Sales and Inventory Planning with SAP APO

This comprehensive reference shows you how to best use the cross-company modules APO-DP and APO-SNP in your supply chain, for a wide variety of tasks such as carrying out accurate forecasts and optimally utilizing the means of transport.

A general overview of planning tasks in SAP APO is followed by a detailed description of the functions and use of demand planning (DP), which is intended to provide answers to the following questions: How can you create accurate forecasts on the basis of historical data? How can these forecasts be used to optimize the planning process? Readers also benefit from in-depth coverage of the functions of inventory and distribution resource planning (SNP). Learn how to increase customer satisfaction, improve your inventory planning, optimize the utilization of transport methods, and much more. Customization and master data parameters are explored in detail.

In addition, integration with mySAP ERP and the system architecture are discussed as well. The book concludes by presenting readers with a complete end-to-end implementation plan.

Highlights:

• Overview of SAP APO
• Demand Planning
• Inventory Planning
• Distribution Resource Planning
• Architecture and System Landscape
• Implementation Process

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.