Tag: usability

SCM Tools

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
http://demandplanning.net/modeling_metrics_in_apo_2.htm.

Aggregate Planning

Planning Software – Part 1: How important is Integration?

Dr. Chockalingam

What is integration? Why is it important? How well should my planning tool integrate with the rest of the system landscape?

We discuss the importance of ERP integration as a criterion in choosing a planning software. Most often software vendors that supply the ERP tools such as Oracle and SAP highlight this as one of the major selling points.

Aggregate Planning

Demand Planning = Unlocking Stat Models + Engaging your Sales Force!

Dr. Chockalingam

Demand Planning Net offers a service called Usability consulting where we improve the usability of your statistical tool by performing model tuning, setting the right tool parameters and finally training the planners in statistical modeling. Demand Planning Net has worked with clients helping them leverage the statistical features in their software applications.

• Most applications inherently have the analytical power to develop effective baseline forecasts.

• Most software tools allow you to create exception thresholds so you can streamline the forecasting process by exception.

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.