SAP Planning & Consolidations


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  1. Enterprise-Class Demand Planning at Agilent Technologies

    Reading time: 6 mins

    For Agilent Technologies, a manufacturer of analytical instruments for the life science and laboratories sector, growth has been dramatic over recent years, including a number of acquisitions. Such growth has caused the company’s pathology division to experience a rapid expansion of sales, but also revealed that the division had outgrown its demand planning practices, which…

  2. From Spreadsheet to Streamlined Planning; Discovering the Requirements for a Smarter Supply Chain

    Reading time: 6 mins

    Agilent Technologies produces analytical instruments, software, and consumables for use in life sciences and other laboratories. The company has grown dramatically in recent years, both in new and existing geographies. In addition to organic growth, Agilent has acquired a number of companies to add capabilities to its analytical portfolio.

  3. Guide to Transitioning from SAP APO to IBP

    Reading time: 3 mins

    Transitioning from SAP APO to SAP IBP enhances supply chain planning by leveraging advanced, cloud-based solutions with real-time analytics, improved functionalities, and increased automation, necessitating careful assessment, data migration, training, process re-engineering, testing, phased rollout, and continuous support to maximize benefits.

  4. Safety Stock Planning

    Demand-Driven Planning – Step 5 – Visible and Collective Execution

    Reading time: 2 mins

    Visible and Collaborative Execution refers to the methodology employed by the Demand Driven Material Requirements Planning (DDMRP) system to manage and oversee open supply orders. It emphasizes the importance of transparency in the supply chain, allowing stakeholders to view and track the progress of orders in real-time. Furthermore, by fostering a collaborative environment, different players…

  5. Transforming Financial Operations with Integrated Planning

    Reading time: 1 mins

    A leading manufacturer successfully streamlined its operations by transitioning to a cloud-based integrated planning solution with GyanSys, leveraging SAP IBP and SAC Planning to unify financial processes, enhance forecasting accuracy, simulate complex scenarios, and gain real-time insights, ultimately fostering agility and responsiveness in a dynamic market.

  6. Best Practices for Managing the Food Supply Chain

    Reading time: 23 mins

    ManagementThe food supply chain one of the largest industries in the world. It provides employment to millions of people directly or indirectly. It is also one of the industries that has seen a high use of SAP solutions. Take a look at the challenges this industry is facing and the functionalities that SAP provides to...…

  7. Streamline Your Production Changeovers in Sequence Using the Setup Matrix

    Reading time: 11 mins

    Discover how to use a setup matrix to reduce changeover time and simplify your production sequence. Key Concept The setup matrix is a simple table that determines the amount of time lost when changing the production equipment among different groups of products. Two key elements, setup category group and setup group, define the two levels...…

  8. Understanding the SAP ERP HCM Reporting Landscape Today and in the Future

    Reading time: 17 mins

    Gain an understanding of what the SAP ERP HCM landscape looks like today in simple, clear terms. Learn, from the author’s experience, where SAP ERP HCM is headed in the future, and how you should be planning to meet these new challenges. Key Concept Cloud-based technology is software that is not locally installed on a...…

  9. Comparing SAP BW, SAP HANA, and SAP BW on HANA’s Data-Warehousing Capabilities

    Reading time: 20 mins

    Discover how to choose the right data-warehousing platform for corporate reporting and planning. This comparison of the capabilities of SAP BW, SAP HANA, and SAP BW on HANA helps elucidate the best use and benefits of each platform. Key Concept SAP BW Analytic Manager (formerly known as OLAP processor) orders SQL requests in a proper...…

  10. Adapt Shipments to Production Variance with Dynamic Transport Load Building

    Reading time: 13 mins

    Learn how a transportation planner at a production facility can leverage a custom tool in SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization (SAP APO) to be able to accurately match up shipments that are planned for arrival from out of the facility with the actual production output. Key Concept Stock transport orders (STOs) represent the shipments planned...…