Production Planning with SAP APO

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

Balla, Jochen
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.

Layer, Frank
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).