SAP APO Training Contents

SAP APO: Advanced Planner and Optimizer (APO) is a set of software applications from the German-based software company SAP for supply chain management. APO consists of eight application levels: network design, demand planning, supply network planning, production planning and detailed scheduling, global availability, transportation planning and vehicle scheduling, and supply chain collaboration.

Demand Planning
Module 1 Demand Planning Business process 1
Module 2 DP Data Structure and BW component 1
Module 3 DP Master data and planning levels 1
Module 4 DP Configuration – planning object structures, planning areas, planning books and macros 2
Module 5 Statistical forecasting 1
Module 6 Promotion Planning 1
Module 7 Exceptions Management using alerts 1
Module 8 Release of Demand Plan results to Supply Planning 1
Module 9 Mass processing planning tasks in background and use of BW Process chains 1
Module 10 Collaborative Demand Planning 1

Supply Network Planning
Module 1 Supply Planning Business process 1
Module 2 Core Interface – Master and Transaction data with ECC 1
Module 3 SNP Master data and Supply Network Modeling 1
Module 4 SNP Configuration – planning object structures, planning areas, planning books and macros 2
Module 5 Replenishment Planning methods: heuristics, cost optimization, Capable-to-Match,
VMI and aggregated planning 1
Module 6 Distribution Planning: Deployment with heuristics, optimizer 1
Module 7 Transport Load Builder (TLB): summarize stock transfers by threshold values for volumes, weight and pallets. 1
Module 8 Exceptions Management using alerts 1
Module 9 Mass processing planning tasks in background and use of BW Process chains 1
Module 10 Collaborative Supply Planning 1

Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling
Module 1 Manufacturing Planning process 1
Module 2 Manufacturing Planning Master data 1
Module 3 Manufacturing Modeling 2
Module 4 Production Planning Strategies 1
Module 5 PPDS customization 1
Module 6 Planning Heuristics 1
Module 7 Capacity requirements, Capacity Planning / Leveling 1
Module 8 Optimization 1
Module 9 Advanced Planning Methods – Block Planning, Campaign Planning, Pegging Strategy 2
Module 10 Exception Management using alerts 1

Core Interface
Module 1 Integrating ECC with APO 1
Module 2 Configuring the ECC Core Interface 1
Module 3 Transferring data between ECC and APO 1
Module 4 Ensuring data consistency between ECC and APO 1
Module 5 CIF Monitoring and Error Handling 1

Global Available to Promise
Module 1 ATP business process 1
Module 2 Principles and configuration of robust ATP model 2
Module 3 Meeting delivery priorities with GATP’s 3 check methods 1
Module 4 Managing product shortages with GATP Product Allocation 1
Module 5 Managing product shortages with Backordering Processing 1