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  • Introduction to SAP SNC - Supplier Network Collaboration

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    Executive Summary

    SNC is designed to enable supplier collaboration in demand, inventory, capacity, transport, and procurement/subcontractor collaboration.
    SCN can integrate with RFIDs and uses ASNs.
    SNC can work with release processing and schedule agreements.

    What Is SAP SNC?
    SAP SNC is a module in SAP APO which is directed to company-to-company supply chain collaboration.
    It provides some ways or workflows for collaborating with suppliers and their customers.
    SNC’s Workflow
    These workflows include the following:

    Demand – Forecasts for replenishment planning, and not the broader collaboration forecasting which other tools tend to speak of when addressing forecast collaboration …

  • How to Best Understand The Target Stocking Level and Minimum Stock Level

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    TSL and Target Inventory in SAP
    We had never encountered the concept of TSLs in SAP until we searched for it in SAP Help. We found it in the following area:

    SAP ERP SOP
    SAP ERP – The concept exists as a “range” within purchasing
    SAP SCM Forecasting and Replenishment
    SAP SCM SNP

    TSL in SAP SNC and Minimum Stock Level and Maximum Stock Level
    The one area where TSL is used and used in a live module is in SAP Supply Network Collaboration or SNC. Interestingly, it is not called a TSL but is called a …

  • How to Understand SAP Supply Network Planning

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    Executive Summary

    SNP is APO’s module that deals with supply planning and SNP has an important impact on SAP DP forecasting.
    Where the SNP sequence fits into the demand, supply, and production planning process.

    Introduction
    SNP is the supply planning module in APO. This article will learn about SNP’s major configuration areas and the different things that SNP does.
    The Relationship Between SNP and Other Modules and ERP

    SNP or Supply Network Planning takes a look at requirements, typically although not necessarily from DP.
    It compares the demand plan to calculated projected on-hand (and can incorporate capacity …

  • How to Best Understand Pegging and Net Requirements in SAP

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    … as MRP) within the ERP system.
    Supply Chain Planning Expressed As…
    Supply chain planning can be expressed broadly as:

    Forecasting demand
    Managing capacity
    Allocating or pegging demand and orders to capacity

    If the company finds itself with an overcapacity of inventory or productive capacity in all or most of its product lines, pegging is not all that important of an issue.
    Supply Demand Pegging Description
    The book Supply Chain Management with SAP APO has an excellent description of pegging, which goes on to describe how pegging connects order objects at different levels. This is an explanation that is often …

  • Is SAP PLM for Real?

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    … part of PLM, the solution from SAP is much more encompassing than just BOM.
    Lifecycle Planning in APO
    The confusing part about PLM, which SAP does not adequately explain, is that SAP lifecycle planning exists in the supply chain planning suite offered by SAP. For instance, in Demand Planner, the forecasting module of SAP APO, lifecycle planning is incorporated. DP allows you to introduce an existing product at a different location – using profiles to base historical data from current locations. Phase in profiles enables the reduction of the forecast for the period of introduction. (more details)
    However, this capability in …

  • Understanding the SPP Product Location Master and Field Descriptions

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    … product location master. Details on the SPP IMG can be found here.
    https://www.brightworkresearch.com/sapplanning/2010/09/05/spp-img-setup-drp/
    https://www.brightworkresearch.com/sapplanning/2010/09/06/spp-img-setup-surplus-and-obsolescence-planning/
    https://www.brightworkresearch.com/sapplanning/2010/09/05/spp-img-setup-forecasting/
    https://www.brightworkresearch.com/sapplanning/2010/09/05/spp-img-setup-inventory-planning/
    https://www.brightworkresearch.com/sapplanning/2010/09/05/spp-img-setup-deployment/
    https://www.brightworkresearch.com/sapplanning/2010/09/05/spp-img-setup-inventory-balancing/
    https://www.brightworkresearch.com/sapplanning/2010/09/05/spp-img-setup …

  • How to Compare SAP EWM Versus WM

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    … by a storage type
    An activity area defines storage bins
    Integration Differences

    While WM is part of SAP ERP, EWM is part of SCM. Therefore, master and transactional data must be brought across from SAP ERP rather than being inherent. This is a significant but not new difference. For instance, forecasting can be done in SAP ERP, but for those accounts that want to do more advanced forecasting that what is offered within SAP ERP, SCM Demand Planning can be used, which also sits on the SCM box and requires integration.
    Integration Detail
    One of the important items to bring …

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    How to Build Up to a DP InfoCube

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    … transactions or master data, evaluated with a BEx query. Unlike an InfoCube, the DSO is stored in transparent flat files. It is used for the cumulative update of key figures; unlike InfoCubes, you can overwrite data fields.
    Planning Books
    Planning books should be designed based on roles. Activities such as forecasting and promotion planning and proportional factor maintenance are defined at the book level.
    Core Interface
    The Core Interface is a plugin R/3 or ECC.
    Master Data
    SAP BW characteristics (texts, attributes, and hierarchies)
    CIF master data (product and location master sets, BOMs, routing, etc.)
    Demand planning master data …

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    How to Understand the Demand Planning Administrator Workbench

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    Executive Summary

    How the SAP Workbench works in both BW and DP.

    Interacting with the Workbench
    There are two major parts to DP. One is the forecasting portion, and the other is the data workbench. The forecasting methods are applied to the data workbench. DP’s Workbench is a copy of the BW Workbench, a problem because the data backend within DP is the worst that I have worked with. Without the tie into SAP, neither BW nor DP would survive as products. Indeed, it has been projected that one of the main reasons for acquiring Business Objects and reducing …

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    How to Understand CTP - Capable to Promise in SAP APO

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    … accommodate this order. This simple query from sales, “can we take the order?” is a complex question.
    This is because of the interaction between the movements of orders with the procurement orders that must be placed in advance of when the finished good is to be scheduled for production.
    CTP is the Connection between GATP and PP/DS
    It is supported by:

    Characteristic dependent forecasting
    Lot sizes
    Finite scheduling of resources
    Block Planning (Block Planning is the planning or pre-assignment of resource capacities for products with specific attributes, with the purpose of using the capacities more rationally). Perfect …