Executive Summary The standard production design that most supply and production planning systems for. Multi plant planning is an advanced form of supply chain planning. We cover capacity planning in the superplant. There is a prioritization of internal stock transfers over external customer orders for subcomponents. Introduction to Multi Plant Planning Multi plant planning is…
Executive Summary The background of continuous flow management between facilities. The implications for supply and production planning for continuous flow. Deciding upon what should set the control signal for movements between integrated factories in a continuous flow environment (the truck’s schedule or the supply planning system). Continuous Flow Manufacturing and Integrated Factories The flow of…
Executive Summary How does master data quality impact how GATP is run? What are the two basic ways that GATP can be run? Why is it important to ascertain the supply planning accuracy at different intervals of the supply planning horizon and important to publish the forecasting accuracy to customers who will receive sales order…
Executive Summary SAP big bang implementations contrast with sequential implementations and have a history of problems meeting expectations. There are important ways to improve the success of implementations by reviewing what works and what doesn’t. Introduction In this article, we will discuss how big bang implementations work. The Current Sequential Process Approach to SAP Implementations…
Executive Summary Multisourcing is how a planning system can compare and choose from multiple sources of supply. This functionality is supposedly supported by SAP SNP when the optimizer is used. Other important areas to control are priorities and quota arrangements. Introduction Multisourcing is the ability of a supply planning system to choose between alternate sources…
Executive Summary The familiar story is that Ford invented mass production through the assembly line. Others preceded Ford, but Venice shipbuilding had a moving ship assembly line far earlier. The formal study of production scheduling is relatively recent, with research only extending back to the 1970s. We cover several of the most influential people in…
Executive Summary This article serves to organize the links for a series of related articles. Topics for which there are links in this article are: Unconstrained Planning in CTM Order / Supply and Demand Selection in CTM Resources by Product Group Aggregated Resources in SNP Running CTM Daily or Interactively? GATP Integration with CTM 3rd…
Executive Summary How can CTM be used for unconstrained as well as constrained planning? Where are the configuration settings that would have to be changed to run CTM in an unconstrained mode Introduction The ability to perform constrained planning is a major motivating factor for companies to use CTM. Constrained planning is a major motivator…
Executive Summary 3rd party processing is how 3rd parties are managed in SAP APO for converting sales orders into an external requisition. There are important steps in the configuration process for 3rd party processing. Introduction This is the definition of third party processing. This is the ability of a sales order to be entered in…
Executive Summary A background on SAP Help The issue with SAP Help What software vendors write the best technical documentation in supply chain management? Introduction SAP is one of the few vendors to have much of its help documentation available online. Putting help documentation is the right move, and this is particularly true for SAP as…