Materials Planning with SAP : Learn how to implement, optimize, and use SAP ERP and APO for effective material planning.

With this comprehensive reference, you ll learn how to implement, optimize, and use SAP ERP and SAP APO for effective materials planning. Expert insights help you understand cross-component materials planning with SAP ERP and SAP SCM as well as modern materials planning procedures. Readers discover how to configure and use the different SAP ERP applications and how best to integrate them with an existing SAP system. In addition, the authors show you how to optimize the tools and determine which settings are useful, and how they affect other settings. Basic Principles and Processes of Materials Planning: Learn the tasks and goals of materials planning, along with the impact of various materials planning parameters on stock. Impact of Materials Planning Parameters in the SAP System: Benefit from a highly-detailed overview of the materials planning parameters in SAP ERP and SAP APO, and learn how to optimize your materials planning processes using these tools. Materials Planning Optimization: Get an in-depth look at the powerful tools and functions in SAP ERP and SAP APO to optimize your inventory controlling.Add-On Tools for SAP ERP Materials Planning: Find out about special add-on tools for materials planning that provide targeted support for effective inventory management, including the materials planning monitor, backlog monitor, and many more. Diagrams and Real-World Examples: Discover how SAP ERP and SAP APO are applied to materials planning with real-life business scenarios and examples throughout.

After finishing his studies in business administration at Fachhochschule Nordostniedersachsen in Lüneburg, Germany, and at John Moores University in Liverpool, England, Marc Hoppe joined CAS AG, Germany as an SAP developer in the logistics and production planning areas. Later, he became a logistics consultant and was responsible for implementing national and international SAP R/3 projects. Since 1998, he has worked as a Supply Chain Management (SCM) consultant at SAP SI AG. Marc Hoppe is responsible for the business-relevant and IT-based implementation and optimization of SCM processes, as well as the re-engineering of entire supply chain processes. In 2001, he became Consulting Director for SCM, and since 2003, he has managed additionally the Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) unit. Marc Hoppe consults for large corporations such as Siemens, Unilever, Gillette, Philips, Deutsche Telekom, and Philip Morris, as well as medium-sized companies like G+H Isover or Fertiva. He has published numerous works on inventory optimization.

Ferenc Gulyássy has worked as an SCM consultant at SAP Deutschland AG & Co. KG since completing his degree in business administration and economics at the University of Cologne in Germany. The focus of his work is capacity-based project and production planning. Within the framework of PS, PP, PP/DS, and CTM components and functions, he has implemented a wide range of projects for large companies such as Siemens, Bosch, and GEA, and medium-sized businesses such as Metabo and Samas. His activities in addition to implementing SAP systems include optimizing system settings to improve processes. Based on these experiences, he played a significant role in the specialist design of the SAP Consulting add-on tools for optimizing MRP settings.

Martin Isermann works as an SCM consultant for SAP Deutschland AG & Co. KG. He graduated with a degree in industrial engineering as part of a dual-mode degree program in combination with the German FH Nordakademie university and Airbus Deutschland GmbH, with work and study placements in Hamburg, Germany; Toulouse, France; and at the University of Nottingham, England. He later qualified as a Master of Science in industrial and systems engineering on a U.S. Fulbright scholarship at the University of Florida, USA. His consulting activities are focused on materials planning and production planning with SAP ERP and SAP SCM (SAP APO). He has worked in this area on a large number of international projects for companies such as Siemens, Daimler, and the Schaeffler Group. In the area of process consulting, he has also managed several inventory and materials planning optimization projects for medium-sized customers, including the SHT Group, Samas, and KHS AG.

Oliver Köhler has worked as a logistics consultant and developer at SAP Deutschland AG & Co. KG since he graduated with a degree in business data processing (from the BA Dresden university in Germany) and a degree in information and communication technology (from the Hogeschool Zeeland university in the Netherlands). His work is concentrated on implementing SAP planning systems in SAP ERP and SAP APO environments. He has implemented a large amount of projects for companies such as Daimler, ThyssenKrupp, CLAAS, Sartorius, and Almatis within the scope of DP, SPP, SNP, BW, and MM and SOP modules and functions. As well as implementing SAP systems, he is also responsible for optimizing processes and system settings in the areas of planning and materials planning.