Q62 - Advanced Planning Board for mySAP ERP

Purpose

This Building Block contains all necessary settings for Advanced Planning Board for mySAP ERP.

The Advanced Planning Board for mySAP ERP provides a software add-on for detailed scheduling with the necessary SAP ERP plug-in and configuration in order to be able to get a full and dynamic overview over the supply chain (transparency of the production process) and to have enhanced functionality (scheduling and rescheduling of orders with different planning strategies) without additional infrastructure or data extension.
The Advanced Planning Board for mySAP ERP supports the detailed production and execution scheduling (APS, MES) as well as the planning of the in-house supply chain. It can be used as a simplified user interface for the SAP ERP system with regard to production logistics. Additionally it can be used as a platform for individualisation of higher level functions.
The Advanced Planning Board for mySAP ERP is a pre-configured standard version of SCHEDULE++, a product of OR Soft Jaenicke GmbH. A wide range of additional scheduling and simulation functions is available in other standard versions and extensions of SCHEDULE++.

Function List

The following functions are provided to support the Advanced Planning Board  Building Block:

• Enhanced user interface and overview:
  • Analyse and evaluate a production schedule
  • Execute Dynamic ATP check for process orders
  • Call of SAP ERP Transactions
• Simple scheduling functions:
  • Schedule planned orders at basic dates or interactively and convert into process orders
  • Reschedule scheduled planned orders and process orders
  • Unschedule scheduled planned orders
  • Publish, unschedule or remove simulated data
• Complex planning functions to replace the MRP run:
  • Plan predecessor products
  • Execute MRCP run -single or multiple level - from PIR or from Materials Cockpit

Key Points

The Advanced Planning Board for mySAP ERP allows to:

• schedule and reschedule planned and process orders with simultaneous consideration of resource allocation, capacity and material requirements
• create technologically feasible process orders from planned orders
• carry out "what if" examinations based on a copy of the production model and create simulated data objects
• convert simulated objects into SAP ERP objects
• get overview over MRP elements in spreadsheet-like grids
• permanently calculate and present planned future stock levels, material availability and range of coverage even for large scale data models

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