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  • The SAP APO Master Data Mass Maintenance Booster

    ByPrimary Researcher

    … that one can only change a set of master data and that too for a fixed value change. (a constant, a standard increment) of numeric or non-numeric master data variables. There are plenty of master data maintenance activities in APO that are often too cumbersome to maintain. Customers engage consulting firms to develop specific report programs to maintain Transportation Lanes, Production Data Structures, Product Locations, etc. These programs are generally narrowly focussed on maintaining only a set of values through a file upload. Moreover, there are no standard programs by SAP to even mass copy a template location product …

  • Does American Express Have So Many Indians It is Now Indian Express?

    ByPrimary Researcher

    … the other way” attitude of US companies, can bring bonded labor in the US as we cover in How Indian IT is Bringing Bonded Labor to the US. Those Indian firms can be confident that nothing will be done to enforce US law that states bonded labor is illegal.
    Indian consulting firms can steal their employees’ wages, as we cover in the article The Broad Scale Wage Theft by Tata Consulting and Infosys, and the Indian firms can be confident they will only get a slap on the wrist if caught.
    When there are a sufficient number of Indians in …

  • How to Achieve Lean Supply Chain

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    … across the supply chain. These metrics should be reviewed frequently to ensure supply chain success. – Cerasis
    Lean proponents have a way of presenting perfect-world scenarios that change things that Lean programs don’t control. I have reviewed companies that follow Lean approaches that don’t match what the Lean consulting firms say that Lean accomplishes.
    This article will cover Lean from a realistic perspective instead of presenting a fantasy world about how to implement Lean.
    Lean Planning Versus MRP
    Procedural versus Lean planning is one of the most enduring debates in the area of supply planning. Lean is both …

  • How to Implement Lean Supply Chain

    ByPrimary Researcher

    … supply chain objectives. There should be metrics involved to monitor these objectives to ensure success across the supply chain. These metrics should be reviewed frequently to ensure supply chain success. – Cerasis
    Lean proponents have a way of presenting perfect world scenarios that change things that Lean programs don’t control. I have reviewed companies that follow Lean approaches that don’t match what the Lean consulting firms say that Lean accomplishes.
    This article will cover Lean from a realistic perspective instead of presenting a fantasy world about how to implement Lean.
    Issue #1: Safety Stock and Variability
    Systems with supply

  • What is Lean Supply Chain Definition?

    ByPrimary Researcher

    … supply chain. These metrics should be reviewed frequently to ensure supply chain success. – Cerasis
    Lean proponents have a way of presenting perfect world scenarios that change things that Lean programs don’t have control over. Companies that I have reviewed that follow Lean approaches don’t match what the Lean consulting firms say that Lean accomplishes.
    In this article, we will cover what is Lean supply chain definition from a realistic perspective instead of presenting a fantasy world, which is the most common presentation of Lean.
    The Definition of Lean
    Lean is fundamentally about reducing waste. Lean proponents tend to …

  • What is SAP IBP Used For?

    ByPrimary Researcher

    … estimates, 109 IBP customers, and another 968 customers. However, these estimates are always on the high side. This is because both of these measuring entities count consulting firms as users. Then some companies own a license but never implemented it. Some customers implemented the application but either never took it live or only took a small sliver of the functionality live.
    Lora Cecere has proposed that SAP is ceding the advanced planning market to other vendors due to the relatively low uptake of IBP.
    What is SAP IBP Used For?
    However, one clear thing is that IBP is not …

  • Should You Implement EOQ Without Knowing the Assumptions of EOQ?

    ByPrimary Researcher

    … on the shared drive from a departed consulting company — which say why ABC or XYZ are important but don’t get into the actual estimations of anything. Realistically, these are the same or virtually the same presentations regardless of the consulting company brand on the presentation.
    Supply chain vendors and consulting firms will often present this standard functionality to companies without eliminating the fact that companies most often don’t have the money or patience to set the calculation inputs properly. A formula is only worthwhile if the assumptions that it is based upon are followed. Otherwise, it is just …

  • Introduction to LaunchPad SAP HANA Support

    ByPrimary Researcher

    … than what was promised. Of all of the databases track by Brightwork Research & Analysis, HANA is rated the highest in maintenance. This maintenance has caught most customers that have HANA off guard. Brightwork Research & Analysis has been the most accurate source of information on HANA while all of the SAP consulting firms and IT analysts like Gartner simply repeated SAP’s marketing material (as we cover in the article How Gartner Got HANA So Wrong, as just one example).

    We covered how S/4HANA did not have a simplified data model in the article Does S/4HANA Have a Simplified …

  • Introduction to LaunchPad SAP BW Support

    ByPrimary Researcher

    … purchase BW/4HANA, which is quite expensive.

    Getting Something Better
    Imagine if you could radically improve BW and cut costs at the same time. You can. But to do so, you will need to reject the advice from SAP and SAP consulting firms.

    BW is at the end of life, and there are zero reasons to continue to pay SAP support money for their evaporated support.
    Even if companies want to purchase BW/4HANA, many won’t, and SAP will sell BW/4HANA to BW customers at any time in the future.
    Overall, there is no reason to accept …

  • Introduction to LaunchPad SAP GATP Support

    ByPrimary Researcher

    … upgrading to S/4HANA for some time, and its effectiveness is not well known.

    Getting Something Better
    Imagine if you could radically improve GATP and cut costs at the same time.
    You can.
    But to do so, you will need to reject the advice from SAP and SAP consulting firms.

    APO is at the end of life, and there are zero reasons to continue to pay SAP support money for their evaporated support.
    Even if companies want to purchase S/4HANA, many won’t, and SAP will sell S/4HANA to GATP customers at any time in the future …