{"product_id":"constrained-supply-and-production-planning-in-sap-apo-paperback","title":"Constrained Supply and Production Planning in SAP Apo - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eShaun Snapp\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConstraint-based planning generates something that is appealing to all manufacturers: a feasible supply and production plan. However, constraint-based planning software was first implemented over twenty years ago, and yet few companies have mastered constraint-based planning. This book provides the background information, detailed explanations, step-by-step examples, and real-life scenarios to assist a company in becoming proficient at constraint-based planning, along with valuable information about what SAP APO can do for supply and production planning in reality, rather than just in theory. Here you will learn about resources-the mechanism for constraining the plan in APO and for determining the feasibility of the plan-and how constrained supply and production planning work together (and how they don't). In addition, this book talks about constraint-based planning at the supplier level: can a vendor's production be capacity-constrained? By reading this book, you will learn: - The different resources available in APO, how production resources differ from supply planning resources, and the role resources and other important constraints play in constraint-based planning. - How constraints integrate across the supply planning and production planning applications. - The areas of disconnect between supply and production planning applications, and between SNP and PP\/DS in particular. - The difference between unconstrained (or infinite) planning and constraint-based planning. - The benefits of constraint-based planning and how it differs from capacity leveling. - Various types of demand, and how backwards and forwards scheduling work. - The benefits of using production constraints in the supply planning system, and how SNP and PP\/DS can be synchronized to produce the desired output. - The methods that can do constraint-based planning in SNP and PP\/DS-heuristics, CTM, and optimization-and how to configure these methods. - The difference between hard and soft constraints, and how to plan using multiple constraints.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 9.25 x 7.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45170409996367,"sku":"9781939731067","price":64.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/3083\/3487\/files\/2rLMaz3_9n9781939731067.webp?v=1778036108","url":"https:\/\/lumaryon.com\/products\/constrained-supply-and-production-planning-in-sap-apo-paperback","provider":"Lumaryon Universal","version":"1.0","type":"link"}