SAP Planning & Consolidations


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  1. 2 Ways to Connect to Data Sources Using SAP BusinessObjects Cloud

    Reading time: 8 mins

    SAP BusinessObjects Cloud offers data connectivity to many on-premise and cloud data sources. You can either acquire data into SAP BusinessObjects Cloud or connect to the data source in real time without any replication. Learn how you can use each of the data sources available in SAP BusinessObjects Cloud, then review the use cases and…

  2. DM4Mill

    Building a Digital Framework for the Supply Chain

    Reading time: 8 mins

    Companies need to align their strategic and operations plans and find ways to maximize their working capital investments to ensure that they get the products they want when they want them. They also need to orchestrate the transition from planning to execution, remove fixed lead times, and balance agility and efficiency. With fast and responsive…

  3. on-premise

    Growing Compliance Complexity Driving Approach to Tax Planning, Tax Technology and Innovation

    Reading time: 5 mins

    The global tax landscape has become increasingly complex, as governments around the world are changing the ways that they monitor companies and ensure compliance. SAP S/4HANA-enabled transformation has far-reaching impacts on tax departments, including Direct Tax, Indirect Tax, Transfer Pricing, and Trade & Customs. To explore the implications on tax planning, tax technology, and innovation,…

  4. Plan and Schedule a Sustainment Program for Complex Assets to Increase Uptime

    Reading time: 21 mins

    Managing a fleet of complex assets requires a well-organized and detailed approach to document maintenance requirements and to schedule their execution. The aim is to balance uptime for the asset and leverage the use of the repair facility. These capabilities are available using SAP’s Maintenance Program Definition (MPD) Workbench and Maintenance Event Builder (MEB). Using...…

  5. 3 Ways to Handle Compensation Budget Imbalances Caused by Org Moves

    Reading time: 10 mins

    Learn the pros and cons of options for budget reallocation – manual and automatic – when you cannot postpone the movement of staff during a compensation planning period. Key Concept For many organizations, the compensation planning period is aligned with the end or beginning of their fiscal year. This is a time when many transfers,...…

  6. Improve Your Planning and Execution Process for a Successful SAP Go-Live

    Reading time: 20 mins

    ManagementLearn about the Technical Implementation Gantt (TIG) methodology for improved planning and execution of your cutover. Understand the approach to build and review the TIG, its execution, and the benefits of using it. Also understand some of the pitfalls that you can avoid and best practices you can put to use for a successful go-live....…

  7. How to Build a Resilient and Efficient Supply Chain With Robust Sales and Operations Planning Using SAP IBP S4HANA

    Reading time: 9 mins

    Sales and operations planning (S&OP) helps companies estimate the demand for their products/services at an aggregate volume level using some form of forecasting method and incorporating inputs from the sales and marketing teams. Many organizations, in their race to embrace technology, ignore a key ingredient for the successful implementation of their S&OP: organizational readiness. Drawing…

  8. Supply Chain Process Automation

    Demand-Driven Planning for S/4HANA and ERP

    Reading time: 3 mins

    Demand-driven replenishment, demand-driven planning, or demand-driven MRP help in efficiently planning and managing supply chains based on customer demand, as opposed to traditional MRP procedures. DDP decouples material flows, makes them less vulnerable to supply chain disruptions, and ensures the availability of relevant products through dynamically managed buffers. In this article, know how decoupling material…

  9. Demand-Driven Planning – Step 4 – Demand Driven MRP (DDMRP)

    Reading time: 4 mins

    Demand-driven Material Requirements Planning (DDMRP) is a modern approach to supply chain management that focuses on meeting customer demand efficiently while minimizing inventory costs. Unlike traditional Material Requirements Planning (MRP) systems, which rely on forecasted demand and fixed lead times, DDMRP uses actual customer demand signals to drive replenishment decisions in real time. By continuously…

  10. Enabling Budget Resilience with Scenario Planning Tools from Phocas

    Reading time: 3 mins

    Scenario planning process is often seen as time-consuming, leading to insufficient utilization and limits organizations' capacity to prepare for or respond to changes. Many finance teams find themselves hamstrung by the limitations of their SAP ERP systems when attempting to implement effective scenario planning, a critical component of strategic budgeting and forecasting. The traditional reliance…