Discover SAP SCM

Shaun Snapp has been an SAP consultant since 1997 and has focused on SAP SCM since 2002. He has been published in SAPTips three times and maintains several SAP blogs. One of his blogs is one of the most popular in the area of SAP planning and SCM, and is primarily an online configuration database of SAP SCM. A second blog is devoted to service parts planning, which covers SAP SCM SPP, among other software such as MCA. My blogs URLs are listed below.http: //sapplanning.wordpress.comhttp: //spplan.wordpress.com

* ... Acknowledgments ... 21 * ... Preface ... 23 * ... Who Should Read This Book ... 23 * ... What You'll Discover ... 24 * ... Navigational Tools for This Book ... 25 * ... What's in This Book ... 26 * 1 ... SAP SCM Basics ... 31 * ... What Is SAP SCM ... 31 * ... SAP SCM Origins ... 32 * ... SAP's Approach to Supply Chain Management ... 33 * ... Optimization ... 34 * ... Linear Versus Discrete Optimization ... 34 * ... Reduced Focus on Optimization ... 35 * ... Which Companies Are Right for SAP SCM? ... 37 * ... Cross Application Components ... 38 * ... Product Location Master ... 38 * ... Planning Areas and Planning Object Structures ... 40 * ... Planning Object Structure ... 40 * ... Planning Versions ... 41 * ... Planning Versions and Mass Maintenance ... 41 * ... Planning Book ... 41 * ... Conclusion ... 43 * 2 ... SAP SCM Applications ... 45 * ... SAP SCM Applications ... 48 * ... SAP SCM Configuration Folders ... 49 * ... SAP SCM as a Visionary Application ... 50 * ... SAP SCM Application Interactions ... 51 * ... Common Application Interactions ... 52 * ... SAP ERP to SAP SCM ... 54 * ... Implementation Key Drivers ... 56 * ... Conclusion ... 57 * 3 ... SAP Demand Planning (DP) ... 59 * ... Demand Planning as SAP SCM's Most Popular Application ... 60 * ... Two Halves of Demand Planning ... 61 * ... Basic Functionality and Concepts of SAP DP ... 62 * ... Interactive Demand Planning ... 64 * ... Data Warehouse Workbench ... 64 * ... InfoObjects ... 65 * ... InfoCubes ... 69 * ... Forecasting ... 71 * ... Forecasting Methods ... 72 * ... Characteristic Value Combinations ... 73 * ... Realignment ... 73 * ... Promotion Forecasting ... 74 * ... Releasing the Plan ... 75 * ... Plan Release and liveCache ... 75 * ... Plan Destination ... 76 * ... SAP DP Release History ... 76 * ... Case Study ... 77 * ... Company ... 77 * ... Challenge ... 77 * ... Solution ... 77 * ... Value Achieved ... 77 * ... Conclusion ... 78 * 4 ... Supply Network Planning (SNP) ... 79 * ... Basic Functionality and Concepts of SNP ... 81 * ... Methods of Running SNP ... 81 * ... SNP Optimizer ... 82 * ... Heuristics ... 83 * ... Capable to Match ... 84 * ... Capable to Match Configuration ... 85 * ... SNP Resources ... 88 * ... Common SNP Objects ... 89 * ... Capacity Leveling ... 89 * ... Capacity Leveling Profiles ... 90 * ... Planning Book ... 91 * ... liveCache and Data Storage ... 92 * ... SNP Subcontracting ... 92 * ... SNP and Supplier Network Collaboration ... 93 * ... SNP Product Location Tabs ... 93 * ... Safety Stock in SNP ... 94 * ... SNP Deployment ... 95 * ... Deployment Heuristic ... 95 * ... Deployment Optimizer ... 96 * ... SNP Release History ... 96 * ... Case Study ... 96 * ... Company ... 96 * ... Challenge ... 97 * ... Solution ... 97 * ... Value Achieved ... 97 * ... Conclusion ... 97 * 5 ... Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling (PP/DS) ... 99 * ... Basic Functionality and Concepts of PP/DS ... 100 * ... Methods of Running PP/DS ... 101 * ... Capacity Leveling Versus Capacity Constraining ... 103 * ... Settings for PP/DS in the Product Location Master ... 103 * ... Manufacturing Strategies ... 104 * ... Pegging ... 105 * ... Lot Size Setting ... 107 * ... Production Process Models and Production Data Structures ... 110 * ... Production Process Models (PPMs) ... 111 * ... Production Data Structures (PDSs) ... 112 * ... Constraining PDS and PPM ... 113 * ... Resources ... 114 * ... Process Industry Planning ... 115 * ... PP/DS Release History ... 116 * ... Case Study ... 117 * ... Company ... 117 * ... Challenge ... 117 * ... Solution ... 117 * ... Value Achieved ... 118 * ... Conclusion ... 118 * 6 ... Global Available to Promise (GATP) ... 121 * ... GATP and CTM ... 122 * ... Availability Checking ... 124 * ... Available to Promise ... 125 * ... Basic Functionality and Concepts of GATP ... 126 * ... Different Levels of ATP Checks ... 127 * ... Multilevel ATP Check (M-ATP) ... 127 * ... Availability Checking for Kits (or BOM) ... 128 * ... Rules-Based Availability Checking ... 128 * ... What Attaining ATP Proficiency Can Mean ... 129 * ... Capable to Promise ... 129 * ... ATP Tree Structure ... 132 * ... Third-Party Order Processing ... 132 * ... Third-Party Order Processing at Amazon.com ... 133 * ... Scope of Checking ... 134 * ... The GATP Time Horizon ... 134