Determining the Products to be Planned in SAP APO

Purpose

The following table summarizes which products you can plan in SAP APO.

Products	Planning recommended in SAP APO	Planning possible in SAP APO	Planning not recommended in SAP APO	Planning not possible in SAP APO
Externally procured products with long replenishment lead times	X
In-house products produced on a bottleneck resource	X
Products that were planned using MRP in a standalone OLTP System		X
Products planned using reorder point planning (non-critical products)			X
Products planned using forecast-based planning (non-critical products)			X
Products planned using time-phased materials planning (non-critical products)				X
Products planned using Kanban (non-critical products)				X

It is recommended that you plan critical products and components in the SAP APO system and non-critical products and components in the OLTP System. However, if you plan a component in the SAP APO system, you must also plan all components in the BOM path up to the finished product, in SAP APO. If you plan a component in the OLTP System, you must also plan all sub-components in the OLTP System.