Increasing Visibility and Insights from MRP: An Expert Discussion
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How to Optimize the Performance of MRP on SAP HANA
Learn how to activate the new material requirements planning (MRP) performance optimizations available as of SAP enhancement package 6 for SAP ERP Central Component (ECC) 6.0, version for SAP HANA. Understand the differences between the classic MRP transactions and the new MRP Live and under which circumstances each one should be used. Key Concept As…...… -
Implementing the Simplified Subcontracting Process with MRP Areas in SAP S/4HANA
Learn the changes and simplifications in the subcontracting process introduced with SAP S/4HANA and how to effectively implement it in SAP S/4HANA. Key Concept SAP S/4HANA introduced major simplifications in production planning, including changes in the subcontracting process. The subcontracting scenario has been simplified in SAP S/4HANA, and now SAP recommends the use of subcontracting…...… -
Real-Time Supply Chain Planning with Demand-Driven MRP in SAP S/4HANA
Learn how to use the new demand-driven material requirements planning (DDMRP) method to decouple the lead time. It minimizes the bullwhip effect to achieve real-time supply chain planning in SAP S/4HANA. Key Concept The demand-driven material requirements planning (DDMRP) concept was introduced in SAP S/4 HANA 1709. DDMRP is a new planning method introduced by…...… -
Increase Service Levels and Lower Inventory with SAP DDMRP
Demand-driven material requirements planning (DDMRP) is a solution to plan materials and inventories. While traditional MRP does a respectable job of planning, DDMRP improves on that functionality to work better in a volatile environment. It enables companies to get closer to customers’ requirements, promoting faster decisions at the planning and execution level. Why can’t sales,… -
Before You Go Live, Maximize the Benefit from Your MRP Output
In a brief interview at SCM 2017, Beverly Desjardins, solution architect at itelligence North America, answered some questions related to her session on how to use material requirements planning (MRP) results to improve the stability of your system. This content is available to (General or Premium) members. Sign in or Join for free! Sign In… -
Dynamic Safety Stock Management: How to interpret MRP results of coverage profiles
by Venkata Ramana Nethi CSCP, CPIM, Business Process Lead – Operations, Schlumberger Overview: An organization’s strategic inventory policy and stocking strategies drive aggregate level inventory management (i.e., ABC/XYZ/LMN, etc. classification) which in turn drives item level inventory management. One of the most effective ways to perform item level inventory management on high volume and low…...… -
Manage Material Requirements Planning Exception Messages in SAP
Exceptions generated via material requirement planning (MRP) on the MRP elements should be evaluated daily or, at a minimum, weekly. Managing MRP exception messages effectively at the operational level is an essential business activity because these messages impact operational key performance indicators (KPI). Depending on the organization size and product volumes there could be hundreds… -
Increasing Visibility and Insights from MRP: An Expert Discussion
Ask the Experts Session Manufacturing Resource Planning is the mission-critical backbone of most businesses, but over the years, these systems have been customized, integrated, and modified to the point that it becomes difficult to understand what exactly is going in within your core business processes. So when important business KPIs such as on-time delivery and… -
Case study: How can MRP help you apply the Theory of Constraints (TOC) to drive efficiencies
Managing constraints in a supply chain is the most challenging and complex piece of the puzzle. Constraints move as demand shifts throughout the chain. Variability in demand is one thing but variability in the supply causes unwanted WIP, system pressures and exceptions everywhere. We all know MRP is good to help us automate managing supply… -
An Analysis of Simplified Sourcing on SAP S/4HANA
Learn the differences between the material requirements planning (MRP) source of supply determination in SAP ERP and the simplified sourcing logic introduced in SAP S/4HANA. Key Concept Source of determination is the process of selecting a source of supply. This process can be executed by material requirements planning (MRP) when a replenishment proposal is created…....…
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