Strategy: End-to-end supply chain visibility
Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) helps Build real-time end-to-end visibility by leveraging the interconnection between edge devices and an IaaS platform. This allows organizations to build the end-to-end visibility they desire, all the way to the farthest corners of their network. Capturing streaming data from these devices also allows organizations to generate real-time insight, and this data can be leveraged in tandem with SaaS and INaaS planning and analytics solutions. Examples of some solutions in these areas are SAP IBP and SAP Analytics Cloud.
Strategy: Single-source-of-truth
Note that many different offerings need to work in tandem with each to create a true single-source-of truth. PaaS can help build centralized database services but data needs to be captured from many different sources, which can be facilitated by IaaS. INaaS helps disseminate this information across the enterprise.
Strategy: Real-time insights
Like other elements, multiple cloud offerings are needed to help execute this strategy. Obviously, an underlying single-source-of-truth, primarily facilitated by IaaS and PaaS needs to be in place as foundational elements. The next key offerings that will play roles here are INaaS and SaaS solutions. These are enterprise analytics and planning solutions that leverage the real-time single-source-of-truth data.
Cloud-Based Planning Enablers in Supply Chain
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83% of SAPinsiders, in their responses to the SAPinsider research survey for Supply Chain Planning in The Cloud, indicated that they plan to or are currently using some cloud-based planning solution in their planning portfolio; in this article, we explore why and how the cloud plays a critical role in helping execute the strategies identified by SAPinsiders. The article first provides a high-level overview of different types of cloud offerings and then explores how these offerings can help execute strategies that SAPinsider have in mind to build optimal supply chain planning capabilities.
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