Demand Driven Planning – Buffer Management – Step 2
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Marc Hoppe
Expert since 2023
Key Takeaways
⇨ Consulting solution MRP Monitor can be used to assign the right buffer profiles to materials.
⇨ To calculate the right buffer levels for materials, safety stock and buffer simulation consulting solution can be used.
⇨ Colored coding key figures like red, yellow, and green can be used for safety buffer calculations and enhance the usage of SAP system.
In SAP ECC 6.0, it is now possible to use demand-driven planning logic with the help of SAP consulting solutions. There are several options for buffer profile and buffer level calculation. The first article on demand driven planning discussed the Demand Driven Planning logic in SAP ECC or SAP S/4HANA using SCM consulting solutions, which are the small add-on tools that can be used in SAP to cover so called “white spots”. The second article focused on first step in Demand Driven Planning, which is Strategic Inventory Positioning, identified by the Demand Driven Institute, to detect which materials should be decoupled and which not. This article focuses on the second step, called Buffer Profiles and Buffer Level Determination.
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