Increase Supply Chain Visibility For Agile And More-Sustainable Operations 

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  1. Understanding the Key Aspect of Supply Chain Visibility

    Reading time: 8 mins

    In the world of supply chain, the more information available on what is going on in the supply chain, the more confident players in the chain can be about seamless execution. This visibility leads to increased certainty, and with that, the need for “just in case measures” like time buffers, labor buffers, inventory buffers etc.…
  2. Extend Supply Chain Visibility Using SAP Event Management

    Reading time: 25 mins

    SCMSee how you can achieve end-to-end supply chain visibility with the SAP Event Management tool. It provides a framework for track and trace, which can be easily adapted to a wide range of visibility requirements. Key Concept SAP Event Management is a means to achieve end-to-end supply chain visibility for an organization. It also makes…...…
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    Supply Chain Visibility Foundations Beyond Technology

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    Supply chain visibility has recently emerged as one of the most important foundational capabilities for supply chain excellence. While technical aspects of supply chain visibility are obviously critical, there are many non-technology aspects that SAPinsiders need to be aware of. This article shares some of them like: • Need to build relationship of trust with…
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    Developing a Supply Chain Visibility Roadmap

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    SAPinsider 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. Since the top business drivers focus…
  5. Increase Supply Chain Visibility For Agile And More-Sustainable Operations 

    The world we live in has been turned upside down and more than ever we need resilient supply chains that are forward-thinking, intelligent and flexible.  Logistic leaders need the visibility to quickly and accurately make informed decisions that enable their organization to see, predict and respond to global supply chain dynamics.  Achieving end-to-end visibility across…
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    Building Foundations of Supply Chain Visibility

    Reading time: 4 mins

    This article discusses few foundational steps organizations need to be cognizant of to build supply chain visibility capabilities.
  7. Supply Chain Visibility Using SAP Transportation Management and SAP Event Management

    Reading time: 17 mins

    Learn how to achieve end-to-end transportation visibility using SAP’s supply chain execution platform. Key Concept SAP’s transportation visibility process is enabled by SAP Transportation Management (SAP TM) and SAP Event Management. SAP TM acts as a transaction data system providing business documents for execution, whereas SAP Event Management provides a transportation monitoring framework for these…...…
  8. Optimizing Supply Chain Visibility with SAP Transportation Management

    Reading time: 20 mins

    Obtaining transparency across today’s rapidly evolving and highly complex supply chain is essential in establishing a streamlined, cooperative, well-oiled supply chain machine. However, there are many organizational challenges to overcome, such as a persistent reliance on manual tendering processes, inability to ensure timely interactions with carriers due to a lack of an effective collaboration platform,…...…
  9. Improve Background Process Design with Process Chain Scheduling

    Reading time: 27 mins

    The true value of any new algorithm or process implementation can be derived only when the batch process in which these functionalities are executed has been optimally designed. Learn the fundamentals of process chain scheduling and then walk through eight scenarios in which you can implement such scheduling using sample utilities to improve your process…...…
  10. Manage Supply Chain Risks with SAP Supply Chain Performance Management 2.0

    Reading time: 12 mins

    SAP Supply Chain Performance Management 2.0 offers extended performance and risk indicators in a number of key areas, including the Supply Chain Council’s Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) model. Learn how to effectively map these key risk indicators to an enterprise risk management program using SAP Supply Chain Performance Management 2.0 and SAP Risk Management…...…