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…
Executive Summary A Planned Order or a Planned Production Order is different from a Purchase Requisition. How Purchase Requisitions sent to outlier locations, and how can one determine if Purchased Requisitions should be in APO? Video Introduction: Understanding Planned Orders Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) There is confusing terminology used in SAP…
Executive Summary Background of planning role organization at a client. Companies that have planning roles assigned by product group or by customer. How SAP APO and advanced planning, in general, have planning roles setup. How does master data maintenance change with the implementation of advanced planning systems? Introduction APO is designed around a role segmentation…
Executive Summary There is a supply planning horizon per planning run, and these changes depending up whether this is the Initial Supply Plan, S&OP, Rough Cut Capacity Plan, etc. In APO, there is an SNP Heuristic Time Stream, a CTM Time Stream, a Cost Optimization Time Stream, and a Deployment Planning Thread, a Deployment Heuristic, and…
Executive Summary What is a manufacturing supermarket? How have companies changed the definition of a supermarket? What is the connection between a supermarket and a supply planning application? What is a Manufacturing Supermarket? The concept of a supermarket was first developed by Toyota and kept supplier stocking locations close to the Toyota factory. The following…
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…