SAP Inventory Optimization with (2nd Edition) 710pages software manual

Inventory Optimization with SAP (2nd Edition) How can you reduce expensive warehouse stock without risking your customer satisfaction, ability to deliver, and market position? This book teaches you how by providing clear, straightforward details about the SAP system options for implementing efficient inventory management.

You'll learn about all of the different functions of SAP ERP and SAP SCM (SAP APO) that are needed to master inventory optimization. In addition, you'll learn about the critical factors that affect your inventory, from inventory analysis, demand planning, and MRP, to service level, lot size, production, and inventory monitoring.

This completely updated and expanded second edition includes new sections on MRP and inventory controlling, and is based on SAP ERP 6.0 and SAP SCM 5.1.

Highlights
- Why Is Inventory Necessary?
- Inventory Analysis Options: ABC and XYZ Analysis
- Demand Planning and Forecasting: Overview of Forecast Methods, Running a Forecast
- Material Requirements Planning: Make-to-Stock Production, Maketo- Order Production, Consumption- Based MRP, VMI, and SMI
- Safety Stocks and Service Level: Safety Stock Planning in SAP ERP, Global ATP, SAP APO PP/DS and DP/SNP
- Lot Size Optimization: Lot-Sizing Procedures in SAP ERP and SAP APO
- Production: Backlog and Missing Part Reduction, MRP II, and SAP APS
- Controlling and Inventory Monitoring: Analyses using SAP APO, SAP LIS, and SAP NetWeaver BI