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  • Is SAP PLM for Real?

    ByPrimary Researcher

    … 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 SAP DP and …

  • Understanding the SPP Product Location Master and Field Descriptions

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    … periods that you have specified in the Return Time for Repaired Products field. If you set the indicator, the system uses the forecast values for repairable returned products made available by you. You can take these forecast values from the Demand Planning (DP) facility of SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization (SAP APO), for example, or you can import your own forecast values for repairable returned products with a Business Application Programming Interface (BAPI).
    Percentage of Good Quantity of Returned Products: Distribution Requirements Planning (DRP) uses the percentage of the good quantity of returned products to forecast for this location product …

  • How to Understand PPDS Production Planning and Scheduling Heuristics

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    … t do anything to create the production plan or production scheduled are heuristics in PPDS. One example of this would be
    One example of this would be SAP_PP_011 – Delete pegging relationships. This needs to be combined with other heuristics before a production plan can be created.
    Heuristics in SAP APO
    Heuristics are methods for matching supply and demand. Heuristics exist in both SNP and PPDS. However, in SNP, you have the option of running PPDS heuristics. In SNP, heuristics schedule infinitely, so they are unconstrained planning. This is the opposite of using the PPDS optimizer optimizes against fixed …

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    How to Understand APO Resource Capacity Variants

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    … We then select the Definitions button.

    Now we select the shift factor and enter in a shift factor and select save.

    Here, we can see the programmed variability of the different shifts.

    This can now be saved as a variant.
    SNP Resource Capacity Changes
    The book Supply Chain Planning with SAP APO explains the optimizer’s different resource capacities quite well.
    “The SNP optimizer uses three different capacities: the normal capacity, the minimum capacity (which the optimizer tries to load independent whether there is a demand or not), and the maximum capacity, which is used in case the normal capacity …

  • How to Best Use the Product View, Planning Book and the Stock Requirements List

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    … 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. 

    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 …

  • How to Best Understand the SAP Scheduling Agreement

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    … to send the supplier forecast releases to inform him about the planned requisitions in he farther future. This way the scheduling agreement is an object which supports the collaboration with the supplier.”
    Scheduling Agreements become (in SAP APO) merely a source of supply. SAP Scheduling agreements are two things to SAP APO.

    A procurement relationship (aka source of supply)
    A transportation lane

    You can find out more about the source of supply in SAP APO in this article:
    Integration with SAP ERP
    After SAP scheduling agreements are sent via the CIF over from SAP ERP to SAP APO, they are …

  • APO Product Location Profiles, MASSD and Mass Maintenance

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    … You can check by going to the location master and entering a product/location combination, and hitting enter.
    Here we can see the Profiles have been assigned to the product/location.
    Here we forgot to add on the profiles for product SNA-RE at location SNA5 to add it through (/SAPAPO/MAT1). This is how to add it to a single product location vs. what we showed previously with the mass maintenance. The result looks the same, as you can see below.
    That was a demonstration of how the product can have profiles created and assigned to it. These profiles …

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    How to Understand the Product Location Master Tabs for PP/DS and SNP

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    … creating a safety stock; others allow a full hard coding of safety stock.
    The PP/DS Tab

    The first options are the planning procedure. Defines for each planning relevant event that can occur for a location product, which action is executed by Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling (PP/DS) in SAP APO if this event occurs.

    The planning package is an optional selection. In the case of a planning package for a supersession chain, this corresponds to the condition that the products in a supersession chain always have to be planned together in procurement planning.
    The next selection is the …

  • How to Understand Slotting in EWM

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    … Slotting Tab, Requirements Demand Data Area)
    What Slotting Can Determine
    Slotting can determine the following putaway parameters

    Storage section
    Storage type
    Bin Type

    While APO performs planning processes for locations of the type plant, EWM stores requirements data at the warehouse number level. Slotting assumes a 1:1 relationship between SAP APO locations and EWM warehouse numbers.
    Slotting Configuration
    Below is a configuration screen of slotting in EWM. Notice that some slotting steps can be performed, such as by weight and by volume.An important feature is the packaging characteristics that should be used by the slotting system. This includes …

  • How to Understand Warehouse Numbers in SAP ERP for EWM

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    Executive Summary

    Warehouse numbers are used with SAP ERP ECC.
    SAP APO warehouse numbers can be assigned to ECC warehouse numbers and storage facilities.

    Introduction to Warehouse Numbers
    Warehouse numbers are discussed in terms of setting up EWM in the post in the article. You will learn how warehouse numbers are managed in SAP.
    What Are Warehouse Numbers?
    Warehouse numbers are a functioning part of SAP ERP. For instance, when creating a material, you have the option of assigning it to a warehouse number.

    Creating Warehouse Numbers in ECC
    The warehouse numbers are created within the IMG, as you can …