Transportation and Logistics

• SAP ERP

Adapt Shipments to Production Variance with Dynamic Transport Load Building

Learn how a transportation planner at a production facility can leverage a custom tool in SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization (SAP APO) to be able to accurately match up shipments that are planned for arrival from out of the facility with the actual production output. Key Concept Stock transport orders (STOs) represent the shipments planned...…

• SAP APO

Create Consignment Fill-Up Sales Orders Using SAP APO SNP

Follow these prerequisite, configuration, and implementation steps to model the automatic creation of consignment fill-up sales orders in SAP ERP Central Component (ECC) using Supply Network Planning (SNP) deployment functionality in SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization (SAP APO). This process enables the automatic planning and creation of sales orders from SAP APO. It minimizes the...…

• SAP Production Planning

Configure Packing Instruction Determination Strategies to Speed Up Product Delivery

Learn how to configure packing instruction determination and implement determination strategies to optimize a delivery process using packing instruction determination records. Key Concept Packing is one of the stages in the delivery process that has an impact on how long it takes to process a delivery. With packing instruction determination functionality, the delivery process is...…

Stock Transport Order Exceptions No Longer a Problem with This Technique

As companies increasingly turn to international networks to manage production, sales, and distribution, they depend on R/3 MM’s Stock Transport Order (STO) to support volume transactions across plants. However, STO has limited capability to deal with exceptions such as an expedited replenishment. The author describes a workaround that will allow STO to more easily handle...…

• SAP Quality Management

Exploit SAP Quality Management to Handle Subcontracting Activities

Learn about the main functionalities relevant for subcontracting activities during the production process in the case of discrete manufacturing, using the materials management (MM), Production Planning (PP), Quality Management (QM), and Financial Accounting (FI) modules. Follow details about the main customizing settings to be done in the system from a financial point of view. Key...…

Maximize the Accuracy of Your ATP Response Using Configurable Process Scheduling

Learn when and how to use Configurable Process Scheduling (CPS) in SAP Advanced Planning & Optimization (SAP APO) Global Available-to-Promise (Global ATP). Understand the master data needed to support CPS and help avoid common mistakes while setting up CPS. Key Concept Available-to-Promise (ATP) is an order management business process that attempts to commit to the...…

Improve Safety Stock Accuracy with APO’s Extended Method

Do your safety stock levels always seem too high or too low? It’s possible that you have not chosen the right APO method or have set it up in a less-than-optimal manner. We explain the considerations, drivers, and settings for using APO’s extended safety stock method and show you why it might be more accurate...…

Enhance SAP TM to Include the Shipment Container Number at the Header Level

See how to enhance the SAP Transportation Management XML structure so that the shipment container number is included at the header level and then passed along to SAP ERP Central Component. This applies when SAP Process Integration is used as the middleware. Key Concept In SAP Transportation Management a container is a device that holds...…

Run Setup Jobs in Parallel and Minimize Production Downtime When Using the Logistics Extraction Cockpit

Running a setup job through the Logistics Extraction Cockpit requires that you to turn off your logistics application. It is therefore important that the job run as quickly as possible. The fastest way to complete the setup job is to break it up into parts and run those parts in parallel. The authors show how...…

• SAP CS

Improve Customer Service by Enhancing the Integration of CRM and ECC Logistics and Billing

Most companies have established their logistics and billing processes in their SAP ERP Central Component (ECC) systems. Since understanding customers better has become a key strategy, many organizations are now also using SAP CRM to improve and analyze customer experience, interaction, and satisfaction. Integrating the two systems gives companies the option to maintain their solid...…