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SPP Creating an Equipment BOM for Leading Indicator
Equipment BOM Anything from a production utility, test equipment to production resources/tools and even buildings can be managed as equipment. Equipment has a hierarchy, hence the name of the BOM. If...
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SPP and Plant Maintenance Installed Base
As we discuss in the post.. http://www.scmfocus.com/sapplanning/2008/10/02/spp-leading-indicator-forecast-profile-tab …there is a tab in the Forecast Profile that allows you to select an Installed...
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SPP Creating a View for Leading Indicator
Procedure documentation Creating a View in SAP ERP Locate the document in its SAP Library structure The ERP system, in the client that contains equipment data, call up transaction SE11 to create a...
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SPP Leading Indicator Based Upon E-BOM vs M-BOM
The Differences Between Two Types of BOMs This post will describe the use of Equipment BOMs vs. Material BOMs The equipment BOM is what SPP is designed to use The equipment BOM is a PM object. An open...
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PDS vs. PPM and Implications for BOM and PLM Management
Is the PDS the Future? There has been a lot of focus on SCM’s emphasis on the PDS vs. the PPM. The concept is that PDS should be used when possible because PDS has much more flexibility when it comes …...
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SCM PPM and PDS as Used in Different Modules
Introduction to the Structures PPMs and PDS or Production Process Models and Production Data Structures are containers that connect together materials and resources. The main difference between the PPM...
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Plant Stock vs. Project Stock
What is It? Some industries like aerospace and defense and other industries with substantial government contracts work off of a concept called project stock, which is quite different from the concept...
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Work Breakdown Structure
Why Understand Work Breakdown Structures? Work Breakdown Structures were created by the US defense establishment for actual costing. However within SAP they are the critical elements within the SAP PS...
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Planning Areas
Planning Areas: Planning areas are the central data structures for Demand Planning and Supply Network Planning. To go to planning areas, or to create planning areas go to the following: Both the...
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Leading Indicator Forecasting in SPP
What Is It? A statistical forecast based on sales history is not the only type of forecast that is used in SPP. Sometimes the forecast needs to be based upon factors other than history such as...
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