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…
Executive Summary Storage Location MRP Areas can be used in both SNP and GATP. This article describes a design that accounts for both regional allocation of stock and bonded and unbounded stock in a facility (or closely located facilities). GATP can provide available promises for the same product, which is differentiated by the regional allocation…
Executive Summary Nearly all SAP consultants provide false information on the issues related to SAP in a process called sugarcoating. In this article, we debate a person who sugar-coated the issues with SAP DP. Background on Differing Views on SAP DP Recovery A consultant who had some critiques of the articles in this blog recently…
Executive Summary Knowledge transfer is typically managed very poorly with SAP contracts. A major problem is the declining quality of SAP documentation. Introduction to SAP Documentation I was recently asked how a company performing an SAP implementation can improve its understanding of SAP. This was within the company’s context, noting that some of its resources…
Executive Summary SAP GATP can be used to model supplier capacity with allocations. There are many disadvantages to performing supplier capacity modeling in SNP. In this article, we will cover the GATP background and how to set up applications in GATP. Introduction The ability to model supplier capacities is a common request from companies. This…
Executive Summary We cover the history of MRP and DRP and how these methods were developed and why MRP is the basis of DRP, and how both became absorbed into ERP. Video Introduction: How to Understand The History of MRP and DRP Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) This is a comprehensive article on…
Executive Summary Labor constraints can be managed with a labor pool in SNP and PP/DS, and ERP. There is a relationship between the labor pool and machine resources. Is APO really the right place to constrain the labor resource? Introduction to the Bottleneck Resource The bottleneck resource is critical to managing production constraints. You will…