Supply Chain Management With Apo

The Advanced Planner and Optimizer (APO) is the software from SAP dedicated to supply chain management. This book addresses the question how to implement APO in a company. It is written from a long years' experience in implementation projects and aims to provide project managers and team members with the necessary know how for a successful implementation project. The focus of the book lies in introducing modelling approaches and explaining the structure and interdependencies of systems, modules and entities of APO. Another concern is the integration with the R/3 system(s), both technically and from a process point of view. Since APO projects differ significantly from other SAP projects, some key issues and common mistakes concerning project management are pointed out as well.

Table of contents :
Part I - Overview
Chapter 1: Supply Chain Management Projects with APO
Chapter 2: SCM Processes and APO Modules
Chapter 3: APO Architecture

Part II - Demand Planning
Chapter 4: Demand Planning
Chapter 5: Forecast Consumption & Planning Strategies

Part III - Order Fulfillment
Chapter 6: Order Fulfillment Overview
Chapter 7: Sales
Chapter 8: Transportation Planning

Part IV - Distribution
Chapter 9: Distribution & Supply Chain Planning Overview
Chapter 10: Integrated Distribution & Production Planning
Chapter 11: Distribution Planning
Chapter 12: Replenishment

Part V - Production
Chapter 13: Production Overview
Chapter 14: Rough-Cut Production Planning
Chapter 15: Detailed Production Planning
Chapter 16: Sales in a Make-to-Order Environment
Chapter 17: Detailed Scheduling
Chapter 18: Production Execution
Chapter 19: Modelling of Special Production Conditions

Part VI - External Procurement
Chapter 20: Purchasing
Chapter 21: Subcontracting

Part VII - Cross Process Topics
Chapter 22: Stock and Safety Stock
Chapter 23: Interchangeability
Chapter 24: Exception Reporting

Part VIII - System Integration
Chapter 25: Core Interface
Chapter 26: Integration to DP

Market Description :
· Project managers, project team members, and consultants involved in APO implementation