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New Year’s Resolution – Snack Your Way to an Improved Supply Chain? By Clay Thomas, Principal SCMO2 Everyone’s back in the office, and as a company you’ve resolved to improve your supply chain result this year. Congratulations! That message has resounded throughout many conference halls of late. You want to compete, and budget approved—all youRead more

Setting Reasonable Forecasting Expectations By Ryan Rickard, Senior Consultant SCMO2 Have you ever had a manager or business leader expect an 80% Forecast Accuracy? Or, as part of your performance review had a supervisor explain that current forecasting performance is at 48% and the goal is 75%? Has anyone in your business ever analyzed theRead more

Let Forecast Value Added be the Gift you Give your Organization By Ryan Rickard, Senior Consultant SCMO2 As we enjoy the hustle and bustle of this holiday season, most of us will take a few minutes to reflect on “all the things great” surrounding us. We’ll get to enjoy holiday parties and spend time withRead more

15 Percent Failure Rate Exposed IBP Implementation Challenges By Robert Birdsall, Senior Manager SCMO2 It was my pleasure to take part in a recent IBP Bootcamp presented by SCMO2 and SAP Insider. This seminar covered SAP IBP and SAP Jam functionality through extensive use of demonstrations, exercises and presentations. One aspect of preparation is directlyRead more

A Fall Color Reflection on SAP IBP By Clay Thomas, Principal SCMO2 Recently, I took a “fall foliage” driving tour with my family, mainly because my son and I collect national park quarters and have challenged ourselves to see as many national parks as possible before his 18th birthday. Our trek across New York, Vermont,Read more

SAP Has Found the Secret Sauce for IBP Collaboration By Robert Birdsall, Senior Manager SCMO2 SAP provides numerous reasons for using SAP Jam with its Integrated Business Planning (IBP) tool. But are there any reasons why you shouldn’t? We review the five most common objections in today’s post, and debunk each of them. #1 –Read more

SAP Jam Bridges IBP and Mobile Worlds By Clay Thomas, Principal SCMO2 If you’re like me, you still manage your list of “to dos” on a small paper notepad. I’m still waiting for the whole speech-to-text thing to be perfected. I just do better when I write things down and cross them off. When weRead more

How to Leverage ARIBA Guided Buying Solution to Gain Control of Costs By Derek Minter, Principal SCMO2 Organizational control of indirect spending and the end-user experience have been at odds for decades in the enterprise-wide application arena. This makes perfect sense, as control by its very nature restricts end users from transacting in a fluidRead more

More and more, businesses are requesting roadmap assessments to determine when they should move from APO and ECC landscapes to IBP and S/4 for HANA. The question of when you should make the move depends on tool maturity for the required functionality and the business value you can expect from making the move. In thisRead more