What is APO?

[Former Member]

hi experts,

What is APO?

how it defers form R/3?

colud any body give brief discription on APO.

How it will linked to ABAPER.

Thanks.

SHYAM(ABAPER)

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi,

As you are new to APO and wants to learn more on it ...

Will suggest you to first read SDN threads on APO/SCM

General discussion on APO Vs R/3

Wiki of SCM-APO

I am sure you will get some ans against your query!

All the best for new topic learning!

[Former Member]

Hi shyam,

Sap APO stands for advanced planning & optimization tool.It is one of the component of SAP SCM.As the name, in apo the results are optimised to the tune in terms of costs & capacities, the system will plan the orders considering the best available cost & the capacities across the planning chain defined in the system.

Modules in SCM APO

1) DP (Demand planning)

2) SNP (supply network planning)

3) PPDS (production planning & detailed scheduling)

4) GATP ( global availability to promise)

5) TPVS ( Transportation planning & vehicle scheduling)

When compared, R/3 is limited.You can check the differences module wise in the following link:

You can go through the SDN WIKI. here is the link :

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/wiki

Also, the business process in scm apo, here is the link :

http://help.sap.com/scenarios_bus2005/helpdata/en/52/6c17412797f523e10000000a155106/frameset.htm

Hope this helps you

Regards,

jak

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