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 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.

by Dr. Stefan Theis, SAP AG
SAPinsider - 2002 (Volume 3), October (Issue 4)