Executive Summary Multisourcing is the use of sourcing from multiple providers and uses logic to make a selection. We cover how multi-sourcing works. Introduction Within supply planning systems, in most instances, single locations are assigned to fulfill the demand of internal locations. Multisourcing is the opposite of this and can mean the fulfillment of requests…
Superplant: Creating a Nimble Manufacturing Enterprise with Adaptive Planning Software Screenshots and examples from PlanetTogether and SAP APO. What The Book Covers In an environment of increasingly globalized manufacturing, a very long production line that spans the globe is more common than ever. For an increasing number of corporations, multi-plant planning is a reality. “Superplant”…
Constrained Supply and Production Planning in SAP APO Screenshots and examples from SAP APO. What This Book Cover Constraint-based production planning generates something that is appealing to all manufacturers: an available supply and production plan. However, constraint-based planning software was first implemented over twenty years ago, and yet few companies have mastered constraint-based production planning….
Planning Horizons, Planning Calendars, and Timings in SAP APO Screenshots and examples from SAP APO. What The Book Covers APO is the most fully-featured supply chain planning suite on the market, and its sheer number of lead time and timing settings makes it one of the most complex as well! Keeping these settings straight and associating the lead times…
Multi-Method Supply Planning in SAP APO Screenshots and examples from SAP APO. What The Book Covers Which supply planning method meets your company’s business requirements? The answer might surprise you! There is no one right supply planning method for all situations, even within one company! It is unnecessary to choose only one method, and using…
Executive Summary In SNP, there is an issue with mapping stock transport orders desired to be made in ECC but not planned in APO. The approach explained in this article is often recommended by SAP consultants but works against APO’s normal functioning. This is an issue that dovetails with stock redeployment. Preparatory Reading Please see…
Executive Summary The available to promise or ATP Categories control many areas in APO. We cover the different ATP Categories, ATP Category Types, and the ATP Characteristics. Introduction to Available to Promise Categories Available to promise categories are critical to managing the available to promise process. You will learn where the ATP Categories are set…
Executive Summary APO security goes across applications. We cover the basic model of APO security. This includes master data security and Planning Book security. Introduction to APO Security SAP security is considered “robust,” but it is quite a time consuming to understand and configure. You will learn how security works in APO. Background into APO…
Executive Summary There is a flow of orders through the supply network and order categories in the Planning Book. When not using the SNP deployment solution, there is a different way of understanding the Planning Book Key Figures. APO can be integrated into a deployment application when TLB is Performed in APO and when it…
Executive Summary The requirements for vendor capacity modeling have been driven in part by contract manufacturing, where the outsourced plant is not a typical supplier but rather a slave plant. Often the question arises as to whether there is value to using a vendor planning book. There are several approaches to constrain based planning at…