Sales and Inventory Planning with SAP APO
1st Edition
Published on 28. April 2007
Book
Hardback
440 pages
978-1-59229-123-6 (ISBN)
Description
An efficient and flexible supply chain begins with detailed, high-quality planning. This comprehensive reference shows you how you can optimize your organization's planning using the cross-enterprise components SAP APO-DP (demand planning) and SAP APO-SNP (inventory planning).
An in-depth overview of SAP APO is quickly followed by a description of the basic principles of demand planning. Then, readers learn all the details of executing the planning process-from selecting and using the right forecasting method to lifecycle planning to adapting master data using the realignment function. The book's second focus is on inventory planning. Again, readers get a detailed introduction to Customizing techniques and the relevant master data. Then, discover the various planning processes and methods available for successful inventory planning, best practices for a safety stock plan, and how you can optimize your processes using SAP APO-SNP.
The final chapters of this book describe available integration options and the architecture of SAP APO, as well as a suggested process for successful implementation.
Highlights include:
Basic Principles of Demand Planning: Configuring the Administrator Workbench and the Planning Area, Master Data, Planning Books, Advanced Macros
Implementation of Demand Planning: Forecasts, Forecast Quality, Lifecycle, Promotion, and Collaborative Demand Planning, BOMs
Basic Principles of Inventory Planning: Configuration, Master Data, Production Process Model, Production Data Structure, Transportation Lane
Implementation of Inventory Planning: Heuristic, Optimization, Capable-to-Match, Deployment, Transport Load Builder
Integration and Architecture: Plug-Ins, CIF, BAPI, Integration with SAP NetWeaver BI, Sizing, liveCache
Implementation Process: ASAP, SAP Solution Manager, Project Organization
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Author
After finishing his studies in business administration at Fachhochschule Nordostniedersachsen in Lüneburg, Germany, and at John Moores University in Liverpool, England, Marc Hoppe joined CAS AG, Germany as an SAP developer in the logistics and production planning areas. Later, he became a logistics consultant and was responsible for implementing national and international SAP R/3 projects. Since 1998, he has worked as a Supply Chain Management (SCM) consultant at SAP SI AG. Marc Hoppe is responsible for the business-relevant and IT-based implementation and optimization of SCM processes, as well as the re-engineering of entire supply chain processes. In 2001, he became Consulting Director for SCM, and since 2003, he has managed additionally the Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) unit. Marc Hoppe consults for large corporations such as Siemens, Unilever, Gillette, Philips, Deutsche Telekom, and Philip Morris, as well as medium-sized companies like G+H Isover or Fertiva. He has published numerous works on inventory optimization.
Content
1. Introduction ... 15
... 1.1 Definition of Supply Chain Management (SCM) ... 15
... 1.2 Market Challenges Facing the Supply Chain ... 15
... 1.3 From Material Requirements Planning (MRP) to Supply Chain Management ... 16
... 1.4 Planning as a Critical Process ... 19
... 1.5 Target Group and Structure of this Book ... 19
2. Overview of SAP APO ... 21
... 2.1 Requirements of Supply Chain Networks ... 21
... 2.2 Key Functions of SAP SCM ... 22
... 2.3 Demand Planning (DP) ... 30
... 2.4 Inventory Planning (in Supply Network Planning) ... 33
... 2.5 Integrated Supply Chain Planning ... 38
... 2.6 Summary ... 40
3. Demand Planning with SAP APO-DP -Basic Principles ... 41
... 3.1 Overview of the Administration of Demand Planning ... 41
... 3.2 Configuring the Administrator Workbench ... 43
... 3.3 Configuring the S&DP Administrator Workbench ... 52
... 3.4 Planning Books ... 64
... 3.5 Advanced Macros ... 71
... 3.6 Summary ... 76
4. Demand Planning with SAP APO-DP -Implementation ... 77
... 4.1 Creating a Demand Forecast ... 78
... 4.2 Forecasts ... 103
... 4.3 Monitoring the Forecast Quality ... 145
... 4.4 Lifecycle Planning ... 161
... 4.5 Promotion Planning ... 175
... 4.6 Collaborative Demand Planning ... 180
... 4.7 Forecasting with BOMs ... 183
... 4.8 Result of the Demand Planning ... 190
... 4.9 Realignment ... 196
... 4.10 Summary ... 198
5. Inventory Planning with SAP APO-SNP -Basic Principles ... 199
... 5.1 Supply Network Planning Process ... 200
... 5.2 Configuring the Supply and Demand Planning Administration Workbench ... 203
... 5.3 Planning Books ... 207
... 5.4 Advanced Macros ... 208
... 5.5 SNP Master Data ... 209
... 5.6 Summary ... 230
6. Inventory Planning with SAP APO-SNP -Implementation ... 231
... 6.1 Desktop for Interactive SNP Planning ... 231
... 6.2 Planning Method: Heuristic-Based Planning ... 235
... 6.3 Planning Method: Optimization in the SNP Planning ... 249
... 6.4 Planning Method: Capable-to-Match (CTM) ... 288
... 6.5 Analyzing Planning Results ... 305
... 6.6 Comparing the Planning Methods ... 309
... 6.7 Safety Stock Planning ... 311
... 6.8 Deployment/Replenishment ... 336
... 6.9 Transport Load Builder (TLB) ... 354
... 6.10 Aggregated SNP Planning ... 365
... 6.11 Product Interchangeability in SNP Planning ... 376
... 6.12 Transferring SNP Planning Results ... 379
... 6.13 Summary ... 381
7. SAP APO-Integration and Architecture ... 383
... 7.1 Integration with ERP Systems ... 383
... 7.2 Integration with SAP NetWeaver BI ... 389
... 7.3 Architecture and System Landscape ... 390
... 7.4 Summary ... 391
8. Implementation Process ... 393
... 8.1 Project Methodology ... 393
... 8.2 SAP Solution Manager ... 398
... 8.3 Project Organization ... 401
... 8.4 Summary ... 405
Appendix ... 407
... A. Literature ... 409
... B. List of Acronyms ... 411
... C. Glossary ... 415
... D. The Author ... 433
Index ... 435