Executive Summary The Goods Receipt Processing Time (GRPT) interacts importantly with the Handling Resource. There is an issue with the Handling Resource affecting products without GR Processing Times, and we offer an intermediate solution. Introduction The GRPT is a way of padding the time before which material is brought into inventory. I have included the following…
Executive Summary Part of the manufacturing process flow between APO and SAP ERP is the inbound receipt. The process order is a production order for process industry manufacturing. Introduction I was recently asked the following question: “When does APO no longer recognize a process order as an inbound receipt of inventory?” This is essentially a…
Executive Summary There is a management of sales orders at a VMI location when sales orders are communicated with a lag to the company running APO. We cover forward and background consumption. Different scenarios between the sales order and forecast must be accounted for. These scenarios include when sales orders exactly match the forecast, when…
Executive Summary The background of the issues with the in-transit key figure. Making the necessary adjustments to category groups. The second problem with the in-transit key figure, which is less discussed. Introduction The in transit key figure is designed to show material that has shipped but has not yet been received into the planning book’s…
Executive Summary There is a flow of orders through the supply network and order categories in the Planning Book. When not using the SNP deployment solution, there is a different way of understanding the Planning Book Key Figures. APO can be integrated into a deployment application when TLB is Performed in APO and when it…
Executive Summary Storage Location MRP Areas can be used in both SNP and GATP. This article describes a design that accounts for both regional allocation of stock and bonded and unbounded stock in a facility (or closely located facilities). GATP can provide available promises for the same product, which is differentiated by the regional allocation…
Executive Summary How allocations work with CTM and GATP. Are allocations bi-directional? What is the allocation storage application in APO? Why would having CTM respect GATP allocations be desirable? Background on Allocations Allocations are incorporated into GATP, which allows them to consume sales orders from these allocations. Once the customer’s allocation has been consumed, the…
Executive Summary Labor constraints can be managed with a labor pool in SNP and PP/DS, and ERP. There is a relationship between the labor pool and machine resources. Is APO really the right place to constrain the labor resource? Introduction to the Bottleneck Resource The bottleneck resource is critical to managing production constraints. You will…
Executive Summary What is a manufacturing supermarket? How have companies changed the definition of a supermarket? What is the connection between a supermarket and a supply planning application? What is a Manufacturing Supermarket? The concept of a supermarket was first developed by Toyota and kept supplier stocking locations close to the Toyota factory. The following…
Executive Summary The standard production design that most supply and production planning systems for. Multi plant planning is an advanced form of supply chain planning. We cover capacity planning in the superplant. There is a prioritization of internal stock transfers over external customer orders for subcomponents. Introduction to Multi Plant Planning Multi plant planning is…