Supply Network Planning Run 

Use

You can use any of the following planning methods to perform the planning run in Supply Network Planning (SNP):

·        Optimization-Based Planning

·        Heuristic-Based Planning

·        Supply and Demand Propagation

You can run optimization-based and heuristic-based planning interactively from the interactive planning desktop in Supply Network Planning or you can run them in the background. You run supply and demand propagation in a dedicated planning book in interactive Supply Network Planning.

Based on these planning methods, SNP supports special planning processes, such as:

·        Aggregated Planning

·        Planning with Aggregated Resources

·        Product Interchangeability

·        Procurement Scheduling Agreement in Heuristic-Based SNP Planning

·        Subcontracting with Source Location in SNP

·        Subcontracting with Third-Party Provision of Components in SNP

·        Direct Delivery from Production Plant to Customer

For detailed information about the individual planning methods and processes, see the related sections of this documentation.

Your individual planning environment influences which planning method would be the most suitable for your requirements. For a comparison of the heuristic and optimization planning methods with Capable-to-Match (see below), see Comparison of the Planning Methods.

See also

Capable-to-Match planning (CTM) is an alternative to the optimization-based or heuristic-based planning methods from Supply Network Planning. For more information, see the Multilevel Supply and Demand Matching section of the SAP APO documentation.