Application Component-wise Delta Overview

Application Component APO - DP Forecast Methods Enhancement Enhancement / Improvement Description

Forecast Trend Dampening (Phi Parameter) only for Exponential Smoothing Method Reinitialisation feature in Exponential Smooting on detection of structural interruption or major change in trend

APO - SNP

Master Data

Master Data Object Selection based LLC generation Process Chain Type for LLC for SNP Interactive Planning - Master Data Queue Performance improvement Use of Resource Network Finite Tank Planning Deployment in PPDS - Heuristic SAP_PP_024 Container Planning (SAP Note 1171154) Resource Networks considered by Optimisers Optimisation creates new orders and adjust/delete existing orders (SAP Note 1155421) Cross-Location view: Periodic Chart in Product Planning Table Filter to display Sales Orders that match selected characteristics Display of orders either inclusive or exclusive of Goods Receipt Processing Time Selection of coponents with requirements and not Output Products

Performance APO - PPDS Master Data

Deployment Optimisation

Product Planning Table

APO-General

CIF

Alert Monitor Profiles

Incremental Load option for Product and PDS Parallelised transfer for PDS New Alert Profile Maintenance Alert Profiles are transportable Maintainenance of profile checked against authorisation object C_APO_APRF

SPP

User Interfaces

Detailed display of BOD by default Personal Object Worklists with different queries

Application Component-wise New Functionalities

Application New Functionality APO Characteristic-based Industry Coverage Mill, Industrial Machinery Chemicals, Pharma Configuration * CTM with Characteristics-based Planning * New Cross Location Planning Heuristics (JJ_INT_SRC, SAP_PP_022) * Shelf Life Propagation across locations and Enhancement Details

Cross Location Planning & Components, Hi Tech, * Forecast Release and Consumption with

production levels * Rescheduling of Operation at Block Changes * Shipment Creation in TPVS based on planned Stock Transfers * New Requirements Strategy 35 assigned to segment Characteristic-based Planning without Final Assembly * Planning with Configuration in MTS segment for non-DIMP clients APO Resource Neworks Chemicals, CPG, Oil & Gas, Pharma, Mill, Mining * Describes physical relationships between resources in a plant * Relevant for mulit-operation orders representing product flow between resources * Eliminates need for mode coupling in PPM & PDS * New Master Data element - Resource Network APO Finite Tank Planning Chemical, CPG, Oil & Gas, Pharma * Development of feasible plan considering capacity limitations of container (storage) resources * Constraint to store multiple products in container resource considered * Tank selection part of PPDS Optimiser Run * New Master Data element - Product Storage Definition APO Customer Forecast Management within VMI * Integration of Customer Forecast to sense demand * Ability to analyse & approve customer forecast * Customisable settings for analysing customer forecast to generate alerts * Waterfall (view forecast at different points of time) Analysis of Customer Forecast APO CIF Incremental Load Cross-industry * Relevant for initial load of Location-Product and PDS master data * Enables retransfer of only master data objects with error only * Parallel CIF load logic to enhance transfer performance APO Integrated Consignment VMI process * Transfer of Intransit Consignment Speical

Stock (Category EV) * New keyfigure Consignment Stock in Transit in 9AVMI planning book * Split of TLB Shipments in case of parallel consigned and non-consigned scenario * Products at "Ship-To Customer" Location via CIF * Automatic ATP check for TLB Shipments published to ERP APO New Forecast Method for POS Data * Enable usage of POS data to create accurate short-term Statistical