SAP Supply Chain: Supply Chain Management

A well-managed supply chain can significantly reduce a company’s operating expenses and increase profits. A supply chain requires active management because it is affected by many factors outside the control of the business. Current events causing global supply chain disruptions include the Russia-Ukraine War and the continuing effects of COVID-19.

SAP Supply Chain: Supply Chain Management

A well-managed supply chain can significantly reduce a company’s operating expenses and increase profits. A supply chain requires active management because it is affected by many factors outside the control of the business. Current events causing global supply chain disruptions include the Russia-Ukraine War and the continuing effects of COVID-19.

Supply chain management is the flow of goods or services between businesses and various locations to get goods to consumers faster and at less cost. Supply chain management encompasses a thread of activities from design and manufacturing to delivery and operations.

Components to enable a resilient and sustainable supply chain management process are:

  • Designing recyclable and sustainable products
  • Delivering products with low carbon impact
  • Planning to reduce emissions and ethically source materials
  • Operating in an energy efficient and safe manner
  • Manufacturing with minimal waste and environmental impact.

Accurate information helps manufacturers and retailers produce and transport only what they can sell, eliminating unnecessary expenses. Consider simplification by integrating demand planning in the cloud. Predictive analytics, automation, and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies can connect and simplify processes, allowing you to gain visibility across forecasting, response and supply, replenishment, and inventory.

Key Capabilities of Supply Chain Management:

  • Supply Chain Planning: Agile market-driven plans with visibility, collaboration, and intelligence.
  • Supply Chain Logistics: Fast, efficient, and sustainable logistics.
  • Manufacturing: Streamlining with artificial intelligence, loT, and integration.
  • Product Lifecycle Management: Connecting systems, people, and processes with end-to-end digital innovation.
  • Enterprise Asset Management: Improving asset performance and reliability.

Benefits of Supply Chain Management:

  • Optimizing the flow of materials, products, and information.
  • Improving data visibility.
  • Enhancing financial practices and cost cutting.
  • Improving vendor relationships.
  • Operating with lean and on-demand inventory.
  • Reducing liability and risk.

Key Considerations for SAPinsiders

  • How to Deliver Greater Visibility into the Operational KPIs that Drive Your Business. In this webinar, hear insights from SAP around how to build a powerful analytics foundation. Discover how to focus less on historical KPI’s and more on predictive process automation, how to reprioritize KPIs that show historical performance, develop operational decision support for end-to-end supply chain processes, and stop development of custom reporting.
  • 5 Ways to Enhance Your SCM with Smart Data. Explore expert insights from Robert Brice, President and CTO, RFgen. Start with the basics for a digital transformation of your supply chain, discover how to gain competitive advantage by implementing efficiencies, address inefficiencies, shortage of labor, and address security.
  • Salling Group Expands Its Market Reach With SAP. In this article, see how Salling Group used SAP ERP to ensure data uniformity, enhance warehouse efficiency, and consolidated logistics transactions with Redwood.

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