SAP SCM-APO Production Planning Detailed Scheduling (PPDS) - Step by Step Guide Part 1 - Base APO PPDS with S/4 HANA Changes: Production Planning Detailed Scheduling and Manufacturing Optimization

Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling (PPDS) is required to efficiently Plan the Capacity of our Production Lines in the Manufacturing Facilities to “Sequence” the Production of Products Accurately and Finitely to the Shift, Hours and Minutes “within the Day” (Compare to SNP that Plans Max. by ‘Day’). The Production is Roughly Planned via Supply Network Planning (SNP) in SAP or SAP ECC-PP MRP for the Demand coming from Demand Planning (DP), and Total Net Demand from the Network of Distribution Centers, VMI Customers, Sub-Contractors back to the Manufacturing Plants via SNP. Production Planning Detailed Scheduling (PPDS) using SAP SCM-APO (Supply Chain Management Advanced Planning and Optimization) tool. Optimize your Manufacturing Plant with a FEASIBLE and Constrained Production Plan using APO's fast In-memory Optimization technology not possible in SAP ECC Material Requirement Planning (MRP). This Book also discusses Summary of High Level Changes for Shift of APO PPDS to PPDS embedded in S/4 HANA !!! Simplicity is easier to consume and anything complex is not. Even today Business Users find the Optimization and master data in SAP APO complex and the topic of SNP very complex to implement and keep it running. Apart from APO dealing with multiple industries, Complexity also emanates from lack of understanding of the tool and the business reasons for why someone in a industry may want to implement a functionality and why others need not. This book delves into the Business Reasons for each Production Planning and Supply Network Planning business process and then dives deeper into the technology of SAP SCM-APO PPDS for each functionality provides a Step by Step Visual guide to make the understanding easier with the intent to make it 'Simple'. Part-1 comprises of Base APO PPDS topics - such as SCM APO PPDS and SNP Overview, PPDS & SNP Master data, Heuristic, Repetitive Manufacturing, Discrete Manufacturing, Process Manufacturing and Detailed Scheduling in DS Planning Board with SAP System screenshots Visually explaining each and every setup and results like no other book you have seen before. This is why it's a Complete Step by Step Guide and additional Guidance is available from Author. Part-2 with Advanced PPDS topics of this training (Manufacturing Optimization, Manufacturing Execution Order Conversion, Campaign Planning, Characteristics Planning, Block Planning, Multi-Level BOM Production Planning, Components Procurement Planning, Manufacturing Plan Alerts, Sub-Contracting Planning ... etc.) has also been released as a separate Kindle eBook. This Kindle Edition is of 176 pages (only 1/5th of Content is on Kindle), and the Full HTML5 Web Version with 900+ pages for reading Laptop / Desktop and Mobile devices - iTab, iPhone and Android devices is available for Free Download on Proof of this Purchase (If you don't have a Kindle - NO NEED to buy - use my shared Complimentary Copy on Laptop or use this version Kindle App for PC on your Laptop). The Web content is Fully Text Searchable, Printable (Kindle edition is regrettably not but has TOC), zoom-able to view SAP screen in detail and also with ability to add bookmarks and reader annotations/notes while learning. Reach out to Author for this after buying the book. eBook is Guaranteed by Author to Please you with a Lot of Hands-on and very VISUAL Content (900+ pages) explained on SAP Screens as compared to any other book you have seen and will easily Replace your any Hardcopy Book on the Subject matter. Additional Guidance from Author is available on Request for Setup of Systems to learn Hands-on. Author was hands-on on APO since year 2000 till 2013 and has taught the Subject to Students in a 2-week Classroom courses for over 410+ students from 2008 to 2013 and has gathered In-depth hands-on knowledge on the APO Subject in DP, CIF, SNP, PPDS, GATP over the years explained in this PPDS book. Read more