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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

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

SAP Purchase Incentives for Migrating from APO to IBP No Better Time than Now to Make the Switch By Matt Campbell, Founder SCMO2 For every company there exists an optimal time to begin the migration from APO to IBP. Are you ready for it? For your organization, that time may be now. Consulting firms thatRead 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

Help! Your Project is Done and Execs Want to See ROI Redefining Benefits and Value in Retrospect By Robert Birdsall, Director SCMO2 First – don’t panic. Generating a positive ROI is the whole purpose for your project in the first place, right? A proper assessment of benefits realization requires that you employ five key disciplinesRead 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