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… Production Scheduling. Even though I am not sure if this is called Master Production Scheduling because according to your blog it should be called MRP. But is this then aggregating this for S&OP??
Using APS- Master Planning Modules. Are the Supply Planning Modules you mentioned in your book About Supply Planning like SNP Master Planning Modules or something totally different?
Besides, there are S&OP Softwares available. Are they mainly for creating Dashboard, what if Analysis and demand planning or also for capacity planning?

Answer #1
I believe you have mixed up different supply planning threads. See this article …

… Lead times are normally not shown graphically in supply planning systems. However, if they were — they would look something like a project plan. That is, lead times are a sequence of dependent durations with relationships. Manufacturing can’t commence upon material until the material arrives, and the material can’t arrive until the time has passed from the order, etc..
Auto Lead Time Calculation of Interdependent Lead Times in Supply Planning Systems
In a supply planning system, all of these dependencies are calculated every time, and a sales order is created.

The system knows that if a sales order is

Executive Summary

Lead time has a definition and has different categories.
Important topics are lead-time accuracy, effective lead time, static versus effective lead time, and long lead time versus short lead-time items.

Introduction
Lead times are always in the background but often overlooked in supply chain management. Even central concepts put forward by Lean or JIT proponents are frequently based upon (in part) a misunderstanding of lead times versus the replenishment trigger. Much of the focus on lead times is on shortening them rather than how supply planning systems manage lead times. Consultants often discuss lead times not …

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Engineer to order or engineering to order has a specific definition.
Sales orders must be submitted consistent with engineered or configuration order as it relates to replenishment trigger.

Video Introduction to Our Engineer to Order or Engineered to Order or Engineering to Order Definition
https://youtu.be/o-jqKRuWNdE
Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video)
Engineer to Order or Engineered to Order or Engineering to Order, or sometimes called (ETO), is one of the major manufacturing environments. Engineered to order is an extension to make to order where the company receives specifications from the customer. ETO …

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Demand-driven supply chains are far more promoted than the almost unheard of supply-driven supply chains.
To understand supply driven supply chains, one must understand locked in production.
Supply-driven supply chains mean understanding managing contracts and understanding co-products.

Introduction to Supply Sided Supply Chains
A demand driven supply chain is considered the right approach to supply chain management. It seems so obvious. The demand driven supply chain starts at the demand, and everything works backward from there. Therefore the question now becomes how can a supply chain become more demand driven.
However, what is the …

Executive Summary

Service level has two primary measurement methods, order fill rate, and case fill rate.
Companies estimate the fill rates they achieve incorrectly.

Introduction
There is no hard and fast rule on how high a fill rate should be. Many companies set their fill rate as part of a strategy to differentiate themselves and place themselves as a reliable supplier in the market without quantifying what the financial benefit is to a particular service level.
Order Fill Rate Versus the Case Fill Rate
There are two basic types of ways of measuring the fill rate. One is the order …

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Who supply chain planning reports to versus who it should report to?
The current problem is the time horizon orientation of supply chain planning.

Introduction to Who Supply Chain Should Report
I was recently asked where a potential newly created supply chain-planning department should report. Online you can find answers to the question of where supply chain planning departments usually report. But this does not answer the question of where the Supply Chain Planning department should report.
In the area of supply chain planning, there are genuinely very few companies to look up to. Companies want the …