How do we help you implement APO right and optimize your supply chain?
The Consulting Differentiator
Supply Chain Optimization in APO
Modularization approach towards implementation strategy
APO DP Differentiators
APO SNP Differentiators
How do we help you implement APO right and optimize your supply chain?
The Consulting Differentiator
Supply Chain Optimization in APO
Modularization approach towards implementation strategy
APO DP Differentiators
APO SNP Differentiators
We help you:
- Pick the right solution for your business requirements
- Use the tool effectively to streamline and improve your existing business processes
- Improve your planning efficiency and accuracy and timing of your results
- Make well informed decisions based on the outputs of your system
- Transform your company’s existing supply chain into an adaptive supply chain
- Reap the benefits of standard KPI’s and Industry Standard Reports out of APO
- Implement a solution which is built on a robust data architecture for long term growth
- Effective change management with end user training to ensure quality and consistency
- We use ITSapiens's Catalyst implementation methodology to reduce time and achieve quick results
- Our cross industry experience gets you the perspective required to re-engineer and improve your processes
- Our leadership in global implementations establishes the credibility you are looking for in your implementation partner
- The success lies in picking the right solver tool towards the beginning and that’s our strength to foresee
- We help you achieve your ROI and make the project a success
Leverage Our Experience To Help You Do It Right!
The Consulting Differentiator
The success resides in picking the right solver tool [Optimizer /CTM / Heuristics] in APO towards the beginning of the project. Our strength is to foresee the potential technical roadblocks that we might encounter (after understanding the clients business needs) which cannot be seen at the beginning unless the consultants are experienced and have gone through that phase multiple times in different industries.
Supply Chain Optimization in APO
Today's economy requires a fundamental shift from a linear, sequential supply chain to an adaptive supply chain network.
Think Globally Work Locally
| Sequential Supply Chain |
Adaptive Supply Chain Network |
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- Centralized Focus
- Size
- Position
- Factory
- Four Walls
- Vertical Integration
- Labor/Management
- Predictability
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- Distributed
- Value
- Information
- Customer
- Virtual Factory
- Core Competency
- Employees/Partners
- Responsiveness
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Modularization approach towards implementation strategy:
There are possible synergies that can be offered to get a quicker turn around and how ITSapiens.com can help in the initial month to give the client a feel of what are their choices and options out of the box
- Comparison Repository
- Only DP
- DP & SNP
- DP / GATP
- DP & BW
- DP & SNP
- DP & PP/DS
- PP/DS & SNP
Comparison of different methods of APO planning tools and Traditional R/3 MRP:
Variations in Results
| # |
Results |
Description |
R/3 MRP |
HEU |
OPT |
CTM |
| 1 |
Multi location |
Support for Bill of Distribution Explosion (SNP PPM + Transportation Lane) |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
| 2 |
Feasible Infinite Plan |
Feasible:
Technically possible based on capacity at daily bucket
Infinite:
Product Sequencing within the daily bucket is not considered i.e. plan could be accurate up to seconds
|
|
|
Y |
Y |
| 3 |
Optimize Plan |
Plan is optimized based on Penalty Minimization |
|
|
Y |
|
| 4 |
Feasible Finite Plan |
Finite ? Product sequencing within the daily is considered.
(Note: This is different from optimize feasible finite plan which could only be done in PPDS) |
|
|
|
Y |
| 5 |
Pegging |
Ability to link a supply element to a demand element via static or dynamic pegging |
|
|
|
Y |
Variations in Features
| # |
Features |
SNPHEU |
SNP OPT |
CTM |
PPDS |
| 1 |
Calendar |
Support for Bill of Distribution Explosion (SNP PPM + Transportation Lane) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
| 2 |
Product Master |
Lot Sizing
|
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
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Safety stock Quantity |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
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Lead Times |
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Planning both In (I) and Out (O) of production horizon |
Out |
Out |
Out & In |
In |
| 3 |
Scrap Parameters |
|
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
| 4 |
Component Availability |
|
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
| 5 |
Transportation Lanes |
Sourcing decisions |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
| |
|
Sourcing optimization based on TL cost |
|
Y |
|
|
| 6 |
Quota Arrangement |
|
Use |
Update |
|
Use |
| 7 |
Capacity Availability |
Production |
|
Y |
Y |
Y |
| |
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Transportation |
Y |
|
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Handling |
Y |
|
|
Y |
| |
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Storage |
Y |
|
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| 8 |
Product Level Penalty Minimization |
Storage Penalty |
|
Y |
|
Y(PC) |
| |
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Non Delivery Penalty |
|
Y |
|
Y |
| |
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Late Delivery Penalty |
|
Y |
|
Y |
| |
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Procurement Penalty |
|
Y |
|
Y |
| |
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Safety stock Penalty |
|
Y |
|
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| 9 |
PPM |
Alternate PPM |
|
Y |
|
Y |
| |
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Alternate Resource (Mode) |
|
Y |
|
Y |
| |
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Time Dependent Parameters |
|
Y |
Y |
Y |
| 10 |
Priority |
Product |
|
Y |
Y |
Y |
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Location |
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|
Y |
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| |
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Demand(Customer) |
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Y |
Y |
| 11 |
Supply Category |
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|
|
Y |
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| 12 |
Constraints |
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|
|
Y |
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| 13 |
Pegging Network |
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|
Y |
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| 14 |
Setup matrix |
-Respect transition time |
|
|
Y |
Y |
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-Optimize Transition Time |
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Y |
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