Module 1 - Demand Planning: ( Hands On Training ) - 25 hrs 

1. Introductions, APO Overview
2. Overview of Demand Planning Concept
3. Datamart, info-cubes & Demand Planning
4. Planning area and Planning Books
5. Macros & Notes
6. Interactive Planning
7. Statistical toolbox, Promotions and Life Cycle Planning
8. Mass Processing and Release of Plans
9. Exception Processing and Alert Generation

Module 2 - Supply Network Planning / (CIF) ( Hands On Training ) - 25 hrs

1. Overview of Supply Planning Concept
2. Supply Planning, Interactive Supply Planning, Integration with other SCM components
3. Planning Methods: Heuristics, Optimization & CTM
4. Deployment
5. Transport Load Builder
6. Releasing Supply Plans to DP, PPDS, ECC
7. CIF Core Interface : Introduction to Architecture of Integration
8. Master Data, Integration to R/3
9. Planning in ECC - APO with Integration Model Generation
10. Initial & Change Transfers, Background Jobs
11. Monitoring & Handling CIF Errors
12. Comparison & Reconciliation

Module 3 - Global Available-to-Promise: ( Hands On Training ) - 25 hrs

1. Overview of Availability Management in ECC-APO
2. Principles and configuration of Availability Check
3. Check using Product Allocations
4. Advanced Methods
5. Rule based Check
6. Multi-Level ATP
7. Explanation & Simulation Feature
8. Global ATP/OPTP interface

Module 4 – Production Planning/Detailed Scheduling: ( Hands On Training )- 25 hrs

1. Overview of PPDS, Prerequisites, Prod. Planning with ECC
2. Master Data & Transaction data Integration with ECC, SNP, DP, GATP
3. Demand Management, Requirements & Sales Orders in PPDS
4. Production Planning Strategies (Make-to-Order, Make-to-Stock)
5. Planning Heuristics
6. Capacity Requirements, Capacity Planning / Leveling
7. Optimizer
8. Exception Processing, Alert Generation
9. Free Discussions, Questions
10. Consulting Practice Planning
11. Further Reference Sources
12. Conclusion

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