Executive Summary The advice driven by SAP consulting firms is nearly entirely based on financial profit incentives. Because of this, SAP customers get terrible advice. We cover how to protect yourself. Video Introduction: Good Luck Getting Unbiased SAP Advice from Big Consulting Firms Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) Consulting companies normally will…
Executive Summary There is a fascinating history around the term 4PL for supply chain services, and there are several different types of 4PLs. 4PLs have been co-opted by companies that have no 4PL capabilities, such as IBM and Accenture. In this article, we cover how these companies bombed in the 4PL services market. Introduction I…
Executive Summary What is the history of audit firms, and how did they get into SAP consulting? What is an auditing firm, and how do they really work? Introduction In our previous post, I described how consulting firms would sometimes keep their clients in a matrix of misinformation. By looking at the businesses that most…
Executive Summary PP/DS finite scheduling and its issues Resource maintenance The problem with how many large consulting companies like IBM approach discussing constraints with the client. Being in constraint denial Constrained or Unconstrained Detailed Scheduling It’s essential to consider and evaluate the use of the sentence PP/DS performs finite based scheduling. The reason it is…
Executive Summary The statistical forecasting is typically combined with judgment methods produced by sales and marketing to arrive at a consensus forecast. We compare these different forecasting approaches. Introduction to Consensus Forecasting There are three categories of obtaining forecast information from different people who apply to supply chain forecasting: Consensus forecasting Manual overrides to statistical…