Streamlining Supply Chains with SAP IBP and Process Alignment
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Effectively Respond to Your Business Risks and Evaluate Residual Risk Levels
Examine the fourth phase of the enterprise risk management (ERM) process: risk response allocation. See how in SAP BusinessObjects Risk Management you can distinguish between various response types and involve response owners in a collaborative process to increase accountability for response implementation. In addition to assessing response completeness and effectiveness, you can conduct a residual...…
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Meet Demand-Driven Scheduling Requirements with SAP ERP and SAP APO: Q&A on When to Use Which for Enhanced Supply and Production Planning
SAP ERP and the production planning and detailed scheduling (PP/DS) and supply network planning (SNP) components of SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization (SAP APO) offer functionality that can be utilized in a variety of design options to optimize production plans and provide greater visibility into your inventory management, but when do you use which? Especially...…
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Use World-Class SOP Strategies to Balance Future Supply and Demand
Having difficulty balancing supply and demand? Doing OK but want to do better? Learn the key strategies to put Sales and Operations Planning (SOP) to work for you. Key Concept One of the key activities in the area of supply chain planning is the periodic review of anticipated demand and available supply. This business process...…
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Manage Supply Chain Risks with SAP Supply Chain Performance Management 2.0
SAP Supply Chain Performance Management 2.0 offers extended performance and risk indicators in a number of key areas, including the Supply Chain Council’s Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) model. Learn how to effectively map these key risk indicators to an enterprise risk management program using SAP Supply Chain Performance Management 2.0 and SAP Risk Management...…
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SAP CRM 7.0: Use Multilevel Categorization to Determine the Service and Response Profiles of Service Requests
Multilevel categorization allows you to determine response times based on categories of issues instead of focusing on abstract priority values. Learn how to extend Service Level Agreement (SLA) determination by multilevel categorization through customization. You can determine the SLA profile based on a category or subcategory of the service request and you can establish response...…
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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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Multilevel Supply Demand Matching with SAP APO-CTM Engine
In this excerpt from Balaji Gaddam’s SAP PRESS book, Capable to Match (CTM) with SAP APO, gain insight into the CTM engine algorithm and understand the constraint-based programming techniques that the CTM engine uses to arrive at a feasible plan for a given demand. Key Concept Supply network planning using SAP SCM offers several planning...…
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Provide Better Customer Support with Personalized Email and Chat Responses
When you send outbound email campaigns using SAP CRM marketing, you can personalize the content for each user. Contacts will receive an email that contains their name, title, and other information you want to tailor specifically for each recipient. Similarly, when composing emails and Web chats in the SAP CRM interaction center, agents can also...…
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Outsourcing Operations? How to Design an Undisrupted Supply Plan in SAP APO
See how a manufacturing company created a new third-party logistics (3PL) code to represent a third-party logistics service provider. By incorporating 3PL into supply chain planning, the manufacturing company could plan against changing demand and supply position at 3PL and replenish the 3PL site to achieve the desired customer service level. Key Concept A purchase...…
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Control User Compliance to a Stipulated Source of Supply Using a Source List
Learn how to set up and implement the SAP system functionality to enforce user compliance to an approved source of supply with a source list at the plant and material levels in the SAP ERP Materials Management Purchasing (MM-PUR) component. Key Concept A source list can be a vital tool for achieving 100 percent user...…
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