Master Data Creation/Maintenance Automation for ECC to SNP

We are starting an SNP project using SCM 7 and ECC 6. We use PP/DS and G-ATP but have maintained our PPM's in APO only all these years. This will be our first time to leverage ECC data for an APO use in either PPM or PDS functionality.
We have targeted our Material/BoM/Routings to be CIF'ed over to SNP to create SNP PDS's. To do this we are going to need to create several hundred new BOM's and several thousand Production versions in ECC. We know which materials and usages we need to do this for and would like to find a way of creating these in ECC using some automated process. Could you please provide any information on options that are available to either automate this data creation or a way to upload this information via a spreadsheet to ECC.
I would also be interested in any information on how to streamline and automate the COST data maintenance. We are planning on utilizing the optimizer and will have bunches of cost data to maintain. Is there a way to load the PDS Single Variant Costs that are maintained via PDS_MAINT and CURTO_CREATE over to SNP. Also if there are any automated ways of loading all the other cost data that is maintained only in SNP that would be great.
The main question ultimatly is... How do you create and maintain the SNP data in an automated way to minimize the amount of master data the SNP users need to touch.
Thansk for any information on this!

Hi Tim
I will suggest to user LSMW program for creating BOMs and other material master elements in R/3 system.
This is simple and easy way for mass upload of material master.
For APO Side, you can also LSMW program or MASSD (T-code) for updating the data in Mass
Thanks
Amol

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