Module 1 - Demand Planning: ( Hands On Training ) - 25 Hours :

• Introduction & 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

Module 2 - Supply Network Planning / (CIF) ( Hands On Training ) - 25 Hours

• 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

Module 3 - Global Available-to-Promise: ( Hands On Training ) - 25 Hours

• 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

Module 4 – Production Planning/Detailed Scheduling: ( Hands On Training )- 25 Hours

• 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
• Conclusion

Real Time Issues and Case Studies