The most complete supply chain solution on the market has recently been further enhanced to support real-time decision-making and synchronisation with partners across the extended supply chain.
Enhanced collaborative capabilities of leading-edge mySAP Supply Chain Management (mySAP SCM) solution are in the areas of supply chain planning, supply chain execution, manufacturing, and performance measurement.
"This new functionality helps companies synchronise supply chain activities with their partners, and excel at customer service and order fulfillment," says Doug Hunter, Solution Manager, mySAP Supply Chain at SAP Africa.
"The solution includes enhanced collaborative planning, execution, logistics, vehicle planning and scheduling, order management and fulfillment, direct procurement, manufacturing, and performance measurement," says Hunter.
Other benefits include improved visibility in extended supply chains, which enables better business decisions.
In addition, mySAP SCM now provides the platform environment necessary for companies to participate in global collaborative communities via private exchanges and marketplaces.
"mySAP SCM enables companies to share information about orders, inventory levels, and production plans so that companies, partners, and suppliers can respond quickly to shifts in supply and demand," says Hunter.
"Customers are also experiencing an unprecedented degree of accuracy and efficiency in planning processes. mySAP SCM streamlines internal and inter-enterprise supply chain processes allowing companies to focus on the real business objectives."
One South African company is already live on mySAP SCM, and another four are currently implementing the solution.
"We believe that 2001 will see rapid adoption of SCM within the local SAP customer base as supply chain implementation becomes a competitive priority," says Hunter. "Initiatives such as collaborative demand and supply planning, supply chain synchronisation and vendor managed inventory are typically best suited to South African supply chain implementations today. These and other business scenarios are possible with mySAP SCM."
With enhanced mySAP SCM collaborative planning capabilities, a company can synchronise efforts with partners and suppliers to respond quickly to shifts in supply and demand along the supply chain. mySAP SCM provides the industry's only complete end-to-end solution for companies that market configured products that meet specific business requirements. This new supply chain management functionality is enabled by version 3.0 of the SAP Advanced Planner and Optimizer (SAP APO), which became generally available earlier this year. SAP APO is one of the software components of the mySAP.com e-business platform.
In January 2001, AMR Research said in a report titled "SAP is Flying High Again" that "SAP's supply chain software, particularly its Advanced Planning and Optimization (APO) product is as good as anything else out there."
The new mySAP SCM functionality has shipped to more than 740 customers worldwide.
The first customers to be productive with the new functionality included BMW Motoren GmbH and Goodyear.
mySAP SCM provides a comprehensive range of generic and industry-specific optimisers for all planning levels from strategic to tactical and operational planning. In addition, mySAP SCM sets a new standard by enabling companies to flexibly address optimisation requirements based on a unified architecture. The Optimization Extension Workbench is a new tool integrated in mySAP SCM that opens the solution's advanced planning and scheduling capabilities to external optimisation technology.
mySAP SCM can be seamlessly integrated with all mySAP.com e-business solutions, including mySAP Customer Relationship Management dnd mySAP Product Lifecycle Management. Integration with mySAP Business Intelligence enables companies to measure key performance indicators to continuously improve their supply chain processes. mySAP SCM creates value for customers by enabling companies to achieve their business objectives. mySAP SCM customers can choose the exact functionality that they require and integrate with existing SAP and non SAP systems.
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