Demand Planning with SAP APO – Execution
Demand planning (DP) is an important process for supply chain management (SCM) across businesses and has a significant impact on the overall efficiency of business operations. With
this book you will learn how to use the SAP ERP system for production planning and supply chain execution activities and how to use the Advanced Planner and Optimizer Supply
Network Planning (APO SNP) system for supply planning in the network.
Using a detailed case study and screenshots, you will walk through the entire demand planning execution process from APO DP, to APO BW, and the SAP ERP system using configurations, master data and transactions in SAP. The authors also provide methodologies and a roadmap for a template-based SAP global rollout and SAP implementation that is applicable for SAP APO DP. This expert guide to demand planning execution in SAP APO covers:
cannibalization, and consensus planning
- The data loading process to target systems using APO BW
- Statistical forecasting, aggregation, and disaggregation of the demand plan
- Product life cycle planning, promotion planning,
- Mass processing methods for releasing and transferring supply and production planning
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- Preface
- 1 SAP SCM solution for DP execution
- 1.1 Supply chain management
- 1.2 SCM solutions
- 1.3 APO as an SAP SCM Solution
- 1.4 Introduction of demand planning execution with SAP APO
- 1.5 Summary
- 2 Our business scenario
- 2.1 OM Consumer Appliances, Inc. business scenario
- 2.2 Demand planning scenario
- 2.3 Business challenges
- 2.4 APO DP as a solution to business requirements and challenges
- 2.5 Summary
- 3 Data loading
- 3.1 Sources of historical data
- 3.2 Historical data loading to the lnfoCube
- 3.3 Historical data load to the planning system
- 3.4 Summary
- 4 Statistical forecasting
- 4.1 Types of forecasting
- 4.2 Calculating proportional factors
- 4.3 Forecast execution
- 4.4 Disaggregation and aggregation of demand plans
- 4.5 Summary
- 5 Lifecycle planning, promotions and consensus planning
- 5.1 Lifecycle planning
- 5.2 Promotions
- 5.3 Consensus demand planning
- 5.4 Summary
- 6 Mass Processing
- 6.1 Design for mass processing
- 6.2 Mass processing execution
- 6.3 Summary
- 7 Release and transfer of demand plan
- 7.1 Release of demand to SNP and transfer of demand to ERP
- 7.2 Verification of demand in APO and in ERP
- 7.3 Summary
- 8 Implementation and rollout methodology
- 8.1 Business justification for implementation and rollout
- 8.2 Prerequisites for implementation and rollout
- 8.3 Implementation methodology
- 8.4 Rollout methodology
- 8.5 Change management
- 8.6 Business benefits realization
- 8.7 Summary
- 9 Appendices
- 9.1 Business scenario data: OM Consumer Appliances, Inc.
- 9.2 APO BW process flow and APO DP process flow
- 9.3 Important transaction codes
- 9.4 Important tables
- 9.5 Important user exits and BADls functionality
- 9.6 Important SAP Notes
- A About the Authors
- B Index
- C Disclaimer
