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  • How to Understand the SAP Project Systems Work Breakdown Structure

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    Executive Summary

    Work breakdown structures or WBS are used by Project Systems in SAP.
    We cover a simple WBS for building a bicycle. It is necessary to tie back to a Project Systems project.
    We show a sample of the WBS elements in a project.

    Why Understand Work Breakdown Structures?
    Work Breakdown Structures were created by the US defense establishment for actual costing. However, within SAP, they are the critical elements within the SAP PS system. Understanding the WBS is important to understanding GPD (Grouping, Pegging, and Distribution), a manufacturing solution for research and development, make-to-order, and engineering …

  • How to Best Understand Plant Stock vs Project Stock

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    We cover the difference between plant stock and project stock.
    There is also valuated stock and non-valuated stock, and project stock.

    Introduction: Stock Types in Project Stock Environments
    Some industries like aerospace and defense and other sectors with substantial government contracts work off of a concept called project stock, which is entirely different from the idea of plant stock, which is used outside of these specific industries. You will learn how plant stock compares to project stock and valuated versus not valuated stock. 
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  • How to Best Use the Product View, Planning Book and the Stock Requirements List

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    … SAP consultants who will tell any lie for personal benefit. Furthermore, SAP pays off all IT analysts — who have the same concern for accuracy as SAP. Not one of these entities will disclose their pro-SAP financial bias to their readers. 

    The Comparable Views in SAP APO and ECC
    SAP ERP and APS have similar views on the material status of locations, but they have different names.

    Product View for APO
    Stock Requirements List for SAP ERP

    The Product View allows you to see what is due in and out of locations and to alter it, which is perfect for …

  • How to Best Understand the SAP Scheduling Agreement

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    … tell any lie for personal benefit. Furthermore, SAP pays off all IT analysts — who have the same concern for accuracy as SAP. Not one of these entities will disclose their pro-SAP financial bias to their readers. 

    What Are Scheduling Agreements?
    Scheduling agreements are long-term procurement agreements in SAP ERP. It can be considered a non-supply chain control over the procurement. This is in contrast to the forms of control over ordering, such as lot sizes. 
    “A scheduling agreement is an outline agreement between a customer and a supplier. It specifies the total quantity of the products that …

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    How to Understand the Production Data Structure

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    Executive Summary

    The SAP PDS is a fundamental master data structure for PP/DS.
    Learn about the many dimensions of the SAP PDS.

    Introduction
    Strangely this has no definition of SAP PDS in the SAP Help, which is pretty unusual for a term as important as the SAP PDS in SCM.
    The book Sales and Inventory Planning with Marc Hoppe describes this object.
    “It differs from PPM in that it provides more flexible options for combining and reusing individual routings and bills of material. The information already given on SNP PPM also applies to SNP-PDS.” – Marc Hoppe
    However, this …

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    How to Understand Transit Times from SAP ECC for APO

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    Transit times are set up in APO and ECC.
    We cover these transit times in both locations.
    We cover the implication of the XO MRP Type and transit time.

    The Challenge of Lead Times and Transit Times
    Lead times are required by planning systems to effectively:

    Bring in inventory on time to meet future demand.
    Perform available to promise functionality

    The difficulty with obtaining lead times from SAP is that they are made up of many individual times that must be aggregated to give the planning system its time.
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  • How to Understand The SAP Purchase Order Info Record

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    The purchase order info record is used to create transportation lanes in APO.
    The purchase order info record impacts subcontracting, scheduling agreements, and the overall setup of sources of supply.

    Introduction to the Purchase Info Record
    Purchase info records are essential master data elements. You will learn how they work to help setup APO.
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  • How to Understand the SAP Sales Order Confirmation

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    Sales orders can be initiated by 3rd party planning software.
    We cover the Shipping Tab and the Partner Function Tab, which allows the 3rd party planning software setup.

    Introduction to the Sales Order Confirmation
    The sales order confirmation can be initiated externally from SAP. You will learn how to configure this functionality.
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  • Brightwork Research IT Services

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    We have participated in many software selection efforts and are experts at matching client requirements to software functionality. While the major ERP vendors will propose that their software can do it all “out of the box,” their software can’t, and this is a major area where we add value. The reason is we provide a less biased and more realistic analysis of what the ERP system will be able to cover and what needs to be performed by other applications or custom development.
    Correctly identifying what areas the ERP system can cover and which are better picked …

  • The Brightwork Research SAP ByDesign Expert Witness Lawsuit Support

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    … and it is not relevant for implementing ByDesign.
    ByDesign does not always use HANA. HANA is a very expensive database, and it is better to not use HANA.

    The SAP ByDesign Implementation History
    ByDesign is a low-quality ERP system that SAP acquired, that was sunsetted a number of years ago, and then brought back — but as of 2022, has ceased receiving new development. ByDesign is the source of many dissatisfied customers due to the chasm between SAP and SAP consulting company promises about what ByDesign can do and first-hand experience with what ByDesign can do.
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