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Chapter 2: Locations in APO

The Location Priority
How the Location Priority Works
Different Location Field and Functionality
Location Prioritization and Multi-Sourcing
More Location Tabs in the Location Master
Location Types
ERP Locations
Distribution Center
Production Plant
Customer
Vendor/Supplier Locations
Shipping Point Location
Transportation Zones
Stock Transfer Point
Storage Location MRP Area
Subcontractor
Transportation Service Providers
Terminal & Geographic Area and Store
Conclusion

Chapter 3: Transportation Lanes

Transportation Fields for Setting up the Supply Network
Different Location Modeling Within APO Versus ERP
Background on Planning Versus Execution Location to Location Movements
The Importance of Incorporating Reality Into a

… can be significantly mitigated by following the approaches to designing the bill of material management solution laid out in this book. Those who specialize in BOM management system implementation have known these approaches for some time; however, for whatever reason, the information has not caught on with the vast majority of companies.
Chapters

Introduction
Understanding the Superplant Conceptually
Multi-plant Planning
Single Versus Multi-pass Planning
Multi-source Planning
Subcontracting Planning and Execution
Combining All Three Superplant Functionalities
The Superplant and the Integration Between ERP and the External Planning System
Superplant-enabled Capable-to-promise
Conclusion

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… Leveling
Scheduling Direction and PP/DS
Constraint-based Planning in the Applications
Semi-Discrete Constraints
The Challenges of both Capacity Leveling and Constraint-based Planning
System Adjustments Required for Constraint-based Planning
Priorities Used by Constraints in Both Supply and Production Planning
The Multiple Constraint Types in Supply and Production Planning
Labor Pools in SNP versus PP/DS
Setting Up Labor Pools
Labor Pools in SAP ERP
Labor Pool in APO
Long-term Constraints
Conclusion

Chapter 3: Integrating Supply and Production Software with Constraints

Integrating the Timings of SNP and PP/DS
SNP Production Horizon
Extended SNP Production Horizon …

… Get an overview of what is created in each application and what is passed between the modules.
Understand how the planning horizons, planning calendars and timing settings of DP, SNP, PP/DS and GATP
relate to each other, how they influence the planning output, and how they connect with SAP/ERP.
Be able to differentiate between the various lead time and timing settings in APO and explain how they relate to
one another.
Benefit by getting a head start on understanding timing settings before the demo or proof-of-concept
stage of a project.
Avoid costly implementation errors by learning …

… redeployment plan use multiple ways. A brief explanation of the different supply planning threads is included below:

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. It is focused on bringing stock into the supply network, and in creating stock with planned production orders. It can also be called the master production schedule (MPS) if the initial supply …