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.

226 results

  1. Revolutionizing Certificate of Origin Processing: AI-Driven Innovations with cbs

    Reading time: 3 mins

    cbs has developed an AI-driven solution to automate and streamline the Certificate of Origin process in international trade, addressing traditional challenges such as manual workloads, documentation errors, and compliance risks, enabling immediate deployment and enhanced supplier collaboration for operational efficiencies.

  2. ShipERP Cloud for SAP Public Cloud Info Sheet

    Reading time: 1 min

    ShipERP for SAP Public Cloud delivers parcel shipping automation with rate shopping, track & trace, label printing, and proof of delivery to enhance efficiency and reduce costs. Read to discover other deliverables and ROI.

  3. SAP

    Integrated, Data-Driven Inventory Management with SAP Integration Suite

    Reading time: 3 mins

    As CSI Solar Ltd navigates the complexities of global expansion and inventory management across diverse regulatory landscapes, it leverages integrated data solutions from SAP to enhance supply chain visibility, improve operational efficiency, and maintain competitiveness in the photovoltaic market.

  4. Enhancing Supply Chain Efficiency with SAP IBP and CloudPaths

    Enhancing Supply Chain Efficiency with SAP IBP and CloudPaths—Part 2

    Reading time: 3 mins

    The recent SAP Unleashed event underscored the critical role of AI and data in enhancing supply chain inventory optimization, highlighting challenges in data and change management while showcasing how SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP) solutions, supported by CloudPaths, can lead to significant ROI and improved efficiency through better data visibility and strategic inventory deployment.

  5. Is Your Supply Chain “Digitized”? It Just Happens! Where do you start? Tips on How to “DO IT!”

    Reading time: 1 min

    Digitization is all around us. Business leaders are talking about “Digitization”, and “The Amazon Effect”, Disruption and Adaption – what is it and how do I get there? To get these answers, I sat down with one of our Supply Chain Experts, who has over 25 years of experience driving change and performance improvement across…

  6. The Future of Inventory Management: Why Automation is Key to Supply Chain Resilience 

    Reading time: 3 mins

    In today’s fast-moving supply chain environment, companies using SAP face mounting pressure to optimize inventory management while maintaining accuracy and efficiency. Yet, many still rely on outdated manual processes that create costly delays, errors, and operational inefficiencies. The key to overcoming these hurdles and future – proofing supply chain operations lies in automation.  For SAP…

  7. BRIDGING VISIBILITY GAPS FOR PROTECTION EXPERT DUPONT

    Reading time: 1 min

    Global organization DuPont Protection Technologies needed a collaborative solution that would connect its 125+ third-party suppliers via a central platform, integrate them with SAP, and provide real-time visibility of their supply chain operations. Read how they did this.

  8. What’s Your Next Step on the Supply Chain Journey?

    Don’t risk a big bang fizzle. There are some simple ways to determine where to place your next bet on supply chain optimization and improvement. In this podcast, we’ll talk about ways to chart your supply chain course by looking at what’s disconnected, streamlining internal processes, and harmonizing from the inside out.

  9. Returnable Value for Your Business and the Planet

    Reading time: 1 min

    Returnable asset management, widely adopted in global supply chains, focuses on maximizing ROI through traceability of durable, multi-use transport items. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here

  10. SAP

    Predicting Supply Chain Risk with Ceres AI and Boomi

    February 27, 2025

    The article discusses the complexities of managing supply chains amidst digital transformation and the role of Ceres AI integrated with SAP in predicting and mitigating purchase order delays, highlighting the effectiveness of Boomi’s tools in streamlining integration and enhancing decision-making.