Executive Summary ASAP was a methodology (or method actually) to reduce SAP project timelines. RDS was a grouping of tools designed to do the same. What is the reality? Introduction SAP’s ASAP was one of the company’s broader initiatives. SAP ASAP was a project methodology whose intended purpose was to speed SAP’s implementation projects. In…
Setting Forecast Parameters in Software: Alpha Beta Gamma, etc Screenshots and examples from SAP ERP, SAP APO, Demand Works Smoothie. What The Book Covers Finally, a book that focuses in-depth on forecast parameters like alpha beta gamma as well as others. Forecast parameters are one of the least understood areas of statistical forecasting systems, and statistical…
Safety Stock and Service Levels: A New Approach Screenshots and examples from SAP APO, Demand Works Smoothie, 3S. What the Book is About A thoroughly researched explanation of how to leverage safety stock in systems for supply planning. This book explains many of the great misunderstandings that surround safety stock, including the aspect of safety…
Executive Summary The State of MDM at Companies. The Benefits and Challenges of Relational Databases. Using Relational Databases for MDM as well as for Transactional Data. Challenges of MDM Master data management has some very definitive challenges, and those challenges enlarge when the system must be managed in SAP. All of the SAP’s various applications…
Executive Summary What Drove an Investigation into Master Data Management Solutions. What are the Common Problems with Master Data Management Solutions? Why do Some Vendors go to Such Lengths to Prevent People from Seeing the Solutions on their Websites? What is MDM? Master data management or MDM describes the approach for maintaining the master data…
Executive Summary A question that sometimes arises is whether DP or PP/DS can be used without SNP. There are important implications for doing this, which we will cover. Introduction to DP and PP/DS without SNP There is a standard flow to APO concerning demand, supply, and production planning. The flow is the demand plan is…
Executive Summary Companies regularly ask for supply chain inventory benchmarking. We cover the topics of benchmarking and what it means. Introduction One approach sometimes proposed to determine the potential opportunity for supply chain improvement has been to find benchmark studies of companies’ supply chain performance similar to the enterprise in question. This article will explain…
Executive Summary How financial incentives drive the dissemination of misleading information on SAP DP. Bad DP Consultants are misleading their clients as to DP’s potential. Introduction A few years ago, I found an article by a person who sells training and consulting in SAP DP and found what I thought were some very flawed arguments…
Replenishment Triggers: Setting Systems for Make to Stock, Make to Order & Assemble to Order Screenshots and examples from SAP and Demand Works. What The Book Covers This is the first book to focus entirely on manufacturing environments and replenishment triggers and requirement strategies. It is, of course, not the first coverage of the topics, as…
Repairing Your MRP System Screenshots and examples from SAP What The Book Covers What percentage of companies are getting what they could from MRP? There is no perfect answer to this question, but experience indicates that most companies could very seriously improve their use, and the value they receive from MRP. This book explains how…