Administrator Industry Observation: Leveled Production in Home Appliance Manufacturing Leveled production is often misunderstood as making every day look exactly the same. In home appliance manufacturing, that is rarely realistic. Seasonal demand, channel promotions, color and model mix... APS Home Appliance Manufacturing Industry Observation SAP MRP / Planning May 15, 2026
Administrator Industry Observation: MRP Benefits Go Beyond Automatic Purchase Requisitions When companies discuss MRP, the first benefit often mentioned is that the system can automatically generate purchase requisitions. That benefit is real, but it is only one part of the value. A more co... Industry Observation SAP MRP / Planning May 13, 2026
Administrator Industry Observation: Ten Common MRP Misunderstandings In more than twenty years of project work, we have met many complex manufacturers that said the same thing: MRP is hard to run. Orders change, data is imperfect, capacity is unstable, BOMs are complex... Industry Observation SAP MRP / Planning Apr 1, 2026
Administrator Industry Observation: How Order Transfer Keeps MRP Plans Clean Sales order transfer is a common planning scenario in manufacturing companies. A stock-preparation order may later be covered by a confirmed customer order, or one confirmed sales order may temporaril... Industry Observation Order Transfer SAP MRP / Planning Jan 20, 2026
Administrator Industry Observation: MRP and Specified Raw-material Suppliers A difficult MRP topic appears in many manufacturing industries: the same raw material can have several qualified suppliers, but a specific finished product may only allow one supplier, or a limited se... Chemical and New Materials Industry Observation SAP MRP / Planning SRM / SNC Dec 16, 2025
Administrator Industry Observation: Demand Management Is the First Gear of MRP After releasing Lean APS and Super MRP, we worked with many companies on planning optimization. Some projects were light consulting, some solved focused topics such as MTO order transfer, substitutes,... APS Consumer Goods Home Appliance Manufacturing Industry Observation SAP MRP / Planning Nov 18, 2025
Administrator Industry Observation: From Interfaces to Process Visibility For SAP-centered enterprises, interface delivery is no longer only about whether two systems can exchange data. More teams are asking whether cross-system business flow is visible, traceable, and mana... Industry Observation SAP Interface / Integration Oct 28, 2025
Administrator Industry Observation: Centralized and Intercompany Procurement Are Not Just Organization Design Centralized procurement is often described as an organization model: one purchasing team negotiates and places orders for multiple plants or companies. In real projects, the harder part is usually not... Industry Observation SAP Core Process Oct 21, 2025
Administrator Industry Observation: Procurement Collaboration Needs Operational Data Closure Procurement collaboration systems often start from supplier portals and document exchange. The larger value appears when collaboration data connects back to ordering, delivery, reconciliation, and inv... Industry Observation SRM / SNC Sep 16, 2025
Administrator Industry Observation: Why Subcontracting and Operation Outsourcing Are Easy to Design Incorrectly Subcontracting and operation outsourcing both involve external resources, but they should not be forced into the same process model. The difference is not only terminology. It affects material movemen... Equipment Manufacturing Industry Observation SAP Core Process Aug 27, 2025
Administrator Industry Observation: Purchasing BOM Scenarios and Solution Boundaries A purchasing BOM is sometimes introduced as a quick way to make procurement more detailed. That is not always a good reason. If the business only needs a commercial item, adding component structure ma... Electronics Manufacturing Equipment Manufacturing Industry Observation SAP Core Process Jun 12, 2025
Administrator Industry Observation: Why Intercompany Sales Has Long Been a SAP Implementation Challenge Intercompany sales looks simple in process diagrams: one company sells to the customer, another company delivers, and internal settlement follows. The implementation difficulty comes from the fact tha... Industry Observation SAP Core Process Mar 18, 2025