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Pfizer & Henkel: SAP Business Network Customer Highlights

Talking Logistics

At SAP Sapphire back in May, Lidia Fonseca, Chief Digital and Technology Officer at Pfizer, delivered a keynote presentation explaining the value of being a trading partner on SAP Business Network.

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Boston University’s Sourcing Transformation

Logistics Viewpoints

Prior to Mr. Moore’s arrival, BU had put in the full SAP spend management suite, formerly called Ariba. With SAP, they got the great majority of their addressable spend – representing 100s of millions of dollars – under contract. There are now 40 electronic catalogs in the SAP system. What SAP is doing is great!

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EY Announces Brian Kempisty of Port X Logistics as an Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2023 New York Award Finalist

The Logistics of Logistics

The winners will then be considered by the National judges for the Entrepreneur Of The Year National Awards, which will be presented in November at the annual Strategic Growth Forum® , one of the nation’s most prestigious gatherings of high-growth, market-leading companies. SAP America; and the Kauffman Foundation.

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Enhancements in SAP Production Planning and Scheduling and Future Integration with ERP

Logistics Viewpoints

At the SAP Insider SCM CRM 2016 event in Vienna this month, Ulrich Mast presented the current status and the planned future for Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling (PPDS), including SAP Advanced Planner and Optimizer PPDS (SAP APO PPDS) within the SAP Supply Chain Management suite (SCM) and S/4HANA.

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Unmasking the Supply Chain: How Blockchain Brings Transparency and Trust

Logistics Viewpoints

SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics) provided better visibility but lacked inter-organizational trust (meaning companies still had to rely on each others internal data without independent verification) and suffered from vendor lock-in (high switching costs when a company becomes too dependent on a particular software vendor).

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Why Resiliency Is The New Efficiency – And What You Can Do About It

Talking Logistics

Born in 1856, Taylor’s ideas about how to most efficiently organize factory work tasks were present at the creation of mass production in the early 1900s. A good candidate would be Frederick Winslow Taylor, the “scientific management” guy from 100 years ago. Once popular.

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3PL Leader Jan Bednar Wins Entrepreneur of the Year® 2022 Florida Award

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The Entrepreneur of the Year® Awards are presented by PNC Bank and SAP. In terms of this award, Jan will now be considered by national judges for the Entrepreneur of the Year® 2022 National Awards, which will be presented in November at the annual Strategic Growth Forum®. What’s Next for 3PL Leader Jan Bednar.

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