Posts Tagged "best practises"

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,...

I went to SAP and met with their S/4HANA and Fiori experts this week to learn about how SAP will be radically changing in the future. This included a discussion on their brand new data story product Lumira as well. Here is a brief summary of what to expect for SAP Supply Chain Planning in the future. You had better get prepared. 1. S/4HANA with Fiori is a robust and fast SAP Decision Support System now more than anything else. The...

I have an attitude problem. I once had a user accuse me of having an attitude problem. I was new to the company and was introducing myself to purchasing. I had already data mined (using MD04 – my favorite SAP Supply Chain monitor) and seen that a user was placing their SAP POs late. During my introduction I told a story about how a senior VP at my previous company would have to explain to multi-million dollar clients why we were late...

I was asked to provide preliminary consulting to help out with the Navy’s Inventory Management Challenges and SAP. The US Navy has a multi – billion dollar supply chain that needs to be war ready at all times. Military is never an easy client, as some of my suggestions ended being unacceptable to the pentagon. That’s right. The pentagon. So what did the US Naval Command take away and use? We discussed the following topics;...

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...