Re: Implementing Of SAP-APO-SNP

Dear All,
Is it possible to implement APO-SNP alone along with SAP ECC.
If yes,Can I be advice upon any particular aspect to keep in mind before advicing this furhter to my client.
Regards,
Vivek

Thanks for the information..
I have one more thing.
I am exploring the SNP because the client is looking to optimise their logistics cost. As I understand that In SNP the transportation lanes feature can cater to this need. My only point here is that I want to use APO for the Deployment side & not for the production side..That means I would be using the system MRP result for carrying out the production execution & will not be using SNP here but for mpving the stocks between the network I am intending to use the SNP Deployment feature.
Please advice me whether this is a right approach from cost implications perspective.
Regards,
Vivek

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Hi,
You can use CIF user exit CIFMAT01 for this purpose. You can follow below path in SAP for more details
SPRO---SAP refrenceIMG----Integration with other SAP components---Advanced Planning and Optimization---Application specific settingsand enhancements---Enhancement for materials---Influence data before transfer to APO on user specific basis.
YOu can read help in above path about exit.
YOu need ABAP person who need to code this. What you need is read custom field from table from MARC and Populate in procurement cose field in this exit.
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Hello Poorna
I suggest you to refer this thread which will be helpful.
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and this is one very informative document too.
http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/b004ab38-d73f-2d10-9d86-81f014034235?overridelayout=t…
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Hi Poorna,
Please follow below steps to delete Product-Location combinations in APO:
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SAP APO SNP - Restricting Selections

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I checked the auth obj C_APO_SEL, but it is not helpful. It doesn't resrtict the access to shuffler.
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Hi
Please find below the answers from my side.
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From a technical perspective, what is it that a developer should know to work on SAP APO with SAP R/3 integration. Kindly elaborate on this if you can...
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Edited by: Marvin Jones on Feb 3, 2008 5:09 AM

Standard APO and R/3 CIF integration does not need additional ABAP coding.
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Any good books on SAP APO?

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1) Sales and Inventory Planning with SAP APO
by Marc Hoppe
2) Production Planning with SAP APO-PP/DS
by Jochen Balla and Frank Layer
3) Production Planning and Control with SAP
by Jörg Dickersbach, Gerhard Keller, and Klaus Weihrauch
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I need to learn more about different model available in SAP APO - DP, SNP and their behaviour.
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Hi Senthil,
Thanks dear for your response.
What I am looking in programming details of exisiting DP forecasting models like Trend Analysis, Linear Regression.
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Documentation for SAP APO

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Is APO the product SAP is going with or it is being replaced with something else?Thanks.
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HI,
Refer below threads
[http://help.sap.com/saphelp_scm70/helpdata/EN/59/a3453ff168e07fe10000000a114084/frameset.htm]
[http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/SCM/APO-DP]
[http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/SCM/APO-SNP]
Also you will get configuration guide for SNP at below link
[http://help.sap.com/bp_scmv250/BBLibrary/Documentation/B06_BB_ConfigGuide_EN_DE.doc]
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Integration SAP APO consultant duties

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can any one let me know what are the duties of integration consultant in SAP APO (DP,SNP,PPDS) ?
Please let me know if you guys have any answers
Thanks & Regards,
Raj kumar

Hi,
The mandate of integration consultant is to ensure that there is no business loss to the company because of some transaction data not transferring between R/3 and APO
If a planned order is not transferred to R/3, the production of certain materials may not be done and this may result in loss of business due to stock out
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To properly set up the system and connections,
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Guiding the users for proper maintenance of master data as most of CIF errors are attributable to wrong data maintenance.
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