Inventory Optimization with SAP: SAP ERP, SAP SCM, and SAP APO

How can you reduce expensive warehouse stock without risking your customer satisfaction, ability to deliver, and market position? This is the one-stop, must-have reference for anyone who needs to improve and maximize inventory management with SAP. Learn how to manage inventory to increase profitability and operational efficiency using SAP ERP 6.0 and/or SAP SCM 5.1. This new edition includes additional sections on material requirements planning, controlling with SAP NetWeaver BI, vendor-managed inventory and supplier-managed inventory, and much more.

* Master inventory optimization using SAP ERP and SCM APO
* Explore inventory factors such as inventory controlling, demand planning, MRP, and much more
* Learn how to improve your forecast accuracy and planning

SAP ERP and SAP APO Tools
Explore the different functions of SAP ERP and SAP APO that are needed to master inventory optimization.

Inventory Critical Factors
Learn about critical factors that influence inventory from inventory analysis, demand planning, and MRP to service levels, lot size, and inventory monitoring.

Demand Planning and Forecasting
Explore the entire forecasting process with details on running a forecast, reviewing the market impact, and doing lifecycle planning.

* ABC and XYZ analysis
* Demand planning
* Safety stocks and service levels
* Lot size optimization
* Missing parts reduction
* Inventory monitoring

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.