Business Process SNP in Planning

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Supply Network Planning Design

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 SNP process
 Planning methods
 Master data
 Planning book, Data View
 Key points
 Application
Supply Network Planning (SNP)
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1. Demand plan has been created in APO DP
2. Release of Demand plan to SNP
3. SNP planning run
4. Release of SNP Plan to APO DP
5. Optional: conversion of SNP Orders to PP/DS Orders
SNP process
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1. Optimization-based planning
2. Heuristic-based planning
3. Supply and Demand Propagation
Planning methods
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Area
Heuristic and
Capacity Leveling
Capable-to-Match Optimizer
Business Objective
To create a
feasible plan with
few bottleneck
resources
To create a
feasible plan by
fulfilling the highest
priority demand
first
To create a
feasible plan with
minimum costs
To maximize profits
Demand Type Not relevant
Prioritized demand
and demand-
specific supply
strategies
Demand can be
aggregated for
three demand
classes or by
customer locations

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Master Data
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APO Supply Chain
Number Object Description
1 Location Plant, DC, Customer or Vendor
2 Transportation
lane
Transfers stock between source and
target location. Characterized with
means of transport, products
3 Product Location Combination of product and location
4 Means of
transport
Determines different transportation
types
5 Resource Determines production, handling,
storing or transportation capacities
6 Production Data
Structure (PDS)
Contains information about the
production cycle and the component
assignment
7 Quota
arrangement
Characterizes purchasing quantities
Look at examples at the end of presentation

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Planning book
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Demand, production plan, stock transfers, sales orders and stocks are represented in one data
view. Other data views can be created to work with capacities, transportations, batches etc.

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Planning Book, Data View & Selection Profile
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Planning book – CRP_SNP
Data view – SNP_PLAN
Selection – CRP_TEST_01

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 Forecast – demand released from Demand Planning
 Sales orders – sales orders transferred from ECC
 Distribution Demand (Planned) – demand resulted from planning run
 Dependent Demand – demand resulted from BOM explosion
 Distribution Receipt (Planned) – receipt resulted from planning run
 Production (planned) – production resulted from planning run
 Manufacture of co-products – co-products production planned
 Stock on Hand – stock of planned products
Key figures
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1. Planning both of production and transportation in one run throughout all
the supply chain
2. Capacities of production, storing, handling and transportation can be
taken into account
3. Production Plan meets Demand Plan and can be released to APO DP
4. Optimization-based method can be used
5. Safety stock can be calculated
6. Bucket planning – all requirements in bucket are aggregated in one
Key points
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Master data – Supply Chain
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Master data – Supply Chain
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Master data – Location
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Master data – Location

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Master data – Transportation Lane
Version 1.0
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4

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Master data – Transportation Lane

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Master data – Product
Version 1.0
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6

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Master data – Product

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Master data – PDS
Version 1.0
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8

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Master data – PDS

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Master data – Resource
Version 1.0
2
0

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Master data – Resource