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Our Thoughts for Customers After Attending FKOM 2020 The Experience Still has Us Thinking of Forward Strategy and Perspective  By Clay Thomas, Principal SCMO2 Every January, SAP brings together their various sales groups, partners and “escorted” customers to share their messaging for the coming year. This is also a time where SAP may shift theirRead more

A Country Music Perspective from SAP’s Field Kick-Off Meeting 2020 The Tools are the Stage and Music; How You Choose to Experience Them Makes the Difference  By Clay Thomas, Principal SCMO2 As a Gold Partner, SCMO2 attended SAP’s annual Field Kickoff Meeting (FKOM) in Las Vegas last week to learn what their primary message toRead more

SAP IBP Gaining Ground in Cloud Supply Chain Planning Space No Longer Trailing the Pack, IBP Continues to Aggressively Pursue the Lead  By Clay Thomas, Principal SCMO2 Dazing off in a recent bout of procrastination, my mind settled upon a decidedly unscientific conclusion—SAP Integrated Business Planning is finally winning in the SCP market. SAP hasRead more

SAPinsider Conference—What Might Have Been A Field Report from the Intelligent Customer Experience-Driven Supply Chain Conference  By Clay Thomas, Principal SCMO2 I wouldn’t blame you if you didn’t realize SAPinsider just wrapped up its annual supply chain conference—the number of attendees was nowhere near the halcyon days when SCMO2 was presenting customer stories and bestRead more

When Succession Intersects Supply Chain Planning Managing Changing Market Dynamics AND Changes in Workforce Resources  By Clay Thomas, Principal SCMO2 Is this merely coincidence? Or is it a thing? Today I was reading about potential modifications to retirement planning regulations due to a changing workforce. And then heard a customer’s Supply Chain Vice President discussRead more

The What and Why of DDMRP The Complete Story of DDMRP and Why You Might Need to Use It By Nico Groenewald, Principal SCMO2 Introduction Material Requirements Planning (MRP) has been with us for decades. It originated in the 1950s but with more available computer power, really took off in the 1970s. Production planners areRead more

Products and Services Companies Thriving in Internet Sales Channel Today’s Supply Chain Technologies Enable Broadly Expanded Market Opportunities By Clay Thomas, Principal SCMO2 Companies really can have a platonic relationship with Amazon! While many examples exist, I recently read a products and services company case study that really got me thinking. The intelligence and insightsRead more

Important, But Not Urgent Supply Chain Management Improvements Often Get Overlooked or Forgotten By Nico Groenewald, Principal SCMO2 We have all been there. Everyday we find ourselves so busy “executing” and fighting fires that we do not take the time to address the issues that are causing the problems in the first place. Stephen CoveyRead more

Supply Chain Yoga How the Discipline of Rhythmic Breathing Applies Equally to Effective Planning By Clay Thomas, Principal SCMO2 So I took up yoga recently, ostensibly to see if it would help lessen some neck and shoulder pain I have been experiencing. The focus on breathing, the clearing of one’s thoughts and getting deep intoRead more

Going Digital Means Retooling, Even For Providers and Integrators SAP’s Recent Job Cuts Announcement is a Prime Example By Clay Thomas, Principal SCMO2 As cloud apps and “going digital” have invaded our everyday vernacular, my inbox and LinkedIn update stream are filled with articles and posts about the necessary workforce changes and skills retooling required by companies to successfullyRead more