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  • Our Book on Software Forecasting Parameters

    ByPrimary Researcher

    Setting Forecast Parameters in Software: Alpha Beta Gamma, etc
    Screenshots and examples from SAP ERP, SAP APO, Demand Works Smoothie. 
    What The Book Covers
    Finally, a book that focuses in-depth on forecast parameters like alpha beta gamma as well as others.
    Forecast parameters are one of the least understood areas of statistical forecasting systems, and statistical forecasting is used as a vast number of areas. This is the first book to focus exclusively on this arcane topic.
    This book takes up the topic of statistical forecast parameters as a way to make improvements in the forecast models that drive …

  • Book on How to Best Setup Safety Stock and Service Levels

    ByPrimary Researcher

    … you will:

    Review the standard approaches of setting safety stock and service levels.
    Learn surprising features within supply chain planning and ERP applications that hold companies back from effectively management safety stock.
    Learn how to improve safety stock and service level management.
    Learn how to incorporate these improved values into the system.

    A Book Based in Reality
    The book provides many examples from real life project experiences, the emphasis being on the reality of supply planning projects.
    Interconnected to Web Information
    In order the keep the book at a manageable and easily readable length, the book also provides numerous …

  • Relational Databases for Master Data Management

    ByPrimary Researcher

    … users descriptions of any field. However, it has no way of indicating the type of data above or in a way that can be easily reviewed, sorted, and queried.
    Valid Master Data Combinations
    SAP ECC (SAP’s ERP system for medium to large to extra-large businesses) is one of the largest ever-written applications. It has an enormous number of combinations of master data elements. If we take ECC, a Purchasing Organization has a  Company Code Assignments. Materials are extended to specific plants. Materials have a Material Type Assignment. The list of valid combinations goes on and on …

  • How to Understand Master Data Management for SAP

    ByPrimary Researcher

    … such as making master data changes in response to operational needs), end up undermining the integrity of the system.
    MDM is More About the Method
    I have experience maintaining master data and using a spreadsheet for analysis and mass update function in SAP to permeate the changes I want through the system. This type of work does not appear to require a software solution. SAP needs to add, which would allow me to understand better what master data is in the system, is better tools for querying. However, that is a long-term ERP weakness since its inception, and it

  • Is it Possible to Use DP and PP/DS Without SNP?

    ByPrimary Researcher

    … is then released as a supply plan to PP/DS. However, every APO module that is implemented takes effort, time and money, and of course, maintenance.
    What was recently proposed to me was to implement DP with PP/DS, but without SNP. It is not hard to consider how the ERP system, DNP, and SNP flows would appear, as I have shown below.

    PP/DS’s Supply Planning Capabilities
    Secondly, there are capabilities that PP/DS has that do cover supply planning.
    PP/DS generally has a short planning horizon. However, the planning horizon is flexible, as can be seen …

  • Book on How to Repair Your MRP System

    ByPrimary Researcher

    … links out to the SCM Focus site, where supporting articles allow readers to get into more detail on topics that interest them.
    The Uses of MRP
    MRP is frequently used for the following purposes.

    S&OP & Rough Cut Capacity Plan: These long-range planning threads and are generally not part of the live environment. They are used for analytical purposes rather than to drive recommendations to the ERP system.
    The Initial Supply Plan (performed by MRP in ERP systems) Produces initial production and procurement plan. Is focused on bringing stock into the supply network and in creating stock with planned

  • What is The Difference Between MRP and MRP II?

    ByPrimary Researcher

    … still sometimes discussed.
    As with most ideas that become popular in supply chain management, what something is is a combination of the following:

    It’s actual features.
    How the item is expressed, which often has a lot to do with marketing

    But first, we should distinguish between MRP II systems and MRP II concepts.
    The Difference Between ERP and MRP
    MRP II, being the basic footprint of what would become ERP, shows the difference between ERP and MRP.
    The difference between ERP and MRP is quite straightforward.

    MRP is focused on production and supply planning.
    ERP is much broader. It

  • How to Best Use the Economic Order Quantity Calculator

    ByPrimary Researcher

    … calculate the economic order quantity as one wishes and then upload it to any supply planning system. There are many EOQ formulas and many ways to calculate EOQ that are different from the standard model. To calculate economic order quantity differently from the standard EOQ formula in ERP or other supply planning systems to calculate economic order quantity is the way to go.
    This page is provided to calculate economic order quantity and EOQ formula calculator online quickly.

  • To Whom Should Supply Chain Planning Report?

    ByPrimary Researcher

    … In its modern incarnation, supply chain planning charts it’s growth along with the growth of computerization.
    History of MRP and DRP Systems
    MRP was developed in the early 1960’s but not implemented in companies in any significant number until the mid-1970’s. By the mid-1980’s ERP systems – which contained both MRP and DRP – had become famous, but these were by in sizeable black box MRP/DRP systems. That is, they did not give people the ability to aggregate and control the information in a way that was conducive to planning.
    Even with the development of …

  • How to Create a Forecast for Assemble to Order Planning

    ByPrimary Researcher

    … forecasts for components to SNP or SAP ERP.
    GATP: APO can check, using GATP as to whether there is the component inventory to schedule an order. How PP/DS enables assemble to order is more complicated.

    Material Definition

    Part: A part is a piece of raw material, a component, a subassembly, or an assembly that is worked on at the workstation in a plant.
    Raw Material: Refers to parts purchased from outside the plant (e.g. bar stock).
    Components: Are individual pieces that are assembled into more complex products (e.g. gears).
    Subassemblies: Are assembled units that are further …