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  • How to Understand The SAP DP Process Chain Process Types

    ByPrimary Researcher

    Executive Summary

    Process chains are used in SAP APO to schedule jobs and to do many other activities.
    We cover how to generate characteristic combinations.
    This means initializing and de-initializing the time series.

    Introduction to Process Chains
    Process Chains are the scheduling functionality in SAP APO as well as SAP ECC. Process chains are functionality in SAP DP, which allows for the scheduling of different events. In this article, you will learn about the process chain from several dimensions.
    How to Find the Process Chain
    The process chain can be found within APO by typing in “RSPC” into the …

  • How to Use the Brightwork Implementation Risk Ratings

    ByPrimary Researcher

    … – SAP APO PP/DS

    PlanetTogether MUFI Rating & Risk – PlanetTogether Galaxy APS Superplant

    Supply Planning

    Demand Works MUFI Rating & Risk – Demand Works Smoothie SP

    ToolsGroup MUFI Rating & Risk – ToolsGroup SO99 (Supply Planning)

    SAP MUFI Rating & Risk – SAP SmartOps

    SAP MUFI Rating & Risk – SAP SNP

    Demand Planning

    ToolsGroup MUFI Rating & Risk – ToolsGroup SO99 (Forecasting)

    JDA MUFI Rating & Risk – JDA Demand Management

    Demand Works MUFI Rating & Risk – Demand Works Smoothie

    Business Forecast Systems MUFI Rating & Risk – Forecast Pro TRAK

    Tableau MUFI Rating & Risk – Tableau (Forecasting)

    SAP MUFI Rating & Risk – SAP APO DP

    PLM

    Hamilton Grant MUFI Rating & Risk – Hamilton Grant Recipe Management …

  • How ERP System Was Always a Vendor Provided Trojan Horse

    ByPrimary Researcher

    … practices from their ERP system sales approach and applied it to other products, such as their supply chain planning suite. As an expert in these SAP systems, I can say that any statement regarding best practices in the SAP supply chain planning APO suite is utterly unfounded. Not only does SAP APO not contain best practices, but many of the areas of functionality in APO are the worst practices. After more than a decade of opportunity, very few companies have benefited from buying or implementing APO, with companies having a higher likelihood of failure with APO than success. It makes

  • Is IBP an Upgrade Over APO?: Updated Article

    ByPrimary Researcher

    Executive Summary

    IBP is SAP’s attempt to replace the aging APO, which has been very slow to build momentum.
    Considering APO’s untended garden of functionality.
    Interpreting SAP’s statements regarding IBP gets into issues related to supposedly seamless integration for BW, S/4HANA, and the SAP Cloud Platform.

    Video Introduction: Is IBP an Upgrade Over APO?: Updated Article
    https://youtu.be/vBQ_xWo6vd0
    Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video)
    IBP has become one of the most popular discussion points in the SAP APO community. Is it going to be an all-new APO? Is it going …

  • Comparing PP/DS to Simio for Production Scheduling

    ByPrimary Researcher

    … named the CIF. However, as the next section describes, this is not at all as straightforward as it sounds. PP/DS also has data that does not exist in SAP ERP and is maintained in PP/DS. The primary method of managing this data is with the MASSD transaction in SAP APO.
    Simio has two major areas that require setup. One is the data, such as the materials and BOMs.
    The other is the actual model building.
    Integration
    PP/DS is only is implemented on accounts that have implemented or are implementing SAP ERP. Therefore, PP/DS’s integration to …

  • The Art of Blaming the Client When an SAP Project Goes South

    ByPrimary Researcher

    … company and those at the implementing company can absorb.
    SAP ECC and SAP APO as Examples
    SAP ECC is well known to be one of the largest bundles of functionality that one can buy in an application. However, SAP usually stuffs all of its applications with large amounts of functionality. SAP APO has an enormous functionality footprint. However, one could argue that there is too much in SAP APO. 
    Advanced functionality is a double-edged sword because if the advanced functionality is not correctly implemented, then the customer is worse off versus having used a simpler approach.
    There are options …

  • 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

    Safety Stock and Service Levels: A New Approach
    Screenshots and examples from SAP APO, Demand Works Smoothie, 3S. 
    What the Book is About
    A thoroughly researched explanation of how to leverage safety stock in systems for supply planning. This book explains many of the great misunderstandings that surround safety stock, including the aspect of safety stock that is missed on many practitioners. Safety stock is one of the most discussed inventory management parameters in supply chain management. However, safety stock is set very inefficiently at most companies. This observation comes from reviewing the safety stock settings at many companies on …

  • How to Cover Up SAP DP Weaknesses to Sell Training and Consulting

    ByPrimary Researcher

    … SAP and APO particularly demand planning.  The sole purpose of his writing seems to be scathing attacks on SAP.”
    There is a lot that is false in this short paragraph. Let us begin with a “complete blog of entries filled with complaints.” Most of these articles explain how to use SAP APO. It is a gross exaggeration to say that even the majority of them complain about SAP. Secondly, the primary purpose of the articles is to explain how SAP works. Sometimes this results in complaints. Some of these articles that the author refers to point out elementary functionality that …

  • How to Understand Aggregated Statistical Forecasting in SAP DP

    ByPrimary Researcher

    … and sleazy consulting companies and 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. 

    Introduction
    I have evaluated SAP APO Demand Planner’s (DP) capability to perform attributed based aggregate forecasting. For those interested in understanding what attribute based aggregate forecasting is, please see this article.
    Attribute-based aggregate forecasting is probably the most important advance to statistical forecasting in the past few years. Attribute-based forecasting is …