{"product_id":"constrained-supply-and-production-planning-shaun-snapp-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. This 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. Here 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? By reading this book, you will learn: - 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. - How constraints integrate across the supply planning and production planning applications. - The areas of disconnect between supply and production planning applications, and between SNP and PP\/DS in particular. - The difference between unconstrained (or infinite) planning and constraint-based planning. - The benefits of constraint-based planning and how it differs from capacity leveling. - Various types of demand, and how backwards and forwards scheduling work. - 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. - The methods that can do constraint-based planning in SNP and PP\/DS-heuristics, CTM, and optimization-and how to configure these methods. - The difference between hard and soft constraints, and how to plan using multiple constraints.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shaun Snapp\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1939731062\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781939731067\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scm Focus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 7.50w x 0.47d","brand":"Shaun Snapp","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47305440559359,"sku":"9781939731067","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d2388329-0508-476e-9851-7641e6a9fad3.jpg?v=1758830886","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/constrained-supply-and-production-planning-shaun-snapp-9781939731067","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}