Diff between Planning in BPS and Planning in APO

[Former Member]

Hello..

Can any one give me some good insight in to the difference between planning in APO and plannning BW BPS.. In what way is it diff?

thankyou..

kishore karnati

[Former Member]

Hello,

The fundamental difference between these two is:

APO planning is quantitative where as BPS planning is monetory (financial value).

Regards

Ambadas

[Former Member]

Dear All,

Form the APO side I would like to add the following specific SCM capabilities of APO:

- Forecasting and consensus demand planning is possible in Demand planning (using underlying BW functionality)

- This demand can be checked against (finite) capacity in the complete supply chain in SNP. APO has more planning methods than just MRP/DRP. It also includes other heuristics and LP optimization.

- Detail planning can also be done down to machine level, also against finite capacity.

Best regards,

Wim van der Poel

[Former Member]

check out the presentation

"Integration BW-BPS,CRManalytics and APO-DP" by Inga Wiele.

available somewhere on service.sap.com

[Former Member]

Hi Kishore,

Underlined concept of APO & BPS are same.

APO is exhaustive "supply chain management" product from SAP which includes forecasting planning as one of the areas.

While BPS is generic planning tool with with you can do planning including forecasting planning.

look at SAP NET -

service.sap.com/bi - left panel - BI COntent-Supply chain management

hope it helps

regards

Vikash

[Former Member]

Hi Kishore,

Not sure about APO but some of the distinct features of BPS planning are:

• Loose integration with the transactional data flow

• Fast and simple adaptation to current and future organizational changes

• Free and unrestricted definition of integrated planning scenarios

• One homogeneous planning environment for the flexible design of various planning steps

• One central data warehouse as basis for all information needed in the decision process

• More simulative planning processes

Maybe an APO expert could comment on the other side

Hope it helps...