The groundwork is done. The relevance of Demand Driven Material Requirements Planning (DDMRP) to your business has been assessed, and both the tangible and intangible levers outlined in our previous article – inventory, service, lead times, and productivity – have...
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Is Demand-Driven Planning a Good Fit For You? Start by Understanding the Business Case
by Patrick Rigoni | Jun 18, 2025 | Demand-Driven Material Requirements Planning (DDMRP), Strategy, Execution, Results
When evaluating if Demand-Driven Planning is the right approach for their business, companies immediately face a challenge: What are the real benefits of implementing it, and how do you quantify them? Sure, if a company is considering it in the first place, it...
Interface Errors Aren’t Always Technical — Stop Expecting IT to Fix Broken Business
by Abdul Maulud, Sandy Torrekens | Jun 5, 2025 | SAP S/4HANA Innovations, Strategy, Execution, Results
It's a familiar story. A system interface keeps showing up on the agenda — again. It's mentioned in every business review, flagged in every update, and has quietly become part of the landscape. It's been "fixed" more times than anyone can count, yet somehow, it never...
Merging SAP Systems: When Lift-&-Shift Becomes Lift-&-Sh**
by Abdul Maulud, Sandy Torrekens | May 20, 2025 | SAP S/4HANA Innovations, Strategy, Execution, Results
When it comes to SAP system integration during mergers or acquisitions, there's a persistent myth that a "lift and shift" approach—simply transferring one system into another—is a cost-effective and fast method to merge the system of the acquired company into that of...
Blind Spot Ahead! The Iceberg That Sinks SAP Projects (and Businesses)
by Abdul Maulud, Stephen Clifford, Sandy Torrekens | May 8, 2025 | Consulting and Industry Insights, SAP S/4HANA Innovations
Every SAP transformation carries risk—but the greatest danger is the one not visible on a Gantt chart. It’s the uncharted, un-scoped and hence untested.It’s the Blind Spot. Not a minor oversight or a bug in the system, but a gaping absence in the mapping of how the...
When Changing 3PLs Creates More Problems Than It Solves
by Sandy Torrekens | May 2, 2025 | Consulting and Industry Insights, Supply Chain Challenges and Strategies, Warehouse Management and Optimisation
Why a procurement success can turn into a business nightmare. The Hidden Trap of Long-Term 3PL Relationships We've all been there. Your logistics operations have been handled by the same 3PL (third-party logistics provider) for years. Over time, layers of workarounds...
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