Difference Between Strategies

Hi friends
what is the difference between the make-to-order & Engineer-to-Order. Pl explain. Where we will use the strategy engineer-to-order.
regards
ssp

Hi,
Both MTO and ETO are similar, there is a small difference.
In order to reduce inventory, many firms have designed their production system to produce a product only after it is ordered. Such scenario is called Make-To-Order (MTO).
The engineer-to-order (ETO) supports the requirements of companies that manufacture products based on their customers' unique engineering designs. Companies building ETO products require special processes for estimates, purchasing materials, engineering changes, cost allocation and tracking, and ongoing work with customers.
MTO can be used by any company which needs to start production after getting order, ETO also same, but used in industries where special processes/engineer designs required.
I hope I have answered your question.

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Differences between planning strategies 40,70 & 50

My understanding is as follows:
startegy 40: mts startegy, here finished products are produced against pir (forecast) and when we receive the s/o, s/o will consume the pir. example: finished products are manufactured without s/o and when we recieve the s/o they wil be shipped to customer.
strategy 50: mto startegy, here sub assemblies are manufacture against pir (forecast), when we recieve the s/o for the finished/final product, all the manufactures sub assemblies will be assembled finally with an extra value added operation and sent to customer. please suggest me an example for this strategy.
startegy 70: mts startegy, here sub assemblies are manufactured against pir, when we receive the s/o for final product, bom explodes and dependent req consume the pirs. i think here there is no final assembly/ value added operation. i think the sub assemblies will be sent as it is.
startegy 20: simple mts strategy for components. components are produced against pirs, against s/o when we do gi, the s/o will consume the pir of the components. applicable only for raw material or components.
startegy 10: simple mto, against s/o only production commences. no pirs.
please advise any mistakes in my understanding of above stategies and i appreciate if you give me one scenario for each startegy. mainly looking for differences between strategy between 40 and 70.

Dear,
please go through the links, it give with examples..it will be very clear to you if you go through it
stg 40 - http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/cb/7f9b7043b711d189410000e829fbbd/frameset.htm
stg 70-
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/cb/7f9b7043b711d189410000e829fbbd/frameset.htm
stg 50
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/cb/7f9b7043b711d189410000e829fbbd/frameset.htm
stg 20 is for MTO and not MTS
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/cb/7f9b7043b711d189410000e829fbbd/frameset.htm

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I am glad cause I found this forum.
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I am a bit confused cause I saw
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Hi Chinna
Here are my two cents on this questions
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Looking for your early feedback.
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Hi,
BDC- It is Batch data communication. Its used for data conversion from legacy system to SAP system. Only technical people can do it. Tcode is SHDB.
LSMW- It is legacy system migration workbench. Its also used for data conversion from legacy system to SAP system. But it is role of functional consultant.
There are 14 steps in LSMW. As soon as you complete the one step, automatically it will go to next step.
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[PP Cut over activity|http://www.sap-img.com/production/pp-questions-answers.htm]
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Difference between SAP BI 7.0 and SAP Business objects

Dear All,
I would like to know what is the difference between SAP BI 7.0 and SAP Business objects.What Advantage will we have if we implement sap business objects rather then SAP BI 7.0.WOur management wants to implement

Hi,
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Difference between SCM, SEM and SRM

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SRM is a procurement tool like ARIBA .
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to know more about SRM . here you go..
http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=18926
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I was asked by my manager to look into BI Publisher and give a report. Went through and the first thing that came to my mind was Oracle Discoverer.
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Surprisingly, both Discoverer and BIP are part of Oracle BI EE. So why have 2 products that basically does the same thing in BI EE??
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Hi
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Hi everybody,
Can anyone list out the differences between the APO system and the R3 system.A detailed explanation will be helpful.

Hi,
APO
APO is the supply chain tool from SAP.
BW is the data layer for APO.
SAP APO is for Demand Planning and is a component of mySAP SCM. It enables dynamic supply chain management and which in turn includes applications for detailed planning, optimization and scheduling, allowing the supply chain to be accurately and globally monitored even beyond enterprise boundaries.
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SAP Advanced Planner and Optimizer is a component of the mySAP Supply Chain Management solution that you use for planning and optimizing supply chain processes at a strategic, tactical, and operational planning level.
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http://www.sap.com/solutions/business-suite/scm/pdf/BWP_APO40.pdf
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_apo/helpdata/en/7e/63fc37004d0a1ee10000009b38f8cf/frameset.htm
http://help.sap.com/bp_biv133/documentation/BW/I18_Scen_InstallGuide_EN_DE.doc
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_scm41/helpdata/en/92/dd013872af2946e10000009b38f8cf/content.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_apo/helpdata/en/7e/63fc37004d0a1ee10000009b38f8cf/frameset.htm
R/3 OLTP
Online Transactional data processing.
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Current data
Short database transactions
Online update/insert/delete
Normalization is promoted
High volume transactions
Transaction recovery is necessary
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OLTP
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http://www.geekinterview.com/question_details/209
http://blogs.netindonesia.net/kiki/archive/2006/02/28/8822.aspx
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What is the difference between clients in a system.
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Hi Freinds,
              Hi have a query. What is the major difference between Production Industry & Process Industry?
I will give you a following example. Please carefully read it.
               Take a example of TATA Motors. We all know it produces automobiles. So we will consider it as a Production Industry. But at the same time it uses the Paint to paint the vehicles is produced by it only. So can we call it as a Process Industry? If yes please explain it.
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eg:- Turbine mfg by BHEL, Aircrafts and ship buildings etc.
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here the planning and costing etc will differ from one batches to another.
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eg: cement, paints , food and beverages etc.
you can seggregate indstry type by materials or by the type of layout(ie mfg line)
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so you have to call it is as product industry , intern which have line layout for cetain operations , which pertains to process industry...

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Could you tell me what are differences between IDES Solution as detail below?
I try to find a documentation but I can not found them in info page.
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