SAP SCM – Applications and Modeling for Supply Chain Management

<p>Preface ix</p>
<p>Acknowledgments xiii</p>
<p>Table of Abbreviations xv</p>
<p>Part 1 Cultural Background: The Business and Technical Context for SCM 1</p>
<p>1 How to Use This Book: APO as a Mind Map 3</p>
<p>One Book, Many Curriculums: Custom Recommendations for Reading Order 5</p>
<p>Included and Excluded: Scope of this Text 6</p>
<p>2 SCM Architecture 11</p>
<p>Enterprise Landscape for Planning in SCM 11</p>
<p>SCM Applications and Components 14</p>
<p>Simulating the Supply Chain 20</p>
<p>APO Tools for Users 22</p>
<p>3 Supply Chain Landscape 34</p>
<p>Supply Chain Landscape 34</p>
<p>Planning Supply Chain Disciplines 40</p>
<p>Supply Chain Data Pipelines 47</p>
<p>Integrated, Wall–to–Outside–the–Wall Supply Chain Solution 49</p>
<p>4 Advice to the Executive Considering SAP APO and SCM 50</p>
<p>Six Short Executive Lessons in ERP 51</p>
<p>Profile of an SAP SCM Project with a High Likelihood of Success 59</p>
<p>Part 2 Stocks and Bases: Master Data SCM 61</p>
<p>5 Supply Chain Management Master Data 63</p>
<p>Locations and Calendars 63</p>
<p>Products 70</p>
<p>Resources and Work Centers 84</p>
<p>Production Process Models and Run Time Objects 96</p>
<p>Transportation Lanes 108</p>
<p>External Procurement Relationships 111</p>
<p>Quota Arrangements 116</p>
<p>Models and Planning Versions 119</p>
<p>Transactional Data 124</p>
<p>Master Data Recipes 127</p>
<p>6 Analytical Master Data: BW Primer Part I 131</p>
<p>SCM versus Analytical Master Data 131</p>
<p>Star Schema 133</p>
<p>BW, APO, and Analytical Data Objects 135</p>
<p>BW in the SCM Data Mart 138</p>
<p>Setting Up Analytical Master Data 138</p>
<p>7 Core Interface 146</p>
<p>When R/3 Is Not the Transactional Data Management System 147</p>
<p>Using R/3 with APO 147</p>
<p>Basic Integration Model Configuration 148</p>
<p>Part 3 Entrees: APO Planning Modules 161</p>
<p>8 APO User Interfaces and the PP/DS Module 163</p>
<p>General APO User Interfaces 164</p>
<p>PP/DS Context 202</p>
<p>PP/DS Master Data and CIF 205</p>
<p>Using PP/DS 208</p>
<p>Configuring PP/DS 214</p>
<p>Detailed Scheduling and PP/DS User Interfaces 222</p>
<p>9 Demand Planning Module 230</p>
<p>DP Master Data and CIF 231</p>
<p>Using DP 232</p>
<p>Configuring DP 235</p>
<p>Univariate Forecast 240</p>
<p>Demand Planning Configuration Recipe 250</p>
<p>10 Supply Network Planning 251</p>
<p>SNP Master Data and CIF 253</p>
<p>Using SNP 254</p>
<p>Configuring SNP 257</p>
<p>SNP Configuration Recipe 271</p>
<p>Part 4 Beyond Planning: Analytics, Collaboration, and Keys for Success 273</p>
<p>11 BW Primer Part II 275</p>
<p>Not Just a Data Warehouse: Reengineering ERP 275</p>
<p>Using BEx 278</p>
<p>BW Enterprise and BW Data Mart 281</p>
<p>Profile of a Full–Powered APO Deployment 282</p>
<p>12 Inventory Collaboration Hub and APO Collaboration 285</p>
<p>B2B Context of ICH and Collaboration 285</p>
<p>ICH Master Data 289</p>
<p>Using ICH and APO Collaboration 290</p>
<p>ICH Data Pipelines 294</p>
<p>13 The Lucky Chapter: Of Boats and Software Four Keys to Unlocking SCM 296</p>
<p> Keys : To Neuter a Cliche 297</p>
<p>It s Only a Key If You Know It s a Key 298</p>
<p>The Keys 299</p>
<p>What Would You Pay For Wal–Mart s or UPS s Supply Chain? 310</p>
<p>Index 313</p>