Executive Summary This article explains a Booster related to the production demand. We cover the fields and what the Booster does. Introduction The Inventory Production Demand Report uses PPDS to evaluate days supply outside of interactive planning. See our references for this article and related articles at this link. This report is a robust and…
Executive Summary The SAP APO Supply Chain Engineer is a highly problematic tool. Our Booster provides a way to graphically display the Supply Chain Model of a Product in APO. Introduction Supply Planners often need to check a host of transactions to verify the supply chain model of a product at a Location, usually in…
Executive Summary The MASSD and WUF T-Code provides a minimal set of functions and capabilities for maintenance and review of Master Data. Our Booster provides an exhaustive set of capabilities for maintenance and review of Master Data in SAP APO. Introduction The MASSD interface is fundamentally limited in the sense that one can only change…
Executive Summary In APO, demand planners are often unable to make a distinction between the products in terms of its importance to the Business, especially when there are too many SKUs. We cover how our Booster improves this. Introduction Creative use of Navigational Attributes can help demand planners get more insights into the nature of…
Executive Summary SAP’s ATP functionality is tough to manage. We cover an alternative to the GATP ATP check. Introduction The following is a brief list of the common problems with the GATP Rules Based ATP check. See our references for this article and related articles at this link. The Rules Based ATP check requires maintenance…
Executive Summary Maintaining master data in APO is a headache for APO customers. This article lays out the problems and how to account for these issues. Introduction Maintaining Authorization Activities and Roles is a high maintenance activity. The Authorization Objects and values have no documentation from SAP. Making Authorization Maintenance guesswork, wasting valuable consulting time….
Executive Summary Maintaining master data in APO is a headache for APO customers. This article lays out the problems and how to account for these issues. Introduction Master data issues hold back nearly all APO projects that have experience working with or to which we have had exposure. In this article, we will cover the…
Executive Summary Maintaining the demand planning in the background in SAP is a high maintenance activity. We provide a booster that significantly improves setting up DP processing in the background. Introduction Twenty-two years and several releases later, SAP APO (later renamed as SAP SCM since version 5.0) still manages to live with a basic set…
Executive Summary The Coronavirus has changed the world, and cuts are coming or have come to IT departments. SAP support is one of the largest wastes of money in the IT department. Introduction Things have changed rapidly in many countries, and they are going to change more as the pandemic grows. The undeveloped countries have…
Executive Summary The response to the extension of the 2025 deadline has been that it was “not a surprise” even by those that just until recently state the 2025 deadline was solid. This brings up the topic of the lack of accuracy in the SAP ecosystem. Video Introduction: SAP’s Orwellian Memory Hole: The Response to…