SAP Digital Supply Chain Live

With persistent disruptions and an inability to accurately predict business conditions even a few weeks out, there is a premium on agile supply chain planning for brand owners and manufacturers. Resiliency dictates planning must consider multiple supply chain variability scenarios and synchronize across finance, manufacturing, logistics and trading partners. Learn how solutions like SAP Integrated Business Planning for Supply Chain help companies in this critical digital transformation.

• Business trends and needs
• SAP solution overview
• Key building blocks of synchronized planning
• Key recent and upcoming innovations

In this session, we illustrate why Livanova, a global medical technology company, decided to implement SAP Integrated Business Planning during disruptive times and how Syscons helped the customer to enhance resilience. An interesting business case that can inspire different industries.

• Introducing Syscons as a global supply chain advisory firm, SAP Partner
• Today's challenges of Livanova's supply chain
• How planning is critical in the global supply chain
• Implementation of SAP Integrated Business Planning as next-generation supply chain planning solution that helped Livanova to overcome key challenges

IMI is using SAP IBP to manage large amounts of data, in a complex business, and simplify the process to create a highly transparent and visible view of demand, supply and inventory. Key topics will include how IBP relies on excellent data quality, how it builds upon one common language, how it is important to plan at the right level for S & OP, and how IBP has allowed IMI to simplify the complexity in the business. Also, IMI will show what the operational benefits have been for IMI. Attendees can expect to hear about how IBP is not only driving operational benefits for IMI, but it is a collaboration tool, and how it has brought people, process and technology together.

• Reducing the corrupting influence of variability
• Segmentation
• Supply Planning and constraint management
• "Less is more"
• It is better to be 'roughly right' than 'precisely wrong'

The supply chain transformation journey at Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare focused on SAP IBP implementation. Business challenges, Lessons learned and the roadmap will be presented in this session. Key takeaways and discussion points will include:

• Challenges of a disjoint/Silo system at Drive
• Centralized Master Data management
• Demand and Supply Planning Implementation
• Closed Loop system with PO execution feedback loop

The pandemic and other recent incidents have once more demonstrated how interconnected our world is. Smoothly running logistics operations are the backbone of global commerce. While efficiency was the main driver in logistics, the past 18 months have significantly changed the perspective of many executives. This session will therefore cover the new drivers shaping the logistics field and will outline SAP's perspective on digital transformation and innovation in this area.

• Business trends and drivers in logistics
• Technology innovations supporting these trends
• SAP vision and strategy
• Innovation highlights

Bechtle is going to give you an overview of two of their currently ongoing digital SCM projects: The first solution is a collaboration project with SAP called SAP Warehouse Robotics. An autonomous guided vehicle (AGV) is fulfilling transportation tasks with the guidance of SAP EWM and Google Cloud. The second solution is a collaboration project with Bosch to measure and weight articles during the inbound process. By using a high tech camera it is also possible to get the dimensions of shapelessly articles within a second. The direct interface to SAP enables an immediate update of the articles master data.

• Presentation of Bechtle Company
• Instant Article Measurement System with Bosch/SAP
• Implementation - Requirements - System Architecture - Use Case - Benefits
• Flexible Warehouse Automation with SAP
• Implementation - Requirements - System Architecture - Scenarios - Benefits

Ferrero experiences increased demand from internal and external stakeholders for real-time visibility of orders and shipments. A lack of visibility creates internal and external inefficiencies in warehousing, yard and transportation operations and leads to an increase in transportation costs, impacts on-time delivery performance and customer service. To satisfy internal and external demand for better supply chain visibility and improve customer experience, Ferrero launched a Supply Chain Control Tower program developing capabilities in the area of supply chain visibility.

In this session Boston Scientific Corporation, a leader in the medical devices industry, will share insights from their transformation journey to enable a “touchless” supply chain, leveraging SAP solutions to simplify management of jurisdictional controls and shelf-life across production planning, sourcing, manufacturing and distribution. Mark Wright, Program Director of the Magellan SAP Transformation Program, will discuss Boston Scientific’s vision and journey of transformation to simplify the management of product configurations, market authorizations, shelf-life considerations and enable end-to-end visibility of inventory across the supply chain to commit to customer requirements, improve compliance and improve productivity. 

The presentation is business focused, addressing supply chain practitioners in regulated industries that manufacture and distribute products and manage complex supply chains that is constantly evolving. The customer presentation is especially relevant for participants from the pharmaceutical, medical devices, biotech and chemical industries. Key takeaways include:

• Learn the new way of managing your supply chain by segmenting the Material and managing the end-to-end process digitally and avoiding proliferation of Material and avoiding excess inventory
• The vision for a touchless replenishment that automatically creates recommendations for stock replenishments considering projected situations and constraints
• Managing the Product life cycle master plan holistically by aligning regulatory compliance changes with Supply chain events such as sales authorization at the product revision 
• Solutions to common business problems faced in the regulated industries, including managing Remaining Shelf Life, production and execution of product based on Regulatory compliance, and Demand & Supply Matching based on constraints
• Learn how managing the Products and Raw Material at a Batch and Segment level can enable productivity improvements

The events of the last 18 months have revealed the inadequacy and shortcomings of many company's planning processes. Join this session for a dive into the reasons planning has failed, what planning is and is meant to be and how Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) as a business process is the glue that makes it all work. Attendees will leave with a reinforced understanding and perspective of planning overall and be energized to take some ideas back and improve their own planning processes

• What should enterprise planning look like?
• What is the S&OP process exactly?
• Why do so many planning processes fall short of delivering desired results?
• How can I achieve superior results in planning in my company?

A pandemic like COVID-19 brings huge disruptions to supply chain because of surge in demand due to panic buying and frequent supply shortages owing to replenishment constraints. Companies need to be efficient in handling such unexpected and volatile demand and supply situations. They can do so by ensuring urgent priority demands be fulfilled immediately by orchestrating the supply network, intelligently selecting substitutable products, and also prohibiting unfair distribution of stocks—all at the same time. Attend this comprehensive session to: 

• Learn the functional and technical advantages that SAP S/4HANA aATP provides to your overall Order Fulfillment process
• Learn about the much-awaited Product and Location Substitution functionality that will be released in 2021 On-Prem version of SAP S/4HANA advanced ATP
• Learn how Product Allocation (PAL), Product Availability (PAC), Supply Protection(SuP) and Alternative Based Confirmation(ABC) can work simultaneously for sales order during Online ATP check or Back Order Processing
• Learn about the roadmap of SAP S/4HANA aATP’s integration with manufacturing and transportation processes

Hear how SAP’s latest IBP and S/4 innovations, Synchronized Planning connects your supply network plan with production planning and detailed scheduling. We'll also look into upcoming innovations as part of the roadmap, that expand the definition of Synchronized Planning to include other solutions areas.

• What is Synchronized Planning?
• What use cases are available \ supported now?
• What's coming on the roadmap and additional use cases
• How will Synchronized Planning fit into the new Planner's Workspace concept of IBP

In this session we will review how SAP Transportation Management can help companies better manage their end to end transportation operations in all kinds of markets. We will discuss the different options available when deploying SAP TM. Attendees will also learn how other companies have implemented the solution and the benefits they achieved. Learn about:

• Latest innovations in Transportation Management
• How Transportation Management fits within SAP S/4HANA
• Vision and roadmap for Transportation Management at SAP

Learn how SAP IBP supports Intelligent Visibility by connecting the dots to analyze supply chain disruptions, understand impact and take actions in a digital supply chain. Highlights include:

• Highlight the mission of Intelligent Visibility
• Outline the value proposition of IV
• Explain the key capabilities
• Provide a use case example

Learn how customers leverage the capabilities of SAP Yard Logistics to improve their yard processes and see how they get ready for the digital future integrated in the Digital Core of Intelligent Enterprise. Understand how the different customers have implemented a sustainable, future-proof yard management with SAP Yard Logistics in heterogenous system landscapes integrating with SAP TM, SAP EWM, SAP LBN, SAP ECC and Legacy systems. Sample customers are from a variety of different industries, including automotive, transportation, manufacturing, and retail industry and each of them is operating a diverse combination of the above-mentioned systems. Furthermore, sample planning and execution processes within the yard will be presented utilizing several SAP Yard Logistics functionalities such as self-check-in, mobile execution and planning capabilities. As IoT is a core topic in logistics to improve process efficiency, the session will also highlight how customers tie their yard processes to the digital supply chain using edge device integration and process control features based on IoT sensor data in SAP Yard Logistics.

• Short overview of Yard Logistics key features
• Industry specific examples of Yard Logistics implementations
• IoT integration capabilities
• Demo processes including self-check-in, mobile execution, and planning capabilities

The session will show you an end to end integration of digitalisation within the supply chain, empowering people, connecting man and machine and optimizing work tasks as well as logistics internally as well as externally.Depending on the track chosen: Design to Operate for the discrete industry: Ordering items Manufacturing down to a lot size of 1 Personalization as well as quality checks with support of visual inspection Logistics - Warehouse Management and Transport Management

The pandemic hit the global supply chain hard and made many rethink its resilience. Staying in control in a distributed environment is not easy: orchestration and insights across all relevant logistics stakeholders is key. This is the realm where SAP Logistics Business Network comes into play: an open network of networks that allows connecting multiple business partners for inter-company collaboration and insights. See how the SAP Logistics Business Network can help you improving resilience, increase customer satisfaction at decreased logistics cost.

• Take logistics collaboration to the next level by connecting with your carriers for standardized collaboration and insights
• Differentiate through situational awareness for order fulfillment and goods in-transit with global track and trace
• Create a trust chain for up- and downstream product genealogy to minimize recalls through full transparency
• Learn how the intelligent insights add-on helps you take educated decisions based on data aggregates that are meshed-up with real-time logistics and risk data

Inventory Optimization has a positive impact on financial metrics like Working Capital, Cash Conversion Cycle and others. But how can companies align on the actual financial impact of supply chain operating changes? Find out how Collaborative Enterprise Planning can enable meaningful conversations between Inventory and Financial Planners​.

• Today's challenges managing inventory working capital from within finance and supply chain planning silos
• A new model: continuous inventory planning
• Demo
• Q&A

As is right, the business case for technology implementation is driven by quantifiable business metrics aligned to strategic outcomes over a defined period time. But all too often such projects fail to deliver what has been promised. We are reminded of the end result where business users, central to delivery of key plans across demand, supply, inventory, scheduling, lack functionality and education to be able to use the technology effectively. So how do we ensure that such change is adopted within the user community, increasing productivity and efficiency even with role and personnel changes?

Join the Olivehorse team who will share insights around our methodology and give suggestions on setting the course for increasing planner productivity, addressing the gap between 'change management' and 'user adoption, and how to get the best result from your planning teams so KPI's are achieved in the most effective way. Discover how you can drive planning effectiveness the Olivehorse way:

• Solution ownership within the planning community
• Application versus planner support through hypercare
• A continuous improvement mindset using planning audits and capability assessments

The past 12 months have seen supply chains under the spotlight more than most, with businesses under pressure to deliver goods quicker, while suffering from the affects of a disruption in the supply of raw materials, reduced capacity manufacturing and inevitably staff shortages. Digital enablement is key to achieving this, but it is important to remember there is a big difference between utilising digital technology and creating a digitised supply chain. In this session, we will walk you through real life insights, challenges and learnings we are seeing in our daily interactions with supply chain practitioners. Our team will showcase how out-of-the box mobile applications are helping supply chain professionals drive greater efficiency, speed and visibility in end-to-end processes. Throughout the session, we will share real-life insights and case studies that demonstrate how digital transformation is closer than you think.

• Challenges in the supply chain – what are our customers experiencing and what are their business drivers?
• Case Studies – hear some real life successes – how are organisations experiencing tangible business benefits via rapid deployment (delivering mobile apps in a matter of days)
• Live demonstration of PreBilt – a suite of out-of-the-box mobile applications that can help digitise end-to-end SAP supply chain processes (picking, packing, put-way, dispatch, etc)

Learn more about the digital transformation journey at a global chemical company. How they are harmonizing transportation, logistics execution, ensuring trade & regulatory compliance, while centralizing and improving processes, data management and analysis. Explore how SAP TM, SAP GTS, SAP EWM & SAP EHS is allowing them to achieve these goals.

• Discuss how a chemical company performed their digital transformation journey
• Harmonizing the transportation, logistics, trade and regulatory compliance of that company
• See how SAP modules are helping that company achieve success
• See how data management and analysis massively increases efficiency

Many leaders are taking steps to increase transparency through an integrated view of the future, plan for potential scenarios, and establish the appropriate shock absorbers to reduce the impact of future black swan events, while at the same time mitigating the cost impact of the disruption and related performance. As we look beyond COVID-19, there are several factors driving organisations to review their end to end supply chains, in an effort to stay on the front foot and connect with the end consumer. Join Les' talk to learn how to move to E2E Supply Chain Management with IBP coordination.

• How to drive E2E supply chain transformation with IBP How does IBP enhance E2E business performance to significantly improve customer service, financial performance, and business growth
• How does Integrated Business Planning help to manage uncertainty
• What are the benefits of E2E supply chain visibility and what is preventing it

• An introduction to Microsoft’s supply chain
• Challenges and forces of change
• Transformation journey
• Overall benefits

A leading industrial gases supplier needed a serialization solution to manage planning, tracking and returns for its products. At the same time, the goal was to improve the overall customer experience. After the successful implementation of SAP Corporate Serialization, the customer benefits from an integrated supply chain with consistent data shared between processes and tools. SAP Corporate Serialization enables the serialization and tracking of uniquely identified objects, like products or parts, in the supply chain. This solution is tailored to the specific needs of non-life sciences stakeholders, such as high-tech goods, medical devices, consumer packaged goods and chemicals. Key benefits are ensuring compliance with regulations as well as greater supply chain visibility. In addition, the company is now able to anticipate demand based on analytics and reporting functionality and react in real-time on arising changes. The presentation will cover:

• How to realize an integrated serialization approach for your supply chain
• How serialization helps you to stay agile through changing demands
• How SAP Corporate Serialization brings more visibility and traceability through your value chain

In this live session, you will hear about the experiences and learnings from taking a 25+ year old legacy mainframe system – which was continually updated to meet the ever changing business processes necessary to move finished vehicles (imports and exports) for Daimler – to a new system that required business processes to be evaluated and a new system to support the business processes. Hear a program and solution overview of the SAP Yard Logistics and EWM deployments and also: 

• Hear how Agile program management enabled the MBUSA business, IT, and leadership team to engage early and often to provide vital feedback and user adoption
• Learn how MBUSA leveraged an integrated combination of multiple SAP components, solutions and mobility devices to address complex business requirements
• Understand key lessons learned and how MBUSA optimized their operations and built a sustainable solution

Machine Learning is a hot topic everywhere you turn these days. Learn about opportunities in SAP Integrated Business Planning to leverage Machine Learning to help your business plan more effectively and efficiently.

• Current Machine Learning capabilities of SAP Integrated Business Planning
• Future roadmap for ML capabilities
• How to extend IBP capabilities in Machine Learning

Explore how SAP S/4HANA extended Service Parts Planning provides planning functions specific to service parts and provides transparency throughout the supply chain, right from the moment demand occurs through to the delivery of the product. During the session we will share the SAP Parts Planning strategy, business benefits and latest functionalities coming up with the 2021 Release. The session is particularly relevant for customers that plans and distributes high volumes of service parts, such as Automotive and Aerospace & defense segment among others.

• Parts planning trends and market challenges
• Strategy SAP Parts Planning
• Business benefits
• Demo and roadmap
• SAP S/4HANA extended Service Parts Planning

Macroeconomic trends are putting pressure on supply chains at every level. Warehouse management systems have long worked at improving efficiency and accuracy, but now they must also be able to adapt to rapid and often unexpected changes in the overall supply chain. Learn what SAP is doing with Extended Warehouse Management to increase flexibility and accelerate time to value while providing best-of-breed functionality and best-of-suite integration and business process optimization.

• Overview of deployment options for EWM
• Latest updates in EWM
• How SAP Warehouse Insights can reduce empty travel and improve overall productivity
• How robotics can introduce flexibility into warehouse management