Views and Ideas of a traveling SAP supply chain optimizer: February 2013

Sunday, February 10, 2013

Infographic - a day in the life of a tactical SAP materials planner

Just lately I have been investigating the effectiveness of infographics on documentation and education of SAP business processes. Here is an example from the area of exception management and MRP.

In the attached picture you can see an infographic, depicting suggested steps in a day of a tactical materials planner. the tactical materials planner tends to exception messages on a daily basis while the strategic materials planner performs a periodic analysis, segmentation and policy setting exercise.

any feedback on this form of documentation is greatly appreciated.

Did you know... (send an email to uwe@bigbytesoftware.com if you want me to elaborate)

that MF50 is a great transaction to do production scheduling... even with discrete orders!
that the coverage profile does not only drive your inventory to a dynamic, minimum safety stock, but also keeps your stock below a maximum? You will have to make sure though, that you use lot size indicator 'EX'
that you can collectively availability check all planned orders with transaction MDVP. Make sure you customize a layout that directs the check with your desired functions.
that you can collectively availability check production orders with transaction COMAC
that you can perform an approximate capacity check on your production plant right out of the long term forecast in ERP. That way you do not send infeasable numbers to MRP
that you can use the availability check during production order release to control WIP levels in the cell or line? Set the control so that orders with missing capacity can't be released