SAP APO Demand Planning (DP)Overview.

SAP APO DP Overview

April 2012
SAP APO DP Overview.

Why Demand Planning?

Demand Planning - SAP APO.
Demand Planning in SAP APO, Demand Planning Cycle, Business Process Scope& DP Setup and
Activities.
Demand Planning Functionalities.
Interactive Planning, Statistical Forecasting Methods, Macros, Alert Management, Lifecycle
Management, Cannibalization, Promotion Planning, Seasonal Planning, and Consensus Planning
in DP. Collaborative Planning and Customer Forecast Management.
Integration.
Advantages of SAP APO Demand Planning
 Why Demand Planning?

Do you have problems with

Differences in planned demand and actual sales?

Incorporating all necessary demand information like

promotions,

Product life cycles or other events in your demand plan?

Demand visibility and consistency across all your

departments and users?

Wrong forecasts?

Bad forecast quality

Incomplete and inaccurate demand

High number of stock outs

High inventory levels

Slow response to changing market

Lack of information for the right planning decisions

 Demand Planning - SAP APO

Demand Planning in SAP APO

Demand Planning Cycle
Business Process Scope
Demand Planning Setup and Activities
Demand Planning in SAP APO
Demand Planning Cycle
Business Process Scope
Demand Planning Setup& Activities
 Demand Planning Functionalities

Interactive Planning Details

Statistical Forecasting Methods
Macros
Alert Management
Lifecycle Management
Cannibalization
Promotion Planning
Seasonal Planning
Consensus Planning
Interactive Planning Details

Free definition of planning books and data views

Creation of data groups (selections) based on user-specific
Multi-level planning with full visibility (drill up/down)
Supporting different aggregation/disaggregation logic
Data representation on different periodicities and horizons
Text can be added to any cell (notes management)
Copy and paste (within grid and from/to Microsoft Excel)
User-specific customization
Statistical Forecasting Methods

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 Advantages of SAP APO Demand Planning
Powerful and flexible tool that supports the demand planning process
across enterprises.
Integrates seamlessly with other components of APO, R/3, and BW.
Allows you to take into consideration the many different causal factors that
affect demand.
User-specific planning layouts and interactive planning books enable you to
integrate people from different departments, and even different companies,
into the forecasting process.
Provides a Statistical Tool Box and advanced macro techniques which allow
you to choose multiple statistical models, calculate and track errors on
forecast models and forecast results, and adopt a consensus-based
approach to reconcile the demand plans of different departments.
Allows you to incorporate industry data, marketing intelligence and
management overrides
Offers promotion planning and lifecycle management
Tracks exceptional or critical situations in the demand planning process
with the Alert Monitor
Helps you manage customers' forecasts using vendor-managed inventory
(VMI) via EDI
Allows you to build a forecast together with your suppliers, customers and
other business partners using Collaborative Demand Planning
Global server with a BW infrastructure
Integrated exception handling, creation of user defined alerts
Integration with Production Planning (S&OP scenario)
Main memory based planning
Flexible navigation in the planning table, variable drill down
Extensive forecasting technique
Promotion planning and evaluation
Collaborative planning via the internet
Supports Sales Bills of Material (BOMs)