ifm Supply Chain for Planning and Execution Transformation
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Key Takeaways
⇨ Enhancing the primary ERP capabilities with "add-on" and "add-in" solutions functionality can help organizations improve their business processes and achieve strategic objectives.
⇨ ifm Supply Chain, an SAP partner for 25 years, natively integrates and deploys its supply chain solutions portfolio into the SAP ecosystem and offers an integrated approach to streamlining demand planning, production scheduling, procurement processes, and inventory control for superior efficiency through its GIB software.
⇨ The solution platform by ifm operates as an extension of SAP, offering sophisticated features for handling intricate business procedures, all while presenting a user interface that closely resembles SAP® S/4HANA, SAP® Cloud, or SAP® ECC system.
Extending the core ERP capabilities with additional solution functionality can be approached in two ways, namely “add-on” and “add-in” solutions. When it comes to add-on solutions, integration of data, people, and processes is required, which can be a costly and time-consuming process. On the other hand, add-in solutions are natively embedded in the ERP system, eliminating the need for extensive integration efforts.
This technology brief will explore ifm Supply Chain, an SAP partner for over 25 years, whose supply chain solutions are natively integrated and deployed into the SAP ecosystem. Originally founded in Germany in 1992, the company’s GIB software offers an integrated approach to streamlining demand planning, production scheduling, procurement processes, and inventory control. The company’s solutions deliver superior efficiency by eliminating the need for costly and time-consuming integration efforts.