The case for harmonisation is usually sound. The question is whether the design underneath it is. The Business Case Is Convincing. The Operating Reality Often Is Not. Every group-level board that approves an SAP harmonisation programme is making a rational decision....
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Logistics Became a Challenge — And Nobody Knows What To Do…
by Sandy Torrekens, Paul Ploumhans | Mar 13, 2026 | Consulting and Industry Insights, Strategy, Execution, Results, Supply Chain Challenges and Strategies
Are you in drinks, paper, packaging, or any other sector where the manufacturing process historically dictated the economics? Then this will sound familiar. Logistics was never the focus. The attention was on the factory — improving machines, increasing OEE, pushing...
Why CXOs See 70% of Transformations Miss Their Targets
by Sandy Torrekens, Paul Ploumhans | Dec 19, 2025 | Consulting and Industry Insights, Strategy, Execution, Results, Supply Chain Challenges and Strategies
…and how to stay in control without outsourcing your company 📊 70% of business transformations fall short of their goals (BCG, 2024).For CXOs, this is not a statistic, it is a risk. In most cases, the issue is not strategy or ambition.It is execution. Weak programme...
Why “Small” Changes Fail to Get Implemented — And How to Deliver Them.
by Sandy Torrekens | Dec 9, 2025 | Consulting and Industry Insights, Strategy, Execution, Results, Supply Chain Challenges and Strategies
Do you recognise this scenario… You have a business problem, everyone agreed on a solution… and then nothing happens. The issue resurfaces in every performance meeting. Weeks and months pass with the same complaints from sales, operations, and customers. Why do...
The Question: AI or Not?
by Abdul Maulud | Jul 1, 2025 | Consulting and Industry Insights
Several clients have inquired about our stance on the use of Artificial Intelligence and Large Language Models. At first, our understanding of AI was limited to its use in language and writing – not in the areas of deep analytics and decision-making. Although AI...
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...
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