APO Training Courses
We offer training in different modules in APO / SCM Suite of applications , Logistics/Planning modules
in ECC and Technical courses geared towards the functional consultants
APO Overview
An intensive 40 hours course covering the details of the major modules in APO - Demand Planning, SNP, PP/DS and GATP. This course is intended for current or future project members of APO implementations. This course provides the basis related to all the modules and allows the team members to interact confidently with the implementation team and play a major role in design decisions.
APO Demand Planning
Demand Planning is the major planning modules in APO offering the complete functionality related to capturing and managing the Demand using the start of the art forecasting, integration and collaboration solutions offering flexible functionality and high performance. This is a 35-40 hours course covering the BI Concepts, Data loading into APO, Demand Planning configuration, Statistical Forecasting, Demand Management, Macros etc. It starts with identifying a business scenario and designing the Demand planning process for a specific types of business and then moves on the implementation phase involving the details about the configuration and functionality.
APO-Supply Planning
Supply Network Planning is a set of functionalities around Distribution Requirement Planning, Deployment, Demand and Supply Matching and Optimization. It is a module in the Advanced Planner and Optimizer (APO) that enables organizations to determine sourcing, production plans, distribution plans, and purchasing plans. The system draws on the data universally available in liveCache to optimize such plans based on optimization algorithms and heuristic approaches that enable the planner to define rules and inventory policies. This is a 35-40 hours course starting with an overview of the SOP, MPS and MRP Processes, followed with the master data needed for the process. It then continues with the configuration of the different planning objects, the functionality of the different planning engines and the end-to-end process. The course includes the case studies and exercises starting with the network design, creation of Models, simulation versions etc.
APO-DP and SNP
Demand Planning and SNP form the two major planning modules in APO offering the complete functionality related to managing the Demand and supply and implementing an effective S&OP process for an organization. This training course will help the participants to understand the concepts of the DP and SNP and introduce them to the real life business scenarios where in they can utilize these tools for implementing the functionality for the client.
APO-PP/DS Overview
APO Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling is a set of functionalities around Inhouse Production Planning, External Procurement Planning, Resource Scheduling and Sequence Optimization. PPDS is primarily divided in two areas - Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling. This component has the highest amount of integration between APO and the OLTP (R/3 or ERP) system for real-time transaction data transfer back and forth. This is made possible by a standard interface from SAP named Core Interface Function. PP/DS is more used for finite optimization at a plant level by optimizing the resources, materials and manpower. It considers all the finite constraints in more detail and allows the planners to generate a day-to-day finite schedule, resource loading charts etc.
APO-GATP Overview
Global Available-to-Promise is the SAP Supply Chain Management (SCM) module that allows companies to aggregate demand from different sources into one central location in SAP ERP. In short, when orders are placed, it checks to see when the product can be delivered, depending on whether the product will have to come out of production or from stock. This course includes the overview of the different GATP options - Rule bases, Allocation Based, Forecast based, Substitution, CTP, MATP etc.