Inventory Optimization with SAP

To protect against shortages, companies tend to maintain additional inventory at various points in the supply chain. This priceless reference illustrates in detail how those costly buffers can be significantly reduced in order to sustain profitability and operational efficiency – without putting at risk customer satisfaction or the ability to deliver.

This book provides readers with a systematic description of the options and functions available for mastering inventory management with mySAP ERP and mySAP SCM. Relevant business principles are discussed in detail and help introduce readers to each of the key processes. Learn about factors influencing inventories, inventory analysis, sales planning and forecasting, disposition, batch sizes, inventory monitoring, and much more.



Demand planners, MRP controllers, and production planners – as well as consultants, IT administrators, department managers, and anyone requiring comprehensive, task-related information on how to optimize inventory using SAP – will find this book to be very useful.

Highlights include:

• Why Inventory Is Necessary: Inventory Concepts, Factors Influencing Inventory, Optimization Potentials
• Inventory Analysis: ABC and XYZ Analysis, Creating ABC-XYZ Matrices
• Demand Planning and Forecasting: Bullwhip Effect, Selecting and Running Forecasts
• Material Requirements Planning: Make-to-Stock and Make-to-Order Production, MRP Strategies
• Service Level and Safety Stocks: Global ATP in SAP APO, Safety Stock Planning in mySAP ERP
• Lot Sizes: Lot-Sizing Procedures in mySAP ERP and SAP APO
• Production: Reduction of Backlogs, MRP-II and APS, Planning with SAP APO PP/DS
• Inventory Controlling