Glencross, SAP
SAPinsider - 2009 (Volume 10), April (Issue 2) Get timely and tactical advice for how manufacturers can wield their existing SAP systems to navigate short-term challenges while preparing for success in the eventual economic upturn.
by Tod Stenger, SAP
SAPinsider - 2007 (Volume 8), January (Issue 1) The SAP landscape provides several tools to generate supply and demand plans, but there’s yet to be one consolidated place to analyze all cross-company sales and operations planning (S&OP) data. That’s why SAP is introducing a new xApp, SAP xApp Sales and Operations Planning, to enhance and streamline S&OP by allowing users to integrate planning tools and data, gather analytics and reports, and evaluate and improve their planning processes.
Books
With this comprehensive reference, youll learn how to implement, optimize, and use SAP ERP and SAP APO for effective mat This book covers the major features, functions, and modules of SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation for... Learn how to model and optimize
White Papers
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In this IDC White Paper, we discuss some of the key trends taking place in the enterprise mobility landscape today, such as consumerization of IT, the mobile application explosion, and cloud computing. ...This SAP-SAPinsider conference session, recorded at PLM 2013 in Las Vegas, steps through real-world examples from SAP® customers who have instituted standard enterprise project and portfolio management ...Whatever your business’s goal — whether it is delivering exceptional customer experiences, optimizing the supply chain, improving procurement processes, growing talent, maximizing operating capital, ...Now more than ever, the speed with which corporations can make financial decisions has a direct impact on bottom-line profits. However, several factors can hinder the ability to make these kinds of ...In this whitepaper, Forrester shares the insights of over 60 companies, vendors, and mobile experts. Learn how mobility is the manifestation of a shift to new systems of engagement, and why the first ...Today, companies face a unique challenge: how to embrace the mobility paradigm for competitive advantage while still advancing the robust capabilities of their trusted enterprise systems. CIOs are ...For many companies, securing their SAP® system was long regarded merely as a synonym for Segregation of Duties (SoD) controls. While this is an imperative in securing SAP platforms, there are additional ...This SAP-SAPinsider conference session, recorded at Admin & Infrastructure 2013 in Las Vegas, examines critical areas to address for delivering responsive, secure and highly available SAP applications ...
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Blogs
By Ken Murphy on May 15, 2013
In this interview recorded live at SCM 2013, LLamasoft Executive Vice President and co-founder Toby Brzoznowski discusses the latest trends and factors impacting how organizations today are approachin More...
By ThomasBrasse on April 12, 2013
Later this month, I’ll be delivering a session at the Logistics & SCM, PLM, Manufacturing, and Procurement 2013 event, April 24-26 in Prague, titled” A Step-By-Step Guide to Increase More...
By Graceanne Bowe on April 26, 2012
by Graceanne Bowe, Senior Product Director, SAP Events, WIS
This week in Prague, SAPinsider had the pleasure of hosting supply chain expert Kevin O’Marah of Stanford University, formerly o More...
By William Newman on March 26, 2012
I will be providing several overviews of operational risk management (ORM), enterprise risk management (ERM) and supply chain management (SCM) in the coming weeks. In this review for search More...
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