Characteristic Based Planning with mySAP SCM™ Scenarios, Processes, and Functions /

• Main Author: Dickersbach, Jörg Thomas (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Series: SAP Excellence
• Subjects: Business.; Management.; Production management.; Information technology.; Business > Data processing.; Business and Management.; Operations Management.; IT in Business.; Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet).

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 offers m...

Table of Contents:

• Motivation for Planning with Characteristics
• Characteristic Based Planning Overview
• Characteristics and Classes
• Configuration Scheme in APO
• Make-to-Order with Variant Configuration
• Make-to-Order with VC and Demand Planning
• Sales from Stock with Characteristics
• Configure-to-Order with Propagation
• Planning with Shelf Life
• Sales Order Oriented Planning
• Production Planning and Scheduling.