Tag: APO DP

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How To Create Models For Weekly Forecasting In SAP APO – A Primer

Dr. Chockalingam

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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Forecasting Metrics and Diagnostics

Is Statistical Modeling an After thought?

Dr. Chockalingam

I have been preaching Usability for the past few years.

Put together fine tools – But help the users in making the transition to the tool – give them better understanding – Make the new tool more usable!

Give them the reports they need. Provide them an exception based workflow!

APO has good statistical models. They will help you move the peanut forward but only if they are understood and leveraged.

We just re-launched the marketing campaign for our Usability Consulting. Model tuning and model matching to product profiles are important elements of the Usability training.

Once implemented the Usability project will harmonize the use of models across planners from various geographies for the same business/product family. There will be streamlined work flow.

Forecasting Metrics and Diagnostics

Automatic Outlier Detection – Blessing or Curse?

Dr. Chockalingam

One of the puzzled questions that Demand Planners ask in our training workshops is why their software produces a flat forecast 90% of the time.  An expensive software that took … Read More

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One Day Workshop On Statistical Modeling And Metrics in SAP APO DP

Dr. Chockalingam

This is a chance to answer your modeling and metrics questions in SAP APO DP. The object of many questions and heart-breaks, APO DP will be get a more exposure in this workshop. WE will show many tips and techniques that greatly enhance the usability of the tool.