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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 In the tryptophan daze of Thanksgiving Day last week, my mind settled upon a decidedly unscientific conclusion—SAP Integrated Business Planning is finally winning in the SCP market. SAPRead 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

Five Best Ways to Evaluate Supply Chain Planning Best Practices Now is Definitely the Time to Start Game-Planning Your 2020 Initiatives By Frank Polito, Director SCMO2 In an evolving economy with businesses always looking to be more competitive, success comes to those who strategically gather intelligence across industry trends and best practices. Intelligence not inRead more

Top 5 Reasons to Choose SAP Ariba Supply Chain Collaboration Coordinate a Myriad of Manufacturers, Suppliers and Stakeholders in Real Time By Frank Polito, Director SCMO2 In a world filled with so many technologies, it’s hard at times to decide which software platform is best for your specific business. Occasionally however, one shines through thatRead 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

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