Service Parts Planning with SAP SCM™ Processes, Structures, and Functions /

• Main Authors: Dickersbach, Jörg Thomas (Author), Passon, Michael F. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2015.
• Series: Management for Professionals,
• Subjects: Business.; Management.; Production management.; Information technology.; Business > Data processing.; Business and Management.; IT in Business.; Operations Management.; Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet).

This book focusses on the after sales business and  presents the Service Parts Planning (SPP) solution which was developed by SAP in a joint effort with Caterpillar and Ford in order to address the specific planning problems of service parts. The book explains the processes, structures, and function...

Table of Contents:

• 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
• Deployment
• Inventory Balancing
• Interchangeability
• Sales Order Fulfilment
• Monitoring and Reporting
• Original Equipment Manufacturer Managed Inventory (OEMMI).