SAP APO process

Hi Team.
Let me list down our entire demand planning process which we are currently doing and help me how we can improve the process in APO.
Every starting of the ,sales sending us the sales order and forecast for next month and we are updating the same in our allocation file.
Allocation file is summary of total demand and total supply.
Demand from sales team and supply is the file from planners (planning also manual process, running BOM and getting the SF requirement)
So the summary is :demand planning is manual..Planning is also almost manual .
Please know how APO this process will be solved.
Thanks for the help.
Regards,
Vijesh

Vijesh,
At a very high level:
1.  The most common solution is that Sales Forecasts are entered in Demand Planning.
2.  If ECC is used as the online transaction processing (OLTP) system, the Core interface (CIF) is activated. Regardless of what your OLTP is, Material numbers and Plants must be replicated in APO.
3.  Master data for planning is replicated in APO (Bills of Material, Routings, production versions, purchase info records, Special procurement keys, etc etc)
4.  Transactional data, such as Sales orders, FGs and SFGs stock, and FGs and SFGs supply orders are also replicated in APO.  It is possible to plan the entire BOM in APO, if such a solution is desired.
5.  SNP and/or PP/DS are typically activated as planning engines.  Or, for a more complex, but higher quality solution, Capable to Match (CTM) or Optimizer can be used as planning engines, to create FEASIBLE plans.
6. Finalized forecast is released to Planning.  This means the forecasts are copied from Demand Planning into the active area that is accessible to the planning engine.  Appropriate consumption of forecast is transparently done.  These released forecasts can optionally be replicated back to the OLTP.
7. Planning is then run against the combined consumed forecast and sales demand.  Output of planning is generally planned orders and/or purchase requisitions.  These 'procurement proposals' can optionally be transparently sent back to the OLTP.
In general, only planning is done in APO. Execution is generally not done in SCM, but is done within the OLTP.
There are hundreds of variants of the above high-level overview.  I suggest that if you wish to pursue APO as a planning solution, you engage an external resource who can assist you to create a solution that meets all your business requirements, and can also help you through the implementation.
Best Regards,
DB49

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