APO Release Of Demand

Planning
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Releasing Demand Plan
 Releasing the Demand Plan

liveCache

Data Mart liveCache

A consensus plan, the demand plan is released to Supply Network Planning through the Live Cache.

The demand plan is released via either a push or a pull mechanism; that is, either the Demand Planner or the SNP

planner can perform this step.

This process creates demand orders in the live Cache where they can be worked on by the SNP planner who

makes sourcing decisions that takes the complete supply network into consideration.
 Location Split
DC 1
10%

40%
Product Forecast DC 2

50%
DC 3

There are two options for location splitting:

The first is to include the locations as characteristic values in the Info Cube. The location split is therefore done in

the Info Cube, and not during the release from Demand Planning to Supply Network Planning.

The second, less common, option is to do the location split during the release to supply network planning. In

supply network, data is planned separately in each location. This means that if the forecast is created without

planning the amount of each product at each location, the user must distribute the forecast data out to the relevant

locations when the plan is released to SNP.

Location Split
Settings
 Releasing DP
Releasing DP for One Product Releasing DP for Multiple
Products

DP Release to SNP Use of Mass Processing

Specify Product Create a Release Profile

Specify Location Define Activity

Specify Key Figure Create a Job

Specify Start and End Date

Schedule Job
of the Planning Horizon
 Mass Processing
Mass Processing function is used to carry out planning activities in the background, involving large volumes of data.

The possible tasks are Macros, Forecasting and Release to SNP

Steps in Mass Processing

Create Profile Define Activity Create Job Schedule Job

Specify Planning Area A single activity can

Define Key Figure
Specify Version
Daily Bucket Profile
Category
have several actions of
say, forecasting and
then releasing of plan
to SNP
Selection of data for the
Scheduling of the Job
job processing is
possible here is done here
Release to
SNP
Mass Processing- Create
Activity

Link the profile to

the activity
 Create- DP
background Job
Link the activity to
the job
 Schedule- DP
background Job
Thank You