SAP APO Online Training

module 1 - demand planning: ( hands on training )

• 1.introductions, apo overview
• 2. overview of demand planning concept
• 3. data mart, info-cubes & demand planning
• 4. Planning area and planning books
• 5. macros & notes
• 6. Interactive planning
• 7. statistical toolbox, promotions and life cycle planning
• 8. mass processing and release of plans
• 9. exception processing and alert generation
module 2 - supply network planning / (cif) ( hands on training )
• 1. overview of supply planning concept
• 2. supply planning, interactive supply planning, integration with other scm
components
• 3. planning methods: heuristics, optimization & ctm
• 4. deployment
• 5. transport load builder
• 6. releasing supply plans to dp, ppds, ecc
• 7. cif core interface : introduction to architecture of integration
• 8. master data, integration to r/3
• 9. planning in ecc - apo with integration model generation
• 10. initial & change transfers, background jobs
• 11. monitoring & handling cif errors
• 12. comparison & reconciliation
module 3 - global available-to-promise: ( hands on training )
• 1. overview of availability management in ecc-apo
• 2. principles and configuration of availability check
• 3. check using product allocations
• 4. advanced methods
• 5. rule based check
• 6. multi-level atp
• 7. explanation & simulation feature
• 8. global atp/optp interface
module 4 production planning/detailed scheduling: ( hands on training )
• 1. overview of ppds, prerequisites, prod. planning with ecc
• 2. master data & transaction data integration with ecc, snp, dp, gatp
• 3. demand management, requirements & sales orders in ppds
• 4. production planning strategies (make-to-order, make-to-stock)
• 5. planning heuristics
• 6. capacity requirements, capacity planning / levelling
• 7. optimizer
• 8. exception processing, alert generation
• 9. free discussions, questions
• 10. consulting practice planning
• 11. further reference sources
• 12. Conclusion