Choosing the Right Project Management Approach for Implementing IBP How to Decide Among Many Flavors, Each of Which Gives a Different Taste to the Process By Robert Birdsall, Director SCMO2 What project management approach should you use when implementing IBP? It’s a simple question and one we ask every client to consider carefully. There areRead more
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Six Strategies for Building Your Supply Chain Transformation Roadmap Creating a Roadmap is a Valuable Process for Any Progressive Business By Frank Polito, Director SCMO2 SAP has launched an almost overwhelming suite of new supply chain planning technologies. S/4HANA, IBP, Ariba, and new analytics capabilities. Legacy applications like ECC/APO technologies will co-exist for some timeRead more
Focus on the Future! But As-Is Still Matters. Ignore Your Current-State, and You Risk Sending Your Future-State Off Track By Robert Birdsall, Director SCMO2 Roughly 60% of our clients take the time during project preparation to stress that they don’t want to recreate the past. Rather, they want to focus on the future state. CertainlyRead more
The Five Must-Have Traits of a Superstar Consultant How to Identify the Best of the Best So You Can Turbocharge Your Team. By Robert Birdsall, Director SCMO2 Nobody wants to be average, but by definition there are as many, if not more, mediocre consultants as there are superstars. As a client, it can be dauntingRead 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
Four Great Ways to Screw Up Your IBP Project We’ve Seen Many Great Projects Go Awry. These are the Top Four Problems You Can Easily Avoid. By Robert Birdsall, Director SCMO2 There is a great tagline circulating in the world of advertising today. Farmer’s Insurance claims “We know a thing or two because we’ve seenRead more
The Consultants Left, So My Project is Done. Right? The Most Important Phase of Supply-Chain or Logistics-Related Projects is Often Skipped Entirely By Robert Birdsall, Director SCMO2 It’s surprising to me how many organizations believe supply-chain or logistics-related projects are done just because the technical pieces are complete. But they could not be more wrong.Read more
The Neutral Objectivity of an SAP Gold Partner SAP Partnership Does Not Imply Platform Bias By Matt Campbell, Founder SCMO2 SCMO2 recently became an SAP Gold Partner, and no doubt we are very proud to have achieved this milestone in our growth as a company. But this post is not about what that means forRead more
Starting Your First IBP Project? Why Experienced IBP Project Management is More Crucial Now Than Ever By Robert Birdsall, Director SCMO2 At SCMO2, we’ve had clients take on IBP as a DIY project, engaging us to provide trained consultants in a staff augmentation role. Most frequently we see this with clients that have experience inRead more
Top 10 Reasons to Choose SAP S/4 HANA Run Your Business on the Most Cutting-Edge Platform Ever Developed By Frank Polito, Director SCMO2 Companies today are being introduced to countless new technologies offering solutions to all their business challenges. But how many of these technologies actually add value? SAP S/4HANA is one. And it isn’tRead more