Reg SOP and flexible planning

Dear all,
Please explain what is the difference between SOP and flexible planning, similarly in an industry when do use Longterm planning, when we will use SOP and when we use Flexible planning, when we should use MRP planning
Please advice
regards
venkat

Dear,
Standard SOP:-
Standard SOP, you work with one organizational unit, the product group hierarchy, and plan predefined key figures in a planning table with a set layout. All plans in Standard SOP are based on the standard information structure S076.
If there are more regions for an organization, planning can not be done at different region or different sales organization level using Standard SOP.
Flexible Planning:-
Flexible Planning, on the other hand, can be based on any information structure of your choice, either a self-defined information structure or a standard information structure.
If there are more regions for an organization, planning can be done at different region or different sales organization level using Flexible planning
Please refer my reply from this thread,
[SOP - Flexible Planning |SOP - Flexible Planning u2013 Demand Management.]
Regards,
R.Brahmankar

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Hi, Pls explain the difference between Standard SOP (sales and Operation planning) and flexible planning?

Hi,
Following links will help you to understand.
https://forums.sdn.sap.com/click.jspa?searchID=20534538&messageID=6314185
The contents are as below :
Steps
1) Create Planning for material MC87
2) Copy to Active Version MC78
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Here also the Characteristics are same material->product group
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Here you can able to Define your own characteristics and Key figures
Char like Sales org,Dis chann, Div,......
Key figures like stock,invoice qty,....
steps
1) Create Info structute MC21
2) Maintain Planning Parametes MC7F
3) Create Planning Type MC8A
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6) Transfer to DM from change mode of Flex Plann with active version MC94
if you want use the flexible planning info like SIS in std sop
after the 4th step of above it will be like
5) MC87 std sop there Sales data from SIS it will ask for info str and version then you can get it automatically then the std steps like
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APO-DP Vs Flexible Planning in ECC. Yes APO advance but ECC is more user friendly.
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Status:            Processed with errors ok
Activities checked:? what is the error message here like
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When checking a mass processing job in SOP/flexible planning (Transaction MC8I), in the log error message "Activity and COPA profile have different planning versions?
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SOP - Flexible Planning u2013 Demand Management.

Hello Gurus
Can any one guide me SOP - Long term plannng / Flexible Planning - Transfer to demand managment Process
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Edited by: JJ_SAP_S on Jul 28, 2008 12:24 AM

Hi,
Transferring SOP to Demand Management :
Use:
You can pass on data planned in Flexible Planning or Standard SOP to Demand Management.
Demand Management determines the requirement dates and requirement quantities for important assemblies and specifies the strategies for planning and producing/procuring finished products. The result of Demand Management is the demand program. The demand program differentiates planned independent requirements and customer independent requirements. It gives the information needed in MPS and MRP for planning at SKU level. The placing of sales orders eventually consumes planned requirements and triggers updating to the Sales Information System. This actual data can then be used as input for future sales planning. For more information, see PP Demand Management.
Prerequisites:
The system distributes the data to the appropriate plants in Demand Management on the basis of the quotas you set in Customizing (in Define proportional distribution across plants). You can also make these settings in the Flexible Planning or Standard SOP menu by choosing Settings ® Plant distribution. Plant distribution works as follows:
If a plant or plants can be found for the material in the planning hierarchy, data is transferred to Demand Management for these plants.
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Transferring Online, Synchronously and Automatically:
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Demand version to which the data is to be transferred
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Transferring Online, Asynchronously and Manually
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Transfer of the planning data created for one material from standard SOP
Transfer of key figure values from an information structure
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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
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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
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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
This key figure must be a quantity key figure.
For more details go to the following link :
http://help.sap.com/erp2005_ehp_03/helpdata/EN/a5/63238b43a211d189410000e829fbbd/frameset.htm
Hope this helps.
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SOP flexible planning transfer to demand managemnt

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