Supply Chain Management SIG

Our SCM SIG covers the entire supply chain: IBP (integrated business planning); forecasting; inventory optimisation; planning and scheduling; sales order processing; procurement; receipt of goods from suppliers; manufacturing; sub-contracting; warehousing and storage and despatches to customers - anything SAP related to these business processes.

We understand how important networking at our face to face events is to you and since we can't get together in person right now, the session will start 30 minutes before the SIG commences so you can grab a coffee and have a virtual catch up with the SIG chairs and other attendees.

Rob Shropshire from Neptune Software and Mike Nicklin from The Config Team will be running a session on how to Innovate To Stay Ahead – Supply Chain Mobility

Neptune Software provide a low-code, rapid application development platform designed for SAP. They enable your business to rapidly develop applications to solve business issues quickly across your entire SAP landscape and beyond.

The Config Team are experts in Supply Chain solutions and have built a suite of applications (PreBilt™), on the Neptune platform that solve common challenges within the SAP supply chain, including IM, WM and EWM.

The events of 2020 have put supply chains under immense pressure, as businesses see unprecedented growth in e-commerce, click & collect and keeping shelves stacked. To capture and retain market share, businesses must innovate now to ensure efficient supply chain processes to fulfill orders faster and keep customers happy.

The session will provide an opportunity to understand more about the new partnership between Neptune and The Config Team, and how PreBilt™, an out of the box solution, delivered on the Neptune platform allows your busines to solve issues fast whilst providing flexibility to meet business specific requirements.

The agenda will be as follows:

1. Supply Chain Insights

• Current challenges
• Lessons learnt
• Success Stories

2. The Config Team product demonstration

• Showing a typical supply chain process
• Improved UX
• Ease of configuration
• Analytics at your finger tips

3. Neptune and Config Team partnership

• Why partner?
• Value proposition for customers
• Engaging with us
• Questions

Rene Cadat from SAP will present a demo of Process Discovery.

Process Discovery (formerly known as SAP Business Scenario Recommendations on Spotlight) is an offering -free for every SAP maintenance customer, which helps you understand your current business process performance, identify new functionalities from SAP S/4HANA, SAP Fiori apps, automation and intelligent technologies to support your business goals.

Process Discovery is the starting point of RISE With SAP (Business Transformation as a Service), launched on January 17th 2021 but this can be consumed completely separately.

Hear how British Council use the Spotlight Reports

British Council use the Spotlight reports and the detailed KPI reports in the Production system to improve the business processes with the worst performances. This session will also include a demonstration of the detailed KPI reports.

Your UKISUG SIG Chairs for Supply Change Management:

Richard Symes: Richard is responsible for SAP running in a hundred countries at the British Council and has manufacturing and supply chain experience on SAP since 2000. Prior to SAP arriving In Richard’s working life he held management positions in Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Change Management roles.

Martin Crangle: . Martin became involved in SAP during 2009, starting off as a ABAP developer and Basis analyst. Responsible for the scoping and implementing of SAP changes. Martin moved roles to become the SAP Application Specialist across Europe, helping in multiple Go Lives and system improvements. Martin now works as the IT BRM for BorgWarner in Bradford, responsible for the IT and SAP at Plant level.

Please note this will be held on Zoom and the dial in details will be sent out 24 hours in advance.