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Moving Average Price: Learn How It Functions in Project Stock and Figure Out How to Explain the Unexplainable
A lot can go wrong if you don’t understand moving average price. Sort out the complexities that arise when material movements, invoices, reversals, and purchase order history interact with moving average price. Understand both the cause and the cure for the frustration and confusion. Key Concept Materials that are entered into an SAP system as...…
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Safety Stock: Which Method Is Right for You?
Learn about various methods of safety stock supported by standard SAP Advanced Planning & Optimization (SAP APO), including a new method that provides a more cost-effective way of managing safety stocks in a supply chain. Key Concept Supply chains are exposed to multiple uncertain influencing factors, such as demand upsurges or production disruptions. Safety stock...…
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Inventory Planning and Optimization with SAP Advanced Safety Stock Planning and SAP SmartOps
Read two case studies to learn how to implement SAP APO Advanced Safety Stock Planning (ASSP) and SAP SmartOps Enterprise Inventory Optimization (EIO). Key Concept SAP SmartOps Enterprise Inventory Optimization (EIO) provides a comprehensive, enterprise-wide process for optimizing, managing, and monitoring inventory stocking levels for finished product and raw material components across the supply chain. ...…
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Are Your Safety Stock Levels Optimal? Match Your Method with APO Supply Planning Methodology
SAP APO provides two methods for dealing with safety stock–the stock that you keep on hand in the event that you do not have enough material to deliver on orders. They are the Basic and Extended Safety Stock Methods. Each is designed for a specific supply planning methodology. Misalignment between the APO’s safety stock methods...…
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Are Your Stock Balances Correct?
The answers to six questions along with a little-known report can help you to keep your R/3 Materials Management (MM) and FI stock balances in sync. Key Concept Stock is a major component of a company’s balance sheets, especially for manufacturing companies. Tracking stock balances in plants is a major activity for logistic teams. SAP...…
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Improve Safety Stock Accuracy with APO’s Extended Method
Do your safety stock levels always seem too high or too low? It’s possible that you have not chosen the right APO method or have set it up in a less-than-optimal manner. We explain the considerations, drivers, and settings for using APO’s extended safety stock method and show you why it might be more accurate...…
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Capture the Value of Stock in Transit Using a New Business Function in Enhancement Package 5
The classic sales process is a three-step procedure: create a sales order, create a delivery with reference to the sales order, and invoice for the delivered goods. Handling the potential time gap between the goods issue and the invoice has long been an issue for organizations trying to keep their financial accounts and Profitability Analysis...…
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Implement ATP and Stock Transfer Flows for Virtual Distribution Plants in SAP ECC 6.0
By Amir Ashfaq Hussain, Infosys Technologies, Limited In business scenarios in which virtual plants are created within SAP ERP systems for administrative purposes, managing available-to-promise (ATP) checks and stock transfers presents challenges. SAP provides two options that address plant-to-plant transfer issues in virtual plants. Based on North American or European business scenarios, these lessons learned...…
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Demystify Safety Stock Calculation Methods in PP/DS
Subtle differences in the way SAP APO SNP and the Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling (PP/DS) applications calculate safety stock are often a source of confusion. Gain an understanding of these differences and see how you use the SAP safety stock methods in PP/DS. In most cases, the safety stock calculation methods in the SAP...…
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Prep for Success: Get Your Stock Migration Cutover Right the First Time
Plan for and address the key challenges you are likely to face in your stock migration cutover to SAP Inventory Management and SAP Warehouse Management. Key Concept Stock migration is the process of transferring stock from your source to your destination system keeping the same quantity, stock characteristics, and monetary value for each individual piece...…
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