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Is it best to have one MPOS to 3 PA for gobal design or One MPOS to one PA to three different region

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Is it best to have one MPOS standard where in we can create 15 characteristic in that MPOS and

assign to 3 PA's which are of different as a gobal design.

One MPOS to one PA for each region.

Global Design with One MPOS & 3 Planning Area    Regional Design with 3 MPOS and 3 Planning Areas

Design     Create one MPOS having all plannable levels in Prod-Brand-Loc-Customer hierarcy as Characterstics in CVC structure.     Perform regional fit gap and include only relevant characterstics into CVC Structure while creating Regional MPOS

Background Job Performance         

Development & Testing effort         

BW Extraction         

Impact on others         

Sustainability         

Usability         

Flexibility         

MPOS         

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Hi,

One MPOS should be enough if you are going to use the same set of characteristics across all the regions or if you've min differences ( Considering your source <infocube> for creating CVCs should include all the Characteristics which is applicable for your global design-different regions).

With One MPOS you would save time/resources by avoiding unnecessary CVC Creation/updation/Realignment etc on multiple MPOS and in turn the performances of your system will not degrade.

You can Create multiple PA specific to regions which will gives

  • Better visibility and control to the planners.
  • Easy Maintenance of Actual and Planned data. Backup and copying.
  • Controlled scheduling on loading jobs. Ex Region 1 nightly load jobs will not hold Region 2 planners to work as they have different PA and their loading jobs would have run on their night time. Taking advantage of Timezones.
  • Customization/Calculations logics can be derived according to regional business strategies. eg Promotional planning, Macros etc.
  • But, More no of live cache anchors, APO cubes, More planning Jobs, additional monitoring and troubleshooting.

Most realistic solution would be achieved only after complete study on Business, in depth requirement gathering, cast studies and analysis.

Thanks

Vinoth