Analyst Insights
Analyst Insights are written by SAPinsider’s research team. Based on information gleaned from surveys of the SAPinsider Community, conversations with experts, SAP employees, vendors, and SAPinsiders, Analyst Insights provide a thoughtful analysis of critical topics, technologies, and challenges that SAP customers face today.
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Inventory Management and Optimization Research Report
Inventory Management and Optimization SAPinsider will publish a benchmark report on Inventory Management and Optimization in November 2022. There could not have been a better time to conduct research focused exclusively on inventory management and optimization. Why so? Well, first of all, the first aspect, which is not surprising to any of us is the...…
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Integrating Process and Physical Digital Twins
Terms like Asset management and asset analytics have primarily been associated with monitoring the condition of equipment used on shop floors and other critical infrastructures like energy and utility. While that is one critical role asset analytics can help play, it is the ability to leverage the data generated by assets across the shop floor,…
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The Increasing Importance of SAPinsider DART Methodology
SAPinsider will be publishing Inventory Management and Optimization research reports in November 2022. If you are familiar with our research, you know that we use a proprietary framework called DART, which stands for Drivers, Action, Requirements, and Technology, to conduct our research. While we explain the methodology extensively in our reports and webinars, we believe…
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Using AI to Eliminate Barriers to Entry
Advances in technology and computing, like AI algorithms, are lowering barriers to entry across industries. Barriers to Entry, in simple terms, mean that the investment and resources that a new player needs to enter a market are high enough to keep the majority of prospects out. So what aspects have led to significant lowering or,…
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SAP Industry Cloud – Need of The Hour?
SAP Industry Cloud is a portfolio of cloud-based solutions designed specifically for specific industries, by SAP and SAP partners, on the SAP BTP platform. That is the simple explanation but should help you see how it comes into play after the narrative described in the last paragraph. Companies in specific industries can save a lot…
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Intelligent Order Management Automation
Order management is a critical process in the supply chain world. With the evolution of customer expectations and behavior, the importance of the order management process has increased. It is therefore not surprising that in the initial responses to our research survey for Process Automation for Supply Chain, order management emerged as one of the…
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Opportunity for IoT Based Innovation on SAP BTP
Internet of Things (IoT) is at the core of building many intelligent enterprise capabilities, including Industry 4.0. From Mobile assets like tractors or trucks to remote assets like a drilling rig in the ocean, IoT devices capture and relay critical data that can be leveraged in many ways. For many organizations, real-time end-to-end visibility in…
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Five Stages of Achieving Supply Chain Analytics Maturity
Supply chain analytics has rapidly evolved in the last few years, supported by progress in technology and computing power. This evolution can also be attributed to increasing supply chain complexities, and challenges companies are increasingly running into. SAPinsiders have consistently highlighted their increased focus on leveraging analytics and automation in the supply chain in our…
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Strategic Importance of Unified Commerce
A consistent business driver that emerges across multiple SAPinsider research reports is the evolving customer expectations and evolving customer demand. As the business world becomes more and more customer-centric, there is an increasing need to leverage data and analytics to transform the customer experience. Organizations need to build essential capability to integrate all customer data…
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Blurring Boundaries between Optimization and Simulation Tools
Optimization and simulation tools have been used in supply chain analytics for a long time. Generally, they have been categorized into prescriptive analytics methodologies that help you understand the best way to do something. This is not a concrete characterization, however. If your simulation model of your current state, for example, helps you understand which…
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