Jul 7, 2022
•3 minute read
supply chain planning
Eliminating Data Silos for Supply Chain AnalyticsFragmentation of data remains a key obstacle on the path of integrated supply chain planning. Many organizations have invested in point systems for planning various elements of supply chains over the years, have legacy systems, and also have data pertaining to supply chain residing in enterprise systems like ERP, CRM etc. With the advent of Big Data, the number of data sources and opportunities for data fragmentation have also increased. Supply chain data is therefore fragmented in data silos across multiple systems and data sources across the enterprise. This is one of the factors behind SAPinsiders selecting creating a "single-source-of-truth" as one of their key strategies as it pertains to supply chain planning. And a critical step in supporting this strategy is to eliminate supply chain data silos. This article discusses why eliminating data silos is important for supply chain planning.
Supply Chain Planning and Business AgilitySAPinsider will be publishing a research report, Supply Chain Planning in The Cloud this month. As the survey for this research come to a close, many interesting insights emerge. One of the key ones is how SAPinsiders view supply chain planning as an important tool to build business resiliency and agility. This was evident in the choice of top business drivers highlighted by SAPinsiders.This article shares business driver inputs from SAPinsiders indicating the importance of supply chain agility.
Jul 6, 2022
•1 minute read
Supply Chain Planning Integration ImperativeSupply chain planning solutions have existed for decades now. However, as technology and business requirements evolve, so do these solutions. New technologies and capabilities emerge that integrate with existing supply chain planning solutions and contribute to the evolution of planning solutions. A good example is the cloud. SAPinsider recently published a research report, Supply Chain Planning in The Cloud, that explored how SAPinsiders believe that the cloud can help transform supply chain planning. As survey responses flowed in, one aspect that emerged was that SAPinsiders believe that the future of planning needs to be integrated. Siloed supply chain data and siloed planning systems, not integrated seamlessly with other business planning systems, are not what complex supply chains today needs. This article highlights how SAPinsiders highlighted integration as a strategic imperative for supply chain planning in our recent research, supply chain planning in the cloud.
Jun 17, 2022
•2 minute read
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