Blog Post Supply Chain Retail Key Considerations for Creating a More Circular Retail Supply Chain Retailers are facing pressure from several directions at once. Supply chains remain volatile. Material costs are still a concern. Regulatory expectations continue ...
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Blog Post Consumer Products Retail Top 5 Demand Planning Mistakes and How Supply Chain Leaders Can Avoid Them At the most fundamental level, demand planning is making predictions about the future of the supply chain. Making a prediction is easy. Making ...
Blog Post SAP + Technology Consumer Products Key Takeaways from the 2026 SAP Sapphire Conference At this year’s Sapphire Conference, artificial intelligence (AI) was once again a major theme, but the conversation felt different than it did a ...
Blog Post Retail Data + Analytics Predictive Retail: Using AI to Anticipate Shopper Behavior Retailers are facing increasing profit margin pressure, new competitors, and supply chain challenges with tariffs, creating an uncertain landscape. Predictive ...
Multimedia Consumer Products Retail 9 Questions to Ask Your SAP Implementation Partner We’ve outlined nine questions to ask your SAP implementation partner to establish a strong foundation for success. Download the full ...
Blog Post Supply Chain Consumer Products Advanced Decision-Making in Supply Chain: 2026 Gartner Symposium Recap How are chief supply chain officers (CSCOs) and supply chain leaders anticipating disruptions and creating resilient, technology-driven operations for advanced decision-making in supply chain? ...
Blog Post SAP + Technology Consumer Products Speed vs. Control: The Real Tradeoff in SAP Public Cloud The decision to move to SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud, or simply SAP Public Cloud, is not just a technology decision; it actively reshapes ...
Blog Post Consumer Products Retail Leveraging an AMS Provider for a Brownfield Implementation Curious how a brownfield implementation can level-up your SAP systems? Or how to get started with an AMS provider for ...
Blog Post Retail How Localization is Reshaping Retail Store Planning In today’s retail landscape, success depends on a retailer’s ability to create locally relevant, data-driven store plans that balance merchant judgment with analytics. When done ...
Blog Post SAP + Technology Consumer Products What to Expect at Sapphire 2026 The Clarkston team will be at Sapphire 2026 and would love to chat. Let us know if you’re coming! The SAP Sapphire & ASUG ...