Executive Summary SAP made a large number of exaggerated forward-looking statements around Personas. But after Fiori arrived, Personas essentially disappeared as time passed. Now the question remains, whatever happened to Personas? Introduction In a previous article, What is Actually in the Fiori Box? I went through Fiori in detail and explained some features of Fiori,…
Executive Summary The most common APO modules implemented in APO are covered in this introduction to APO. APO has important interactions with SAP ERP. Introduction to SAP APO In this article, you will receive a high-level overview of the entire SAP APO suite. What is APO Made Up Of? SAP APO is made up of…
Executive Summary SAP and SAP consulting firms have made a large number of false claims around HANA. When confronted with these claims, HANA proponents continually change the topic and deflect other HANA claims that are also false. Video Introduction: Deflection of HANA Claims Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) There is a popular…
Executive Summary SAP has very low accuracy, and other vendors cannot understand how to manage this inaccuracy. How vendors can bring this inaccuracy into play. Video Introduction: The Secret to Marketing Against SAP Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) SAP has enormous credibility with many companies. What they say, what they propose changes…
Executive Summary Companies generally don’t know what their production scheduling systems should be able to do. We explain how to grade your production scheduling system against essential criteria. Introduction Production scheduling software will never be considered the sexy category of enterprise software. That may be hard for people who work in this area to read;…
Executive Summary The Brightwork Honest Software Vendor Ratings are an unbiased explanation of vendors. The logic for the ratings being is that software buyers can’t only review the application without also observing the software vendor. What Are the Honest Vendor Ratings? These are reviews of vendors performed without any financial bias as Brightwork receives no…
Executive Summary ERP vendors presentation the concept of a single system for everything, and later a fully integrated suite. Neither of these proposals ended up being true. Increasingly ERP looks like a Trojan Horse. Introduction ERP fundamentally reconfigured the enterprise software marketplace and became a significant software category. ERP had a second impact: it positioned…
Executive Summary IBP is SAP’s attempt to replace the aging APO, which has been very slow to build momentum. Considering APO’s untended garden of functionality. Interpreting SAP’s statements regarding IBP gets into issues related to supposedly seamless integration for BW, S/4HANA, and the SAP Cloud Platform. Video Introduction: Is IBP an Upgrade Over APO?: Updated…
Executive Summary ERP is sold on the ability to be used as a single instance. Learn why the proposal that ERP works as a single instance is incorrect and what this means for projects. Introduction to Global Instances This article is based on real experiences taken from global software implementations. You will learn the positives…
Executive Summary Sales forecasting is little covered in books. It is necessary to understand the limitations of low volume sales forecasting. Sales forecasting output can be used for supply chain forecasting. However, it must be checked and frequently adjusted for sales or quota bias. Introduction to Low Volume/High Dollar Forecasting In performing research into forecasting,…