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MODULE APO

APO / IBP — Advanced Planning

MRP says what is missing, not how best to obtain it. Advanced planning adds statistical forecasting, the network view (plants, warehouses, transportation), optimization under capacity and cost constraints, detailed scheduling and a reliable promise. SAP APO did this for twenty years; SAP IBP and S/4HANA are taking over.

Audience
Demand and supply planners, supply chain consultants, PP / MM consultants moving into advanced planning, APO migration teams.
Prerequisites
Level 1: none. Levels 2 and 3: PP (MRP, orders) and MM; notions of forecasting and inventory.
Duration
4 days (1 + 2 + 1)
28 h · day-by-day schedule

The sub-modules of APO

A module is split into areas. Choose one to see its logic, its transactions and where to learn it.

APO-MDMaster data, model and versionAPO-PEGPeggingAPO-DPDemand PlanningAPO-SNPSupply Network PlanningAPO-PPDSProduction Planning and Detailed SchedulingAPO-GATPGlobal Available-to-PromiseAPO-CIFCore InterfaceIBPIntegrated Business Planning
APO-MD

Master data, model and version

The network, and simulation.

The logic
  1. Locations
  2. Products
  3. Resources
  4. PDS / PPM
  5. Lanes
Transactions
/SAPAPO/SCC07/SAPAPO/MVM
Read the chapter: APO master data
APO-PEG

Pegging

Who serves what, from the customer to the component.

The logic
  1. Receipt
  2. Link
  3. Need
  4. Alert
Transactions
/SAPAPO/RRP3
Read the chapter: Pegging: who serves what?
APO-DP

Demand Planning

Demand forecasting.

The logic
  1. History
  2. Model
  3. Consensus
Transactions
/SAPAPO/SDP94
Mini-processes
Forecasting demand
Read the chapter: Demand Planning: forecasting and measuring
APO-SNP

Supply Network Planning

Network plan.

The logic
  1. Network
  2. Plan
  3. Deployment
Transactions
/SAPAPO/SNP94
Read the chapter: SNP: planning the network
APO-PPDS

Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling

Detailed sequencing.

The logic
  1. Orders
  2. Heuristic
  3. Sequence
Transactions
/SAPAPO/CDPS0
Read the chapter: PP/DS: sequencing production
APO-GATP

Global Available-to-Promise

Advanced promise.

The logic
  1. Request
  2. Rules
  3. Promise
Transactions
CO09
Mini-processes
Promising a date
Read the chapter: Delivery promise: GATP and aATP
APO-CIF

Core Interface

Link between the ERP and APO.

The logic
  1. Model
  2. Activation
  3. Queues
Transactions
CFM1CFM2SMQ1
Read the chapter: APO architecture and CIF
IBP

Integrated Business Planning

Planning in the cloud.

The logic
  1. Request
  2. S&OP
  3. Stock
  4. Answer
Read the chapter: SAP IBP and the monthly S&OP