Demand and Supply Planning with SAP APO (SAP PRESS) - Hardcover

Pradhan, Sandeep

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1493213334 ISBN 13: 9781493213337

Publisher: SAP Press, 2016

Synopsis

This is your one-stop shop for SAP APO in SAP Supply Chain Management! Get the latest on the current SAP SCM 7.04 release while you learn how to use DP and SNP to forecast demand and capture demand patterns for tactical supply planning. Blending big-picture descriptions with step-by-step instructions, this book covers everything from implementing SAP APO to using interactive, characteristic-based, and collaborative planning. Carried by an in-depth case study, you'll discover quickly how to translate your demand and supply requirements into technical processes. Everything you need to know in one place!<br /><br />a. Basic Principles and Advanced Planning ConceptsCement a foundation in basic sales and operations planning principles to support weekly and monthly planning cycles. Then learn about advanced concepts like promotion planning and customer segmentation in DP, and forecast consumption and shelf-life planning in SNP. <br /><br />b. Configuration and Optimization Configure your solution to optimize planning: set up the optimizer model, implement multi-level demand and supply planning with business priorities using the Capable-to-Match (CTM) functionality, and perform inventory modeling for supply chain optimization. <br /><br />c. Improved Architecture and Interface Achieve faster, streamlined planning. Discover SAP APO's architectural and UI improvements: SAP APO on SAP HANA, best practices for rapid deployment solutions, the SAP APO Add-on for SAP ERP, and SAP Fiori apps.

Highlights: <br />

• Demand Planning (SAP APO-DP)
• Supply Planning (SAP APO-SNP)
• Interactive planning
• Collaborative planning
• Reporting
• SNP optimizer
• Capable-to-Match
• Inventory planning and optimization
• Characteristic-based planning
• SAP APO
• SAP HANA

About this title

About the Author

Sandeep Pradhan is an SAP solution architect in the supply chain management field and has more than 18 years of professional experience. He specializes in supply chain applica-tion advisory services and has achieved results by helping clients understand, architect, select, and implement the SAP supply chain solutions required to run their businesses. He has worked on numerous full lifecycle SAP APO-Demand Planning and Supply Network Planning implementations, and has written three SAP PRESS books.

Edition details

• Publisher: SAP Press
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1493213334
• ISBN 13: 9781493213337
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 831