{"product_id":"9781939731067","title":"Constrained Supply and Production Planning in SAP Apo","description":"Constraint-based planning generates something that is appealing to all manufacturers: a feasible supply and production plan. However, constraint-based planning software was first implemented over twenty years ago, and yet few companies have mastered constraint-based planning. \u003cp\u003eThis book provides the background information, detailed explanations, step-by-step examples, and real-life scenarios to assist a company in becoming proficient at constraint-based planning, along with valuable information about what SAP APO can do for supply and production planning in reality, rather than just in theory. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere you will learn about resources-the mechanism for constraining the plan in APO and for determining the feasibility of the plan-and how constrained supply and production planning work together (and how they don't). In addition, this book talks about constraint-based planning at the supplier level: can a vendor's production be capacity-constrained? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy reading this book, you will learn:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• The different resources available in APO, how production resources differ from supply planning resources, and the role resources and other important constraints play in constraint-based planning.\u003cbr\u003e • How constraints integrate across the supply planning and production planning applications.\u003cbr\u003e • The areas of disconnect between supply and production planning applications, and between SNP and PP\/DS in particular.\u003cbr\u003e • The difference between unconstrained (or infinite) planning and constraint-based planning.\u003cbr\u003e • The benefits of constraint-based planning and how it differs from capacity leveling.\u003cbr\u003e • Various types of demand, and how backwards and forwards scheduling work.\u003cbr\u003e • The benefits of using production constraints in the supply planning system, and how SNP and PP\/DS can be synchronized to produce the desired output.\u003cbr\u003e • The methods that can do constraint-based planning in SNP and PP\/DS-heuristics, CTM, and optimization-and how to configure these methods.\u003cbr\u003e • The difference between hard and soft constraints, and how to plan using multiple constraints.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SCM Focus","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47039909658864,"sku":"9781939731067","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781939731067_p0.jpg?v=1763758945","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781939731067","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}