Supply Chain Management With Apo: Structures, Modelling Approaches, and Implementation Pecularities

by Dickersbach, Jorg Thomas

• ISBN13: 9783540029311
• ISBN10: 3540029311
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-11-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

The Advanced Planner and Optimizer (APO) is the software from SAP dedicated to supply chain management. This book addresses the question of how to implement APO. Written by an author experienced in implementation projects, the book provides project managers and team members with the necessary know-how for successful implementation. The focus lies in introducing modeling approaches and explaining the structure and interdependencies of systems, modules and entities of APO. Another concern is the integration with the R/3 system, both technically and from a process point of view. Since APO projects differ significantly from other SAP projects, some key issues and common mistakes are highlighted as well.

Table of Contents

Supply Chain Management Projects with APO	1	(6)
The Supply Chain Management Approach	1	(3)
Supply Chain Management Projects with APO	4	(1)
APO Project Peculiarities and Project Management	5	(2)
SCM Processes and APO Modules	7	(4)
APO Architecture	11	(10)
Technical Building Blocks of APO	11	(2)
Master Data Overview	13	(3)
Planner	16	(1)
Data Locking	16	(1)
Order Categories	17	(1)
Pegging	17	(4)
Demand Planning	21	(46)
Demand Planning Process Overview	21	(1)
Basics of Demand Planning	22	(20)
Characteristics, Key Figures and Structure Overview	22	(3)
Planning Object Structure and Planning Area	25	(6)
Organization of Characteristic Combinations	31	(2)
Planning Book	33	(5)
Macros	38	(4)
Statistical Forecasting	42	(7)
Basics of Forecasting	42	(1)
Data History	42	(1)
Univariate Forecast Models	43	(2)
Multiple Linear Regression (MLR)	45	(1)
Forecast Execution	45	(4)
Life Cycle Planning	49	(2)
Promotion Planning	51	(4)
Collaborative Forecasting	55	(1)
Dependent Demand in Demand Planning	56	(3)
Background Planning	59	(2)
Release of the Demand Plan	61	(6)
Release to SNP	62	(2)
Forecast After Constraints	64	(2)
Transfer to R/3	66	(1)
Production Strategies & Forecast Consumption	67	(8)
Make to Stock	67	(1)
Make to Order	68	(1)
Planning with Final Assembly	69	(2)
Planning Without Final Assembly & Planning Product	71	(1)
Technical Settings for the Planning Strategies	72	(3)
Integrated Distribution & Production Planning	75	(20)
Cases for Integrated Planning	75	(2)
Supply Network Planning Optimization	77	(8)
Capable to Match	85	(10)
Distribution Planning	95	(20)
Goals for Distribution Planning	95	(1)
Basics of Distribution Planning	96	(17)
Supply Chain and Planning Book	96	(2)
Stock Types in APO	98	(2)
Safety Stock	100	(1)
Sourcing	101	(2)
Transport Duration	103	(4)
Storage & Handling Restrictions	107	(1)
Integration of Stock Transfers to R/3	108	(5)
Comparison Between the Modelling Approaches	113	(2)
Replenishment	115	(16)
Deployment	115	(12)
Basics of Deployment	115	(1)
Deployment Heuristic	116	(9)
Deployment Optimization	125	(2)
Transport Load Builder	127	(4)
Production Planning	131	(104)
Modelling Approaches to Production Planning	131	(5)
Applications for Production Planning and their Properties	131	(3)
Production Planning Scenarios	134	(2)
Rough Cut Production Planning	136	(18)
Basics of Production Planning in SNP	136	(5)
Resource and Production Process Model in SNP	141	(3)
SNP Heuristic	144	(3)
Capacity Check & Capacity Levelling	147	(1)
SNP Optimization	148	(2)
Capable To Match (with SNP Master Data)	150	(1)
Integration to PP/DS & R/3	151	(3)
Production Planning on Detailed Level	154	(66)
Basics of PP/DS	154	(8)
Resources and Production Process Models	162	(16)
Production Planning	178	(12)
Product View and Product Planning Table	190	(5)
Capable To Match (with PP/DS Master Data)	195	(1)
Detailed Scheduling	196	(9)
Sequence Dependent Set Up	205	(3)
Sequence Optimization	208	(10)
Feasible Plans	218	(2)
Production Execution	220	(5)
Planned Order Conversion	220	(2)
Production Order Handling	222	(3)
Reporting	225	(3)
Characteristic Dependent Planning	228	(4)
Shelf Life	232	(3)
Procurement	235	(16)
Basics of Procurement	235	(6)
Order Life Cycle and Integration to R/3	235	(4)
Suppliers and Procurement Relationships	239	(1)
Quota Arrangements	240	(1)
Scheduling Agreements	241	(3)
Subcontracting	244	(3)
Supplier Capacity	247	(2)
Collaborative Procurement	249	(2)
Order Fulfillment	251	(44)
Basics of the ATP Check in APO	251	(10)
Product Check and Prerequisites	251	(1)
ATP Check Integration to R/3	251	(2)
Product Check	253	(2)
Check Parameters	255	(3)
Overview of ATP Entities	258	(2)
ATP Check for Non Sales Order Types	260	(1)
Temporary Quantity Assignments	260	(1)
Allocations	261	(7)
Rules Based ATP	268	(9)
Capable to Promise	277	(5)
Multi-level ATP	282	(3)
Transportation and Shipment Scheduling	285	(2)
Backorder Processing	287	(8)
Exception Reporting	295	(12)
Basics of Alert Monitoring	295	(2)
Alert Types	297	(5)
Alert Handling	302	(2)
Supply Chain Cockpit	304	(3)
System Integration via Core Interface	307	(22)
Technical Basics of the Core Interface	307	(11)
Transfer Concept	307	(1)
System Connection	307	(2)
Integration Models	309	(4)
Queued RFC	313	(5)
Master Data Integration	318	(5)
Master Data Maintenance Strategy for APO	318	(1)
Change Transfer	319	(2)
Effectivity and Engineering Change Management	321	(1)
Organization of the Master Data Transfer	322	(1)
Transactional Data Integration	323	(2)
Organization of Integration Models	325	(2)
Data Consistency	327	(2)
System Integration to APO-DP	329	(1)
Data Storage in Info Cubes	329	(2)
Data Loading Structures	331	(1)
Structure Overview	331	(1)
Source System	332	(1)
Info Sources and Transfer Rules	332	(1)
Update Rules	333	(1)
Info Package	333	(1)
System Integration	334	(1)
R/3 Info Structures	334	(1)
BW Info Cubes	335	(1)
Flat File	336