Data-Driven ESG Product Carbon Footprint Changes Value Chains, People & Vision

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  1. Use World-Class SOP Strategies to Balance Future Supply and Demand

    Reading time: 15 mins

    Having difficulty balancing supply and demand? Doing OK but want to do better? Learn the key strategies to put Sales and Operations Planning (SOP) to work for you. Key Concept One of the key activities in the area of supply chain planning is the periodic review of anticipated demand and available supply. This business process…...…
  2. 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…...…
  3. Smart_Manufacturing_Sustanability

    Leveraging Smart Manufacturing to Meet Sustainability Goals

    Reading time: 5 mins

    by Kumar Singh, Research Director, SAPinsider Building Sustainable Digital Twins While supply chain leaders across industries and geographies grapple with managing the ever-increasing supply chain complexities and risks, there is an additional demand on the companies to be more resourceful and conscientious of environmental and social needs. There is no doubt that the collective awareness…...…
  4. Safety Stock: Which Method Is Right for You?

    Reading time: 141 mins

    Learn about various methods of safety stock supported by standard SAP Advanced Planning & Optimization (SAP APO), including a new method that provides a more cost-effective way of managing safety stocks in a supply chain. Key Concept Supply chains are exposed to multiple uncertain influencing factors, such as demand upsurges or production disruptions. Safety stock…...…
  5. Sustainable Manufacturing

    Sustainable Manufacturing Leveraging Smart Factories

    Reading time: 4 mins

    While supply chain leaders across industries and geographies grapple with managing the ever-increasing supply chain complexities and risks, there is an additional demand on the companies to be more resourceful and conscientious of environmental and social needs. There is no doubt that the collective awareness around Sustainability and specifically Sustainability in supply chains has increased,…
  6. Manage and Improve Your Sustainability Performance Efficiently

    Reading time: 15 mins

    SAP BusinessObjects Sustainability Performance Management helps organizations track and communicate sustainability performance, set goals and objectives, and monitor activities – all while helping to reduce the time and cost spent collecting data and compiling disclosures. Learn more about the business case for this application and how it works on a high level. Understand SAP’s two-fold…...…
  7. Supply Chain data management

    Make 2023 The Year of Building Supply Chain Data Foundation

    Reading time: 7 mins

    As we head into the new year, you have already read many articles predicting supply chain trends for 2023. I am not a big fan of predicting trends when it comes to supply chains. My primary reasoning is that these trends are not a surprise for seasoned supply chain leaders and executives. These leaders and…
  8. Multilevel Supply Demand Matching with SAP APO-CTM Engine

    Reading time: 20 mins

    In this excerpt from Balaji Gaddam’s SAP PRESS book, Capable to Match (CTM) with SAP APO, gain insight into the CTM engine algorithm and understand the constraint-based programming techniques that the CTM engine uses to arrive at a feasible plan for a given demand. Key Concept Supply network planning using SAP SCM offers several planning…...…
  9. Outsourcing Operations? How to Design an Undisrupted Supply Plan in SAP APO

    Reading time: 35 mins

    See how a manufacturing company created a new third-party logistics (3PL) code to represent a third-party logistics service provider. By incorporating 3PL into supply chain planning, the manufacturing company could plan against changing demand and supply position at 3PL and replenish the 3PL site to achieve the desired customer service level. Key Concept A purchase…...…
  10. Creating Value Through End-to-End Supply Chain Planning

    Reading time: 6 mins

    Increasing supply chain complexity, coupled with rapidly evolving customer demand, has given rise to a set of challenges supply chain leaders have not encountered before. What extenuates these challenges for many organizations is the siloed approach to planning and tackling supply chain challenges.