In S/4 HANA system, Supply Chain Management process is divided into different steps, out of which few steps are executed by S/4 HANA components and others by SCM component. SAP S/4 HANA and SCM system is integrated together for planning and Core Interface is used for integration.

Following processes can be performed by using the components in Supply Chain Management −

Demand Planning (DP)
Supply Network Planning (SNP)
Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling (PP/DS)
Global Available-to-Promise (ATP) Check
Transport Planning/Vehicle Scheduling (TP/VS)

Demand Planning

You can use demand planning to plan future demand for specific customers, regions, or sales organizations. Demand planning allows you to forecast future demands and you can create both quantity-based and value-based plans.

You define the planning level using characteristics in the system. All the planning data in demand planning is stored in the form of key figures and it contains a numerical value.

Using time characteristics, you can view, plan, and store the data. Historical data is imported to SAP NetWeaver BW system of SCM with the use of BW extractors.

Various mathematical methods can be used to analyze historical data for demand planning.

Moving average
Constant model
Trend model
Seasonal model
Exponential smoothing

In analyzing historical data, you can use various constant models for products with historical data that changes little over time.

In Demand Planning, seasonal models are used for seasonal products. As per requirement, there can be different seasonal products – candles, ice creams, etc.

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In the above image, you can see the demand planning process flow. The Sales Order details provide the basis for forecasting future demands. With the forecast result, the demand plan is released as Planned Independent Requirement (PIR).

Integrated Business Planning

SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP) is a real-time integrated planning solution based on SAP HANA. It provides integrated, unified planning across sales and operation, demand and inventory with analytical dashboard for monitoring.

IBP is a new user experience which provides the following solutions −

IBP for Sales and Operation
IBP for Demand
IBP for Inventory
IBP for Supply
IBP for Response (Planned)

To meet future demand, SAP Integrated Business Planning is powered by SAP HANA inmemory and is used to combine the capability of sales and operation, demand, supply planning, and inventory optimization.

SAP Integrated Business Planning ─ Key Features

Following are the key benefits of SAP IBF −

End-to-end supply chain visibility
Unified, integrated, and cross-departmental planning approach
Simple and easy-to-use user interface
Advanced demand sensing, analysis, and predictive forecasting
Embedded social collaboration and MS Excel-based planning

To use SAP Integrated Business Planning, you use the following applications −

SAP Integrated Business Planning for sales and operations
SAP Integrated Business Planning for demand
SAP Integrated Business Planning for response and supply
SAP Integrated Business Planning for inventory
SAP Supply Chain Control Tower

The features of each of these tools are available only when you have the license. Features of the IBP platform are available to all IBP applications. However to use SAP Jam, which is used for collaboration, there is a need of a separate license.

SAP Simple Logistics – Create PIR

In SAP ERP Business Suite, use T-code MD61 or go to Logistics → Production → Production Planning → Demand Management → Planned Independent Requirements → Create.

In SAP S/4 HANA system, navigate to SAP Fiori Launchpad.

Enter the user name and password for login.

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In the next window, you have to enter PIR in the search option to search for apps Manage PIR. Click Manage PIR app to open this application.

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This will display all apps based on Planned Independent Requirement (PIR). You can create new PIRs, display PIRs or manage the existing PIRs in the system.

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In the next window, you have to enter the following details −

MRP controller for plant # as your area of responsibility.
Select your end item material and Extreme group ##.
Maintain PIRs of 50 pieces starting in the fourth week for the next 4 weeks. Click the save and draft option.

Next, open Display PIR’s app and enter material and plant #.

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You can create a new PIR here or can change the existing PIR using the Display PIR tile. To display PIRs, you have to pass different parameter values.

Planning Horizon
MRP Area
Selection Parameters

Once you select all the values, you can press ENTER to display the existing PIRs.

So, this brings us to the end of blog.
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SAP S4 HANA Simple Logistics Training

About the Course

SAP S/4 HANA Logistics 1909 is a one stop solution for new-age Material Management, Production Planning, Supply Chain Management, as well as sales and distribution of organizations with medium to large infrastructure. SAP S/4HANA Logistics is also known as SAP S4 HANA Enterprise Management which includes all the modules not only the Finance but also the modules like SAP MM, SAP SD and now they are available as a part of SAP S4 HANA as a product and enterprise management is the complete business street. SAP S4 HANA Logistics uses the data processing ability of S4 HANA to provide simpler, faster and more efficient approaches to logistics and supply chain problems.

Why Should you take SAP S4 HANA Simple Logistics Training?

The Average salary of SAP Consultant is $110,250 per annum – PayScale.com
S4 is a new tool to come from SAP HANA stables that can help simplify the domains of logistics, enterprise resource management, supply chain management, and more. Worldwide Business Intelligence and Analytics Market to grow to $22.8 billion in next 2 years – Gartner.

What you will Learn in this Course?

Overview of SAP and SAP HANA

Architecture overview of SAP HANA
History of SAP
Enterprise Architecture
Database, Application and Presentation Layer
Comparing row store and column store in SAP HANA
Overview on views (Attribute, Analytic, Calculation)
SAP HANA Modelling

Introduction to S4 HANA Logistics

How S4 HANA benefits the business enterprises in the logistics domain
SAP Business Suite to S4 HANA
SAP Navigation GUI
New User experience app SAP Flori for SAP software and applications
Deploying S4 HANA Logistics for premise in the cloud or as a hybrid application
Deployment options – On Premise, Cloud, Hybrid
Why go for Simple Logistics
SAP S4 HANA Simple Logistics – Key Innovations
ERP Model Vs S4 HANA Data Model
SAP Simple Logistics – Main Components
Hands On

SAP S4 HANA Implementation Scenarios

Transition to S4 HANA
System Conversion
New Implementation
Landscape Transformation
Hands On

Introduction to SAP Activate Methodology

What is SAP Activate
Why do we need SAP Activate
SAP Activate used in which projects
Advantages of SAP Activate
SAP Activate – Innovations for New Implementation
Hands On

Business Partner and Customer Vendor Integration (CVI) on SAP S4 HANA

Master data synchronization between Business Partner (BP) to customer and vendor
Synchronization control
Customer Vendor Integration (CVI)
Implementation/Migration from ECC to S4 HANA
Converting Customers/ Vendors into BP and Conversion Process & Tools, and Conversion Cockpit.
Configuring BP role
Configuration of number range and grouping
Defining account group
Hands On

SAP Fiori Apps

Introduction to SAP Fiori UX
SAP Flori Launchpad
UI Theme Designer
Innovations in Fiori for different modules
Generate new tiles for a custom/ standard tcode
Creating new catalogue, group & roles
KPI
Hands On

Sales on SAP S4 HANA

Sales Documents (customizing)
Billing process and Customizing, Smart Business
Basic Functions (customizing), Pricing and condition technique.
Sales process, Shipping Process and Customizing, Availability Check, Organizational Structures, Cross-functional Customizing, Master Data
Hands On

Output management on SAP S4 HANA

Prerequisite of output management
Configuration of new output management
- – Manage application object type application
- – Define output type
- – Define business rule for output determination
- – Assign output channels
- – Define rules for determination of master form template
- – Assign form template

Material Requirement Planning (MRP) on SAP S4 HANA

MRP_Live configuration prerequisite
Number range configuration for MRP_Live
Set Up and Creation of planning file entries
Planning Execution for Material Requirements
Concept of Requirements Planning and its Technical Processes
Processing and Assessment of MRP Results
Additional Processes in MRP
Simplification of MRP from storage location to MRP area level

Changes in SAP Simple Logistics Process:

Overview of New Functionalities in SAP Simple Logistics
Overview of SAP Flori Apps related to Logistics/Supply Chain
Architectural Changes for Product Master and Supplier Information
Architectural Changes / Configurations related to Sourcing and Procurement
Architectural Changes / Configurations related to Supply Chain
Architectural Changes / Configurations related to Manufacturing
Architectural Changes / Configurations related to Sales

Data Migration to SAP S4 HANA

Activate methodology for data migration
Guided configuration
Maintenance planner
ABAP Test Cockpit
Adaption note for adapting custom development
Data migration cockpit for new fresh implementation
New field adding in report
Synchronization between BP to customer or Vendor,
Migration of credit management, Migration of material ledger, migration of documented credited decision

SAP S4 HANA Logistics Implementation Projects

Configuring standard Flori apps
Order to Cash Performance monitoring
SAP S4 on premise
Integrating SAP S4 HANA with Design Studio

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