SAP SCM - Addons

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SAP SCM Bolt-ons


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Company Confidential2

Customer Side Functionality

Custom Build Replenishment Dashboard with comprehensive planning information

Automation of Master data setup Product at customer location & transportation Lane

CPFR with out using master data intensive SNP Module

General Functional Improvements

Reduced data entry and better synchronization between R/3 and APO by extending CIF

Enhanced Live Cache extraction speed

Patnis customized solution enabled download of 3 Million records in 30 minutes

Automated Background Job setup

Developed a customized tool to automatically set up batch jobs using batch scheduler tools(such as Auto sys) to reduce the time taken to create variants, APO background jobs, etc

Get more out of the existing IT investments

Assessment of existing IT architecture

Identify improvements without additional investments?

Value Add Summary


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Replenishment Dashboard

Source Make Store/Fulfill Store/SellStore

Supplier Manufacturer Manufacturer DC Retailer DC Retailer

Collaboration

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rvices

Collaboration

Services

Demand Planning

Supply Planning

Distribution PlanningProduction Planning

Transportation Management

Strategic

Sourcing

Manufacturing Order Promising & Delivery

Warehouse

Management

Fulfillment Coordination

SupplyChain

Integration

SupplyC

hain

Integration

Supply Chain Event Management

Supply Chain Performance Management

Materials

Management


with comprehensive

planning information


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Patni Solution

A Global CPG leader uses SAP APO for Vendor Managed Inventory

All critical planning information related to replenishment order should

be available in single screenBusiness Context

Custom Build Dashboard that provides entire replenishment order

information at a glance

Additional details like EAN data, target cover data, average forecast,

current stock cover, cover after replenishment

Reusability

Reduced manual effort for VMI analysts to validate planning results

Easy to use decision management tool with order create, modify and

delete facility

Business

Successes

Any customer planning to use SAP APO for VMI can use above

replenishment dashboard

SAP SCM Gaps

Standard data view contains only basic order data (i.e. Product,

Quantity, date )

In order to know other critical parameters (like target cover) etc),

users needs to switch to different screens


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Master Data Automation

Source Make Store/Fulfill Store/SellStore

Supplier Manufacturer Manufacturer DC Retailer DC Retailer

Collaboration

Se

rvices

Colla

boration

Services

Demand Planning

Supply Planning

Distribution PlanningProduction Planning

Transportation Management

Strategic

Sourcing

Manufacturing Order Promising & Delivery

Warehouse

Management

Fulfillment Coordination

SupplyChain

Integration

SupplyC

hain

Integration

Supply Chain Event Management

Supply Chain Performance Management

Materials

Management

Automatic Product master

data / Transportation

lane at customer level


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Company Confidential 6

Master Data Automation

Patni Solution

Business Context

Customer Stock & sales data is integrated to BW & then extracted to APO Custom program automatically extends new products to customer

location and adds the same in relevant transportation lane

A Global CPG leader uses SAP APO for Vendor Managed Inventory

Product location master data maintenance required every time newproduct inventory data is sent by customer

Reusability

Avoid manual effort in maintaining product location master data at

customer level

Reduced risk of incorrect/insufficient product planning parameters

leading to wrong planning results

Eliminate need to monitor inclusion of new product in customer inventory

file

Business

Successes

Solution could be used for automatic product location master data setup

in any Industry using SAP APO

Solution can help any CPG/Hi-Tech industry who wants to avoid huge

manual master data maintenance

My SAP SCM Gaps There are multiple critical planning fields to be manually maintained in

product location master data with out which SNP planning would go wrong

Manual maintenance of all products for each & every customer location is

cumbersome


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CPFR without SNP

Patni Solution

A Global CPG Industry leader wanted to develop a POS (Point of Sales) based

forecasting model to ensure optimum inventory levels at their DC, customerDC and stores by calculating optimum order quantity.

Calculation of optimum order quantity is based on applying various planning

parameters such as customers inventory policies, different time lags, target

coverage days etc

Business Context

Calculate optimum order qty, statistical POS forecast, internal matrices, etc

Leverage statistical forecasting in DP and apply that to POS data - Algorithms based on

DP macros (thus avoiding SNP) and on actual customer data (received

through POS)

SAP SCM Gaps

mySAP SCM SNP module is required to calculate responsive replenishment

order qty

mySAP SCM SNP require intense & consistent master data

Reusability

Reduced manual effort for VMI analysts to validate planning results Easy to use decision management tool with order create, modify and delete

facility

Create holistic live view of tradeflows

BusinessSuccesses

Above solution can help any CPG/Hi-Tech industry who wants to leverage

mySAP SCM investment for customer based forecasting with out SNP overhead


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Extend CIF for better data Management

Patni Solution

A Global leader in manufacture and distribution of spices, seasonings

and flavors using SAP APO for supply planning required application

support and enhancement

Manual effort to maintain planning parameters in both R/3 & APO and

ensuring consistency between each other was difficult

Business Context

SAP SCM Gaps Fields available in APO and not in R/3 needs manual maintenance in APO

The above data needs to be extended to all applicable locations

If number of products are huge, above activity is extremely laborious

Maintain attributes centrally in R/3 and transfer via CIF

Customize screens to accept additional data

Customize CIF to send product master data to R/3

Reusability

Above solution can help any CPG/Hi-Tech industry who wants to avoid

huge manual master data maintenance

Reduced manual effort in maintaining product location master data

Synchronized planning parameters across R/3 & APO

Reduced risk of incorrect/insufficient product planning parameters

leading to wrong planning results

Business

Successes


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