ASCP - 101

A Beginners Guide to
Implementing ASCP

Sandeep Gandhi
Independent Consultant
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Agenda
Scope
ASCP v/s MRP
ASCP Data Flow
Setups
Item Attributes
Plan Options
Execute Plan
Q&A
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Advanced Supply Chain Planning
Oracle Advanced Supply Chain Planning (ASCP) is a comprehensive
planning solution that decides when and where supplies should be
deployed within an extended supply chain.
Key Capabilities
Plan all supply chain facilities simultaneously
Short-term detailed scheduling and long-term aggregate
planning are supported within a single plan
Plans that consider both resource and material constraints
Configure Oracle ASCP to optimize specific business criteria
Allows many types of changes to supply, demand and resources
to simulate changing business conditions
Integrated solution
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ASCP v/s MRP
Oracles focus product
Productivity enhancing UI
QOH shown in supply/demand screen
Multi-level pegging
Ability to define queries and publish to planners
Vertical Plan / Gnatt Chart
Plan alt. sources and alt. resources
Plan with optimization rules (inv turns / ontime delivery) and
penalty factors
Constrained plan (ECC / EDD / lead time constraints)
VMI Support
New reports
Powerful simulations
Different calendars for shipping / manufacturing / receiving
Multiple instance planning
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ASCP Data Flow
Application Data Store
(ADS)
Items, BOM, Routing,
Sales Orders,MDS,
Forecast, Inventory
Planning Data Pull
Staging tables
Planning ODS
Load
Operation Data
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(ODS)
Custom programs
Cleaned up
Operation Data
Store
(ODS)
Plan Run
Planning Data
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Initial Setups
Decide
configuration
Centralized v/s Distributed
Apply latest Rollup
Patches
(Note 223026.1)
Collections RUP #25 (patch
#6751704)
Planning Engine RUP #30
(patch # 7286961)
Get
responsibilities
Advanced Supply Chain
Planner
Advanced Planning
Administrator
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Initial Setups Contd.
Define Instance
Define Orgs
Assign Collection
Groups
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Initial Setups contd.
Run full data collection
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Initial Setups contd.
Gather schema stats on MSC
Grant Org access
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Key Item Attributes
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Key Item Attributes Contd.
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Collecting Sales Orders
Define Demand class
Define Master Demand Schedule (MDS)
Refresh
MDS

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Define Plan
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Plan Options Main Tab
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Plan Options Org tab
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Plan Options Constraints Tab
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Execute Plan
Refresh MDS
Run Data Collection
Run Custom Data Cleanup Programs
Run plan
Consider creating request set
Access Planners workbench
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Planners Workbench
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Release
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Gotchyas
Sales order demand duplicated
Inactive items coming over to plan
Can not release configured items
Planning Data Pull very slow
Run Refresh Collection Snapshots often
Run Net change collection
ODS Load takes a long time
Set MSC:Purge Stg Tbl Cntrl to Yes
Plan takes a long time to run
Set MSC: Share Plan Partitions to No
File space issues
Set MSC:Write MBP Flat Files to Yes
Schema stats
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Q&A


Sandeep Gandhi
sandeep.gandhi@usa.net
513-325-9026