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We’re Getting Better Implementing IBP. Are You? Why Hiring a Consulting Firm Makes So Much Sense By Robert Birdsall, Director SCMO2 Of course you’re not because this is very likely your first IBP project. As the team here at SCMO2 have gone through dozens and dozens of implementations, we have become keenly aware of theRead more

The Power of Scenario Planning in IBP A Real Life Business Example By Ryan Rickard, Director SCMO2 Scenario planning in IBP allows users to conduct what-if planning, analyze results, share planning activities with others and make business decisions, in real time, without impacting the live data set. Real-Life Example Let’s consider this common business situation.Read more

Five Check-List Essentials to Avoid Implementation Fog Ignore These Recommendations and Your Project May Get Stuck in a Quagmire By Robert Birdsall, Director SCMO2 Ready to get started on that next big project that your company has been discussing for years? My experience has proven time again that prior to commencing any major implementation, thereRead more

Going Big Bang is Not Necessary With an IBP Implementation Simply Transition and Add IBP Modules as Needed By Ryan Rickard, Director SCMO2 Upgrading and implementing SAP IBP has its perks, and a huge one is the flexibility to purchase and implement different modules of IBP over time as needed. This greatly relieves the stressRead more

Multiple Demand Streams are No Problem for IBP Accommodating the Complicated Myriad of Planning Exceptions By Ryan Rickard, Director SCMO2 Remember having long, drawn out discussions trying to decide which (single) date and order element should feed into the actuals/historical data stream when forecasting on a legacy platform? Thankfully those painful discussions are no longerRead more

Exciting IBP Game-Changing Functionality on the Way! New Capabilities Will Change the Trajectory for Many Businesses By Matt Campbell, Founder SCMO2 SCMO2 attended the Digital Supply Chain Partner summit at SAP’s Newtown Square headquarters last week and gained some insights on new developments coming to all the DSC portfolio products including, IBP, EWM, TM, PLM,Read more

Top 5 Reasons to Attend an IBP Migration Workshop Understand How and Why IBP will Create Value for your Business By Frank Polito, Director SCMO2 As a manager, director or vice president of supply chain or IT, no doubt you get daily emails or phones calls from numerous software companies claiming to have the nextRead more

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

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