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Packages: SAP SCM APO (Advanced Planning and Optimization)

SAP SCM 2007 (APO) Syllabus

Chapter 1: Demand Planning

Introductions, APO Overview

Overview of Demand Planning Concept
Datamart, info-cubes & Demand Planning
Planning area and Planning Books
Macros & Notes
Interactive Planning
Statistical toolbox, Promotions and Life Cycle Planning
Mass Processing and Release of Plans
Exception Processing and Alert Generation

Chapter 2: Supply Network Planning / Core Interface (CIF)

Overview of Supply Planning Concept

Supply Planning, Interactive Supply Planning, Integration with other SCM components
Planning Methods: Heuristics, Optimization & CTM
Deployment
Transport Load Builder
Releasing Supply Plans to DP, PPDS, ECC
CIF Core Interface : Introduction to Architecture of Integration
Master Data, Integration to R/3
Planning in ECC - APO with Integration Model Generation
Initial & Change Transfers, Background Jobs
Monitoring & Handling CIF Errors
Comparison & Reconciliation

Chapter 3: Global Available-to-Promise

Overview of Availability Management in ECC-APO

Principles and configuration of Availability Check
Check using Product Allocations
Advanced Methods
Rule based Check
 Multi-Level ATP
Explanation & Simulation Feature
Global ATP/OPTP interface

Chapter 4: Production Planning/Detailed Scheduling

Overview of PPDS, Prerequisites, Prod. Planning with ECC

Master Data & Transaction data Integration with ECC, SNP, DP, gATP
Demand Management, Requirements & Sales Orders in PPDS
Production Planning Strategies (Make-to-Order, Make-to-Stock)
Planning Heuristics
Capacity Requirements, Capacity Planning / Leveling
Optimizer
Exception Processing, Alert Generation
Free Discussions, Questions
Consulting Practice Planning
Further Reference Sources

Chapter 5: Transportation Management

Basics of Transportation Process

Controlling Transportation
Creating Shipments
Processing Shipments
Shipment Monitoring
Shipment Cost in Sales process
Exercise

Books

Book 1: Supply Chain Management with APO Structures Modeling approach and
implementation
Book 2: Characteristics Based Planning with mySAP SCM

Chapter 7: Materials

SCM100- R3 Overview- Supply Chain Management Overview

SCM200- Business Process in SCM
SCM210- Core Interface
SCM212- SAPSCM Integrated Supply Chain Modeling
SCM215- Supply Chain Modeling
SCM220- Demand Planning
SCM230- Supply Network Planning
SCM240- Production Planning Part-I
SCM242- Production Planning Part -II (APO-PP-DSWithSCM)
SCM270- Flexible Planning
SCM300- Supply Chain Manufacturing Overview
SCM310- Production Orders
SCM320- Repetitive Manufacturing
SCM340- Process Orders
SCM360- Capacity Planning
SCM500- Processes in Procurement
SCM510- Inventory Management and Physical Inventory
SCM515- Invoice Verification
SCM520- Purchasing
SCM525- Consumption based Planning and Forecasting
SCM540- Procurement Of External Services
SCM550- Cross Functional Customizing in MM
SCM600- Processes in Sales and Distribution
SCM601- Processes in Logistic Execution
SCM605- mySap SCM SALES
SCM610- Delivery Process
SCM611- Transportation
SCM612- APO Transportation Planning / Vehicle Scheduling (TP/VS)
SCM615- Billing
SCM620- Pricing in SD
SCM630- Warehouse Management
SCM631- Additional Topics in Warehouse Management
SCM660- Handling Unit Management
SCM670- Global Available to Promise( Global ATP )
SCM680- Cross Application Process in MM and SD
SCM920- Customizing Production Orders
SCM940- Customizing Capacity Planning