Managers – Make F.I.T. Your Purpose

Consultants

Small Warehouse, Thinking Big

Comparing Classic Warehouse Management (WM), Task and Resource Management (TRM) and Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) in S/4HANA

📋 Classic Warehouse Management (WM) organises bins but can’t plan tasks in advance.

🧩 Adding Task and Resource Management (TRM) to classic WM is complex and needs maintenance.

🚦 Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) provides built-in planning, routing, and performance tracking tools.

📊 Good reporting helps managers improve efficiency, spotting issues early.

🌱 EWM suits growing warehouses, adapting easily as needs evolve.

Managers

Is a “Trickle Migration” the Right Approach for You?

🗺️ Phased is Feasible: Country-by-country SAP S/4HANA migration reduces disruption and addresses local requirements effectively.

🔗 Data Consistency Matters: Ensure robust integration between ECC and S/4HANA to avoid data discrepancies during phased rollouts.

📆 Templates Save Time: Creating a global template first prevents repeated customisations and keeps phased rollouts efficient.

🧩 Hybrid Strategies Work: Combining phased and big-bang approaches lets you tailor the migration to your business priorities.

🗣️ Stakeholders are Crucial: Continuous communication and strong governance help maintain momentum and minimise change fatigue throughout migrations.

COMMUNICATE

Preventing Conflicts and Driving SAP Project Success

📢 Communicate Early and Often:
Engage stakeholders consistently from day one to prevent misunderstandings.

🎯 Set Clear Expectations:
Avoid conflicts by clearly defining goals and responsibilities upfront.

🤝 Build Trust with Transparency:
Regularly share honest updates to keep stakeholder confidence high.

📚 Educate Continuously:
Use training and feedback loops to reduce resistance to new systems.

🔄 Create Alignment Through Dialogue:
Regularly confirm understanding, not just message delivery.

Consultants

Streamlining Post‑Brexit Trade in Northern Ireland

✅ Bonded warehouses delay duty payments until goods leave for local market sales.

🚛 SAP EWM tracks bonded stock, ensuring compliance with customs and tax regulations.

🌍 Northern Ireland offers dual-market access, simplifying UK and EU post-Brexit trade.

📦 Goods in bonded warehouses avoid immediate import VAT, improving cash flow.

📊 SAP S/4HANA automates customs processes, reducing paperwork and manual reconciliation.

Managers

Overcoming challenges in SAP implementation using AI

Key Takeaways 🚀

AI in project management is moving from hype to reality, automating busywork and augmenting decision.
Microsoft Copilot for SAP and SAP Joule are powerful allies in SAP implementations, simplifying work by bridging systems and surfacing insight.
Embracing AI requires more than just tech – it needs people buy-in, training, and a clear strategy (technology alone isn’t a silver bullet!).
The Fast Implementation Track (F.I.T.) offers SAP implementation best practices for AI adoption: Focus on value, Communicate openly, Simplify processes, Commit early, and Educate teams.
Simplify, simplify, simplify – avoid over-complicating your AI integration. Doing a few things really well beats trying to do it all at once.
When used smartly, AI copilots reduce administrative load and provide actionable insights, letting project managers spend time on what truly matters – driving project success.

EDUCATE

SAP “Plants Abroad” Functionality

A Project Manager’s Guide

✅ Plants Abroad simplifies VAT for multi-country operations in one company code.

🌍 It was designed for EU transactions, automating tax and Intrastat reporting.

⚠️ Applying it outside the EU requires custom coding, adding complexity.

🔄 SAP ECC supports multi-country plants, but S/4HANA integrates it efficiently.

🇬🇧 Brexit complicates UK-EU movements; Plants Abroad no longer applies there.

COMMUNICATE

The First AI Agent Every Project Manager Should Try

How Otter.ai Instantly Makes You a More Efficient Project Manager.

Imagine you’re leading a project meeting, juggling a heated discussion and scribbling notes as fast as humanly possible. Action items are flying left and right, decisions are made in the moment, and you’re tasked with capturing every detail. By the end, your hand hurts, your notes are scattered, and you still worry you missed something crucial. Sound familiar? For many project managers – especially in complex SAP implementation projects – this is a daily reality.

Managers

The Fast Implementation Track Approach to Data Migration

Migrating to SAP S/4HANA is more than a technical upgrade – it’s a strategic business move. This next-generation ERP offers the chance to reimagine how your business runs, streamline outdated processes, and unlock new capabilities. It’s also becoming unavoidable: SAP will end mainstream support for ECC, making the move to S/4HANA essential for stability and compliance. After that date, companies sticking with legacy systems will be left without official support – “in the dust,” as Iftekhar Hossain puts it. Beyond support, SAP is focusing all innovation on S/4HANA, meaning new features (especially around AI and analytics) will only be available to S/4HANA users. Delaying migration could put your organisation at a competitive disadvantage as others leap ahead with modern capabilities.

C-suite

Implementing S/4HANA Without A Vision

📌 A Common Mistake When Implementing S/4HANA

Picture this. You approve a major project to upgrade your company’s ERP system to SAP S/4HANA. The budget is signed off. The consultants are on board. The IT team is ready. Everything seems set for a smooth transition.

Then, reality hits.

Six months in, no one can agree on the project’s direction. The IT team wants to rebuild the old system in the new one. The finance team expects automation, but they still see manual workarounds. The warehouse staff struggle with new screens that slow them down instead of speeding things up. Meetings turn into battles over priorities. Delays mount. Costs rise.

What went wrong?

You didn’t have a clear vision.

C-suite

SAP Activate vs ITIL 4

What They Do and Why You Need Both

Many businesses struggle with SAP projects. Some systems never go live. Others launch but cause problems later. IT teams often inherit systems they didn’t help design. Users complain. Costs rise. Nobody wins.

This happens when SAP projects and IT service management don’t connect.