Balance the art and science of materials planning! Learn how to use SAP ERP to calculate what, when, and how many items are required for production with this comprehensive guide. From portfolio management and policy setting to exception monitoring and inventory optimization, you'll see the complete manufacturing picture that materials planning paints. Once implemented, evaluate your materials planning to make improvements, and move your materials planning from routine to strategic! Highlights include:

• Supply chain management
• Portfolio management
• Automatic and periodic policies
• Exception monitoring
• Inventory optimization
• SAP ERP
• Inefficiencies
• Key performance indicators
• Value streams

Implement, customize, and use SAP ERP and SAP APO for materials planning. Evaluate and monitor your materials planning process. Model your materials planning calculation using simulations.

About the Author
Uwe Goehring is an SAP Mentor and has worked in supply chain optimization for over 20 years. He is the founder and president of bigbyte software systems corporation, which optimizes SAP supply chains around the world by coaching planners, buyers, and schedulers in poli-cy setting and strategic and tactical planning. Uwe has expressed an interest in his organi-zation buying bulk copies of the book to give away; we have not settled on the details of such an order.Uwe has worked closely with the author of our previous materials planning title (Mark Hoppe) to ensure that all topics are covered, and has expanded his coverage on SAP func-tionality and tools that materials planners will use in daily work.


Book Information
ISBN 9781493211975
Author Uwe Goehring
Format Hardback
Page Count 519
Imprint SAP Press
Publisher SAP Press