SPP - Aggreagted forecats at product group level

[Former Member]

Dear All,

Is it possible to generate aggregated planning (forecast) for product groups in SPP, like we do aggregation at loaction level (using BOD)

Please guide.

[Former Member]

Hi,

Regarding demand aggregation on product group level,SAP recommnedations for APO 7.0-SPP(SAPnote # 1412844)

which states-

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Simultaneous usage of SCM-APO-SPP and core SCM-APO planning

functionality

It is not intended to use (simultaneously) APO-SPP-DRP and APO-SNP or

APO-SPP-Deployment and APO-Deployment respectively for the same

part/location combination. A simultaneous usage of both will lead to

inconsistent results - due to different planning philosophies and logic

involved.

Forecasting on part location-level

In SCM-APO-SPP the forecast is always and exclusively based on the

combination of part and location. In contrast to APO-DP it is for example

not possible to generate a forecast on an aggregated level, i.e. product

group level, and subsequently to disaggregate the forecast values.

Integration SPP - APO-DP

In an integrated scenario, where SPP is used for forecasting on part /

location level and DP for i.e. (interactive) forecasting on an aggregated

level, separate planning object structures and Infocubes have to be used

and modelled.

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Further adding to the recommendation,to model generic (non-standard) planning object structures and infocubes with extended use of APO-SPP & APO-DP integrated scenario may lead to chaos in post planning execution (Inventory planning, DRP, Deployment..).

Regards.

Shailendra