Production Planning with SAP APO

Dr Jochen Balla teaches Applied Mathematics and Physics, as well as the Fundamentals of Computer Science at the University of Applied Sciences Bochum, Germany. From 1998 to 2004, he worked for SAP Deutschland GmbH &Co. KG as a training consultant for customer and partner trainings in the areas of SAP PP, APO-PP/DS, and APO CIF. Dr Frank Layer is a graduate engineer and works as a training consultant in the area of customer and partner trainings at SAP Deutschland AG & Co. KG. The primary focus of his work is with production planning (SAP SCM-APO-PP/DS and SAP ECC-MRP).

1. An Overview of Planning with SAP SCM. 17

. 1.1. SAP SCM. 17

. 1.2. SAP APO. 19

2. An Overview of Production Planning with SAP ECC and APO-PP/DS. 23

. 2.1. Production Planning Functions. 23

. 2.2. Advanced Production Planning with APO-PP/DS. 32

. 2.3. Planning in SAP APO and Execution in SAP ECC. 44

. 2.4. Summary. 46

3. The APO Core Interface. 47

. 3.1. Design of the CIF. 47

. 3.2. The Principle of Master Data Transfer. 60

. 3.3. The Principle of Transaction Data Transfer. 87

. 3.4. CIF Monitoring. 95

. 3.5. Summary. 103

4. Master Data. 105

. 4.1. Mapping Principle. 105

. 4.2. Locations. 106

. 4.3. Products. 114

. 4.4. Resources. 121

. 4.5. Production Data Structures and Production Process Models. 124

. 4.6. Mass Changes to APO Master Data. 132

. 4.7. Summary. 134

5. Basic Functions of Production Planning. 135

. 5.1. Basic Settings. 135

. 5.2. Independent Requirements. 142

. 5.3. The Planning Procedure. 156

. 5.4. Heuristics. 164

. 5.5. Example of a Complete Planning Run. 174

. 5.6. Firming. 176

. 5.7. Net Requirements Calculation and Lot Sizes. 180

. 5.8. Determining the Source of Supply. 183

. 5.9. Scheduling. 189

. 5.10. Pegging. 202

. 5.11. Setup Times in Planning. 209

. 5.12. Product Interchangeability. 211

. 5.13. Executing Planning in ECC. 214

. 5.14. Summary. 215

6. Tools to Evaluate and Process Planning. 217

. 6.1. Order Views. 217

. 6.2. Product Planning Table. 222

. 6.3. Product Overview. 228

. 6.4. Detailed Scheduling Planning Board. 231

. 6.5. Resource Planning Table. 251

. 6.6. PP/DS Optimizer. 254

. 6.7. Alert Monitor. 263

. 6.8. Summary. 267

7. Advanced Processes in APO-PP/DS. 269

. 7.1. Finite Planning with the Planning Run. 270

. 7.2. Setup-Optimal Sequencing with the PP/DS Optimizer. 285

. 7.3. Capable-to-Promise (CTP). 295

. 7.4. Planned Material Flow. 304

. 7.5. Multi-Resource Planning with the Wave Algorithm. 310

. 7.6. Integration of Variant Configuration. 319

. 7.7. MRP-Based Detailed Scheduling. 343

. 7.8. Summary. 346

. Appendices. 347

. A. Transactions and Menu Paths. 349

. B. SAP Notes on APO-PP/DS. 363

. C. Heuristics. 375

. D. Abbreviations. 387

. E. The Authors. 389

. Index. 391