Executive Summary What is SOA, and why SAP put out misleading information about SOA? SAP’s inaccurate books on SOA. SAP has some fairy dust they would like to sell you…. it called SOA. What Is SOA? SOA stands for service-oriented architecture. A service-oriented architecture is a software development model that is the complete opposite of…
Executive Summary The importance of having an honest and correct measurement or forecast accuracy or forecasting accuracy. How the error is measured. Video Introduction: How to Best Measure Forecast Error Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) The vast majority of companies are unhappy with their forecast accuracy or forecasting accuracy. However, many of…
Executive Summary Forecast prototyping is performing forecast and supply testing. Prototyping is critical to understanding how to make changes to the forecasting and supply system. Companies make a significant mistake when they select one forecasting system and trust that everything in that system will work as advertised. Instead, forecasting should be prototyped in another competitive…
Executive Summary Optimization became a prominent component in supply chain planning software. However, optimization struggles with unintelligibility, and there are major challenges in getting cost optimization to work in SAP. We cover implicit versus explicit costs, how cost optimization compares to inventory optimization, and the current state of optimization. Introduction Optimization has proven much more…
Executive Summary The SAP APO SNP Transportation Load Builder is an unusual but critical component to SNP. We cover how the Transportation Load Builders works and how it differs from SAP ERP’s functionality and the Application Load Xpert. Introduction to the Transporation Load Builder The Transportation Load Builder is an intensively used functionality in SAP…
Executive Summary The PP/DS optimizer has hypothetical benefits that never are actualized in an implementation. Both SAP and SAP consulting partners have been lying to prospects about the PP/DS optimizer’s implementation history. The PP/DS optimizer uses finite and infinite resources. Planning orders can be converted into production orders. Benefits of the PP/DS Optimizer The benefit…
Executive Summary Business leads have a specific role that can be misunderstood. How the business lead can be viewed as a “firewall” between the business and the technical team. Introduction Business leads have a specific role that can be misunderstood. The business lead can sometimes be viewed as a “firewall” between the business and the…
Executive Summary There is a distinction between production planning and production scheduling. We cover the detailed planning scheduling board, which is more of a placeholder than a solution. The Differences Between Production Planning and Production Scheduling The difference between scheduling and production planning can be confusing to many people. I will discuss two modules in…
Executive Summary There is an important connection between reports and S&OP. We cover how APO feeds the S&OP process with data. APO was originally intended to manage constraints, but APO does not help companies in constraints in practice. Introduction to S&OP and APO Many times clients ask about how SAP APO supports the S&OP process….
Executive Summary SAP created a partnership with MCA that was designed to get into the service parts planning market. We cover the outcome of this partnership. Introduction The pathway is not clearing for SPP as the successes have been few and far between. However, there is a solution. Bringing Up SAP SPP in the Market…