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SAP (Advanced Planning and Optimizer) or SAP (APO)is the planning component within the
mySAP SCM solution. APO is an acronym Ior Advanced Planner and Optimizer. This is a large
component oI SAP's New Dimension products. APO is an entire suite oI supply chain planner
applications that increase overall knowledge oI the supply chain and provide Iorecasting,
planning and optimization. There are eight application levels within SAP APO: network design,
supply network planning, demand planning, production planning and detailed scheduling,
transportation planning and vehicle scheduling, global availabilty and supply chain collaboration.
The SAP APO is not a standalone application and requires a backend ERP system such as SAP
R/3 Ior the execution. SAP R/3 communicate with SAP APO using the the APO Core InterIace
(CIF) which supplies SAP APO with the master and the transaction data in the real time.
Interaction between the SAP R/3 at backend and the SAP APO is in real time and any data
related to the production, the sales or the supplies is immediately transIered Irom one system to
another without requiring any batch processing.
The eIIicient way oI installing some standard SAP APO scenarios is by reIerence to the SAP
Best Practices Ior Supply Chain Management.
SAP APO (Advanced Planner and Optimizer) Hints and Tips What is SAP APO? SAP Advanced
Planner and Optimizer (SAP APO) is a key application component oI mySAP.com and Iorms a
technical Ioundation Ior several mySAP.com solutions. What is the beneIits oI using SAP APO?
The beneIits oI the SAP APO, is that it provides the basis Ior an end-to-end supply chain
management solution, seamlessly linking all key processes -- Irom order generation to
production planning to transportation. SAP APO oIIers Iunctionality Ior: Demand planning
Supply network planning Production planning Detailed scheduling Available to promise
Although SAP APO is no longer marketed as a separate solution, its Iunctionality underlies
mySAP Supply Chain Management, mySAP Customer Relationship Management, and mySAP
E-Procurement.