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The mySAP Business Suite offers both cross-industry and industry-specific

solutions.

mySAP Business Suite is based on SAP NetWeaver, an open-ended, scalable

infrastructure that allows the integration of heterogeneous environments
(SAP and non-SAP components). SAP NetWeaver incorporates SAP Web
Application Server, the portal infrastructure, SAP Exchange Infrastructure and
Information Integration. The SAP Web Application Server supports native
Internet technologies (HTTP, XML), JAVA and ABAP.

The SAP Customer Service Network incorporates the following components:

Business Solutions Consulting (Business Solution Design: Creating business
solutions, project management, Continuous Business Improvement); Solutions
Operations Services (technical implementation and continuous optimization);
training; support (24x7 support, EarlyWatch, GoingLive).

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The mySAP SCM (Supply Chain Management) solution is divided into the areas
of SC Planning, SC Execution, SC Coordination and SC Collaboration.

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mou should now be able to:
. Put the SAP ECC and SAP APO supply chain planning components into
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mou use postponement strategies to specify to what extent the sales order influences
the supply chain; that is, the point at which make-to-stock production (push
strategies) becomes separated from make-to-order production (pull strategies).


The process of demand planning, which is used to derive a future demand program
from the demand figures in the past, can either be executed in ECC within flexible
planning (with the special case of standard SOP (SOP: Sales and Operations
Planning) or in demand planning in APO.
Demand management in the true sense of the word takes place in ECC. However,

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it is also possible to derive planned independent requirements from APO-DP.
Sales orders are always entered in the ECC system. The ATP check for a sales
order can be carried out globally in APO (integration with PP/DS is also possible).
mou can use Supply Network Planning in APO to perform cross-plant planning.
Material requirements planning can be performed in ECC or in APO.


SAP ECC offers Flexible Planning, The result of the forecast typically takes the form of
demand forecasts at the level of distribution centers (DCs) or directly in the production plants.

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Demand Planning can be performed in SAP ECC as part of flexible planning
or in Sales and Operations Planning. Within this context, Sales and Operations
Planning can be regarded as a special form of flexible planning.




The behavior of independent requirements in material requirements planning is determined by
their requirements type or by the planning strategy.

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Sales orders (customer independent requirements) are entered from Sales and
Distribution. Depending on the requirements type that you have set, customer
requirements can go directly into material requirements planning. This is always
desirable if you want to plan for specific customers.

Sales orders can act as the sole sources of the requirement, for which procurement
is then specifically triggered (make-to-order production). Alternatively, they can
be combined with planned independent requirements to form the total requirement.
Planned independent requirements can also be consumed.

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Long-term planning can be executed using operative master data: BOMs, task
lists, work centers and material masters. However, you can choose between creating BOMs or
task lists for long-term planning, to simulate the effects of data changes on operative
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Material requirements planning represents the first step in Production Planning
and Detailed Scheduling.
the order dates of the
components are determined in backward scheduling using the in-house production
time or the planned delivery time.

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Capacity planning is usually work center-specific. The role of capacity planning is
to schedule all operations from the planned or manufacturing orders so that the
production plan can be fulfilled.

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3. Production planning is completed when the planned orders are

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mou can use special procurement types to define transportation lanes between the
individual locations (that is, the plants, vendors and so on) in the supply chain.
These transportation lanes define the flow of materials along the supply chain.
The supply relationship between a vendor and the plant is stored in ECC in the
form of a purchasing info record or an outline agreement.

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For a plant, you must specify an address, a language, a country assignment and a plant
calendar.
The only functional difference between distribution centers and plants is determined by a
corresponding entry in ECC Customizing.

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Customers and vendors are stored in the ECC system as business partners.

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The strategy group controls how the independent requirements behave. Moreover,
control of the ATP check takes place on the basis of the availability check group.


 
 



 


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The purpose of Demand Planning is to forecast future demand. It can therefore
be performed at the level of a distribution center,
SAP ECC offers Flexible Planning, which is a complex, powerful and flexible
tool that supports your company's demand planning and production planning
processes. The result of the forecast typically takes the form of demand forecasts
at the level of distribution centers (DCs) or directly in the production plants.


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The planning levels are defined using characteristics in the information structures
of the Logistics Information System (LIS) on which the planning is based.
Therefore, characteristic values are the objects for which you aggregate,
disaggregate and evaluate business data.
Planning data is stored as key figures. Key figures contain numerical values that
represent either a quantity or a value.
Time characteristics define the buckets in which you view, plan and store data.

Sales and Operations Planning, SOP comprises two core elements: Flexible planning and
Standard SOP.
Demand Planning can be performed either as part of flexible planning or in Sales and
Operations Planning. In this case, Sales and Operations Planning can be regarded as a special
form of flexible planning.
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Both consistent planning and level-by-level planning can be executed as part of
flexible planning. Consistent planning means that planning data on all planning
levels can be maintained consistently (automatic aggregation and disaggregation).
Consistent planning throughout the entire enterprise allows detailed plans to be
automatically consolidated. Level-by-level planning means that the planning data
can only be disaggregated from the higher-level stage into the detail levels.

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