Planning method in SOP

Hi there,
I have gone thru the material in help.sap on the planning method for SOP. But I am not very clear about the Consistent planning
Level-by-level planning
Delta planning
Can any one please explain me the same in some other words with example.......
Regards
Kaushik

Hi Kaushik,
[Examples of Level-By-Level Planning|http://help.sap.com/erp2005_ehp_03/helpdata/EN/a5/632f3b43a211d189410000e829fbbd/frameset.htm]
[Example of Delta Planning |http://help.sap.com/erp2005_ehp_03/helpdata/EN/a5/632f3b43a211d189410000e829fbbd/frameset.htm]
Reward if helpful.
Thanks and Regards,
Naveen Dasari.

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Transferring SOP to Demand Management :
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You can pass on data planned in Flexible Planning or Standard SOP to Demand Management.
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Independent requirements are created in Demand Management for all materials whose data has been transferred. These independent requirements are created in the base unit of measure of the material. The base unit of measure of the material is not necessarily the same as the base unit of measure of the information structure or the unit in which you planned the material. See also Switching Units in the Planning Table.
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Transferring Online, Synchronously and Automatically:
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Field name of the key figure whose values are to be transferred
Planning version from which the data is to be transferred
Demand version to which the data is to be transferred
The system creates or overwrites independent requirements in Demand Management every time you save this planning version of the information structure in Flexible Planning.
Transferring Online, Asynchronously and Manually
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Transfer of the planning data of all members of a single-level product group from standard SOP (a single-level product group is a product group whose members are materials)
Transfer of the planning data created for one material from standard SOP
Transfer of key figure values from an information structure
You make the following general settings:
The material or product group whose data you want to be transferred
The plant of this material or product group
The planning version of the information structure in which the data is stored
The dates for which you want the data to be transferred
Whether you want to check what the data looks like as independent requirements before you transfer it
The requirements type
If you do not make an entry, the system sets the requirements type via the MRP group which is maintained in the material master record.
The version of the demand program to which you want the data to be transferred
Whether this version of the demand program is active and therefore relevant to MRP
Depending on the option you chose in step 1, you set one of the following strategies.
Transferring Planning Data from a Single-Level Product Group:
You transfer the sales plans of the materials direct.
You transfer the sales plans of the materials as proportions of their owner product group (using the proportional factors defined in the product group master record).
You transfer the production plans of the materials direct.
You transfer the production plans of the materials as proportions of their owner product group (using the proportional factors defined in the product group master record).
Transferring Planning Data of One Material from Standard SOP:
You transfer the sales plan of the material direct
You transfer the sales plan of the material as a proportion of the product group of which it is a member (using the proportional factor defined in the product group master record)
You transfer the production plan of the material direct
You transfer the production plan of the material as a proportion of the product group of which it is a member (using the proportional factor defined in the product group master record)
Transferring Key Figure Data of One Material from Flexible Planning
The information structure from which you want the key figure data to be transferred
The key figure whose values you want to be transferred
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For more details go to the following link :
http://help.sap.com/erp2005_ehp_03/helpdata/EN/a5/63238b43a211d189410000e829fbbd/frameset.htm
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