Global Supply Chain Challenges 2023 – Preparing For The Storm
There are major headwinds facing global supply chains heading into 2023. Are you ready and prepared for the storm?Here is a summary of the major threats that we need to … Read More
Category: SCM Tools
What is new in SAP IBP 1908?
SAP IBP 1908 brings some much awaited updates to the advanced supply chain planning platform. Some are marginal enhancements while others are significant changes to the tool and is a … Read More
What Effects our organization’s readiness to IBP?
Is your organization ready for IBP? How do we know that we are implementing this nifty solution that could NOT be used if the process and people are not ready? … Read More
SAP IBP- Improving Accuracy Reporting With WMAPE
SAP IBP defines additional metrics to evaluate the forecast quality of the statistical forecasts compared to what we had in SAP APO. The biggest improvement in IBP Demand is addressing … Read More
Statistical Models In IBP vs. SAP SCM (Formerly APO)
Demand Planning LLC has done some extensive research on modeling capabilities in the IBP Demand solution launched by SAP. And we are the leading authority on Model Tuning and Optimization in … Read More
Sailing Through The SAP APO Ocean
As we all know SAP is an Ocean where the chance of getting lost is quite high. Below are key takeaways from my experience while working on SAP Demand Planning … Read More
How To Create Models For Weekly Forecasting In SAP APO – A Primer
In our up-coming hands-on workshop on May 24, we will be adding a brief session on modeling at the weekly level so good intra-month splits can be achieved for the purposes of Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling (PPDS). We will evaluate the usefulness of weekly models to achieve good weekly splits of the monthly forecasts. What is the incremental value add of this process compared to using the APODPDANT proportioning keyfigure to derive the splits.
As we enter the last week of registration, only a few seats are left at rush pricing:
May 24th ‘Modeling & Metrics in SAP APO DP 1-day Workshop’ Boston, MA $995
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Keep Cribbing or Find Solutions
There was an interesting technical issue at a client using SAP SCM with substantial investment in demand planning using SCM tools. After some googling, I landed on this blog … Read More
How Good Are Your Stat Models In APO DP?
Find out and bench mark with your peers from companies such as Michael Foods, Chemtura, Newell Rubbermaid, Johnsonville Sausage at our upcoming workshops. With very strong response for our September … Read More
Why Moving Averages In APO DP Rarely Move?
When I was a beginning student of Statistics in High School, I was fascinated by moving averages. This is pretty cool stuff to get an average that moves over time … Read More