Supply Network Planning
Supply Network Planning integrates all the process in Supply Chain − purchase, manufacturing, and distribution. Supply Network Planning results in optimal purchase and production, lesser order completion times, and improved customer service.
Supply Network Planning is closely integrated with other processes of Advanced Planning and Optimization to develop an optimized model for purchase, manufacturing, and distribution. Supply Network Administration includes the following −
Planning Area Administration
Planning area administration is the first step in Supply Network Planning setup. For Supply Network Planning, SAP has predefined characteristics and key figures.
To view characteristics and key figures in the planning area, navigate to SAP Easy Access → Advanced Planning and Optimization → Supply Network Planning → Environment → Current Settings → Administration of Demand Planning and Supply Network Planning.
Characteristics in master planning object structures 9ASNPBAS and 9ASNPSA and key figures in the planning areas 9ASNP02, 9ASNP03, 9ASNP04, and 9ASNP05.
You can also create your own master planning object structure. Select Plng Object Structures → Right-click Create Planning Object Structure.
Select the "SNP Planning" indicator, the SNP standard characteristics are adopted into the master planning object structure automatically. You can’t use additional characteristics in SNP.
Following planning areas for SNP are delivered by SAP −
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9ASNP02 − Order-based
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9ASNP03 − Scheduling agreement processing
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9ASNP04 − Optimization-based planning with time-dependent restrictions
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9ASNP05 − Safety stock planning
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9AVMI03 − Deployment heuristic with consideration of demands in the source location
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9SSNP_PPDS − PP/DS deployment
It is also possible to create new planning areas by navigating through the following path −
SAP Easy Access → Advanced Planning and Optimization → Supply Network Planning → Environment → Current Settings → Administration of Demand Planning and Supply Network Planning.
In the window, go to Edit → Create Planning Area.
Buckets Profile
In Advanced Planning and Optimization, you have two types of bucket profile − Storage Bucket Profile and Planning Bucket Profile. Storage bucket profileis used to store data based on the given planning area in Demand Planning or SNP. Planning bucket is used to define the time bucket used for planning purposes. When you create planning bucket profiles, it can be used for future planning and past horizon by making an entry in the planning book.
Master Data for Supply Network Planning
You need to create a master data for planning method used in Supply Network Planning. In Supply Network Planning, you have a general master data. Also you have to identify the planning method to generate the master data.