The Advanced Planner and Optimiser (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...

Characteristics are used in SAP as attributes, e. g. to specify the configuration of products or the properties of batches. In many industries - engineering, automotive, mill, pharmaceutical and foods to name the most typical - supply chain planning has to consider these characteristics. APO...

Service Parts Planning Overview -- Master Data, Services and Basis Functions -- Capture and Manage Demand History -- Stocking Decision -- Forecasting -- Economic Order Quantity and Safety Stock -- Surplus and Obsolescence in Planning -- Distribution Requirements Planning -- Procurement Approval...

The Service Parts Planning (SPP) solution was developed by SAP in a joint effort with Caterpillar and Ford, to address the specific planning problems of service parts. This book explains the processes, structures, and functions of this new solution and is targeted for project members and project...