It's getting more and more difficult for SAP customers to contain the costs of supply chain management. Supply chains today contain more products, more partners and more plants or distribution centers than ever. Companies are also implementing new postponement and/or replenishment strategies, which can also bring out significant changes in their supply chain structures.

If the underlying systems used for these supply chains are not fully integrated or are based on manual methods such as Excel spreadsheets, managing the underlying supply chain processes will become even more challenging, because supply chain performance will deteriorate over time. This is why organizations need to continually invest in new systems and technology designed to increase supply chain visibility, optimize inventories and perform supply chain analytics.

This eBook looks at the technologies and techniques that SAP customers are using to optimize their sourcing processes and to make their supply chains as efficient as possible.