Defined, Iterative Software Methodology On SAP APO CIF Training

Defined, Iterative Software Methodology on SAP APO CIF Training

Course Content:

DEMAND PLANNING

• Introductions, APO Overview
• Overview of Demand Planning Concept
• Data mart, info-cubes & Demand Planning
• Planning area and Planning Books
• Macros & Notes
• Interactive Planning
• Statistical toolbox, Promotions and Life Cycle Planning
• Mass Processing and Release of Plans
• Exception Processing and Alert Generation

SUPPLY NETWORK PLANNING / (CIF)

• Overview of Supply Planning Concept
• Supply Planning, Interactive Supply Planning, and Integration with other SCM components
• Planning Methods: Heuristics, Optimization & CTM
• Deployment
• Transport Load Builder
• Releasing Supply Plans to DP, PPDS, ECC
• CIF Core Interface: Introduction to Architecture of Integration
• Master Data, Integration to R/3
• Planning in ECC – APO with Integration Model Generation
• Initial & Change Transfers, Background Jobs
• Monitoring & Handling CIF Errors
• Comparison & Reconciliatio

Global Available-to-Promise

• Overview of Availability Management in ECC-APO
• Principles and configuration of Availability Check
• Check using Product Allocations
• Advanced Methods
• Rule based Check
• Multi-Level ATP
• Explanation & Simulation Feature

PRODUCTION PLANNING/DETAILED SCHEDULING:

• Overview of PPDS, Prerequisites, Prod. Planning with ECC
• Master Data & Transaction data Integration with ECC, SNP, DP, GATP
• Demand Management, Requirements & Sales Orders in PPDS
• Production Planning Strategies (Make-to-Order, Make-to-Stock
• Planning Heuristics
• Capacity Requirements, Capacity Planning /Optimizer
• Exception Processing, Alert Generation
• Free Discussions, Questions
• Consulting Practice Planning
• Further Reference Sources
• Conclusion