KPI – Key Performance Indicator

Are you in control of your data? Are you ready for more SAP Data Analytics with S4 HANA? Perhaps not.  I want to extract Standard SAP reports and lists across the supply chain providing a detailed analysis of Key performance Indices for you. I want to help you avoid Z reports and show you how powerful many standard SAP reports and associated graphics are. We could even use a tool to quickly extract large sets of data for you. I would...

Using your SAP system to its full potential is a daunting challenge for any company. SAP offers an almost infinite amount of tools to use and it is a challenge to choose the best ones for your company. An even greater challenge is to have users embrace these new tools, understand them and use them effectively. In other words, implementing a new IT tool is one thing; it’s another challenge to create a culture that uses innovation,...

In one of my latest articles – “SAP Supply Chain Monitoring Best Practises” I spoke about a Supply Chain Executive’s winning formula. Included in that winning formula is #2 Maintain strategic focus Define Key Initiatives & Metrics. I would highly recommend re-reading that article as this one builds on it. What astonishes me is how many companies do not use standard SAP reporting to measure key metrics. SAP provides up to 300...

A Supply Chain Executive’s  winning formula is: Support the CEO’s vision and provide a Supply Chain vision Maintain a strategic focus including: Help create and support a Focused Business Plan Define Key Initiatives & metrics All of the above easily remembered and communicated Create  an A+ team Make sure accountability is in place Simplify and keep on simplifying Let’s first look at accountability and simplifying. In...

My friends Keith and Sean from the company REVEAL recently shared an excellent meal with me in old Montreal. Keith and I were both featured speakers at the Logistics and Supply Chain Management conferences in sunny Orlando (2012) and Fabulous Las Vegas (2013). My speaking engagements were centered on Sales and Operations transformation as well as Supply Chain Optimization.  We also both share the same insights on business fundamentals...

You haven’t concentrated enough on Strategy and then Execution. There are plenty of books written about bringing companies from good to great. Most of these books have all the right buzzwords from all the best experts. What companies need to first focus on is strategy.  Steve jobs had Apple focus on four great products when he returned to Apple in 1997. As for execution, Steve also brought his top 100 people on retreats and focused on...