Oracle APS - An Implementer’s View Raghu Manjunath President, Advanced Planning Solutions, Inc.

Introducing Advanced Planning Solutions, Inc. Headquartered in the San Mateo, California Worldwide reach - North America, Europe and Asia Pacific A leader in implementing Oracle Supply Chain Management solutions across industry verticals Oracle APS, OSFM and Oracle Manufacturing modules Expanding into new areas like Distribution and Logistics Types of Engagements End-to-End implementations Implementation Audits & fixes thereof Solution Adoption Advisory Roles

What’s this guy smokin’ !!! Discussion Topic Strategies for an easy and painless implementation of the Oracle APS modules What’s this guy smokin’ !!!

Philosophy Life’s all about expectations

Oracle APS Characteristics Not the regular transactional application like Order Management or Purchasing Not all black and white More than one right answer Balance conflicting priorities among planning, allocations and customer service functions Garbage-in Garbage-out nature Data inputs (especially forecasts) are not always pristine 80-20 rule for intermediary end-states A journey, not a destination

Implementation Strategy – High Level Get business and user community involved starting day one Draw parallels between what user community is used to and what changes with APS Unconstrained MRP Versus Constrained ASCP Manually calculated customer commits to ASCP plan educated customer commit dates returned by GOP Get to a solution prototype as quickly as possible and showcase the solution Tie down the supply chain model & stabilize ERP Product structure (planning related item attributes) BOMs, Routings/Resources, Sourcing Network Demand and supply elements Validate solution design with a representative data set rather than rigging the data to stage the solution For example penalties for optimization, sourcing networks, etc.

Implementation Strategy – High Level Keep data maintenance in mind while designing the solution For example end-item substitution chains, time phased setups User defined allocation versus system generated allocation Keep the model simple and go in bite-size chunks while adding complexity Give data cleanup the place it deserves Garbage-in, Garbage-out Plan for a global implementation Time zones, plan runtimes, downtimes, etc. Fail-safe strategy for plan availability Pay special attention to training & documentation Plan for a post go-live adoption phase Make use of the relationship with Oracle Sales, Support and Development Strategic Accounts Program

Implementation Strategy – ASCP Understand Plan Options EDD, ECC and Unconstrained plans EDD for long term aggregate planning ECC for short term manufacturing planning and for Global Order Promising Demand Prioritization Based on schedule date Sales orders ahead of forecasts Combination of both Custom prioritization Plan bucketing Days, Weeks and Months Understand that supply/demand get lumped to the end of the plan bucket Optimization and decision rules Turning on decision rules kicks in the optimization code Optimization is based on cost only and not revenue Pegging types Standard, Priority, FIFO, Priority + FIFO

Implementation Strategy – ASCP Understand Profile Options 350+ MRP, MSC and MSO profile options that control plan behavior Need to set only 60 – 100 of them; default values work for others Learn how to run small plans & isolate problems Especially helpful while working with TARs Think ODS updates instead of customizations for planning Evaluate planner workbench features before thinking custom reports Query feature in 11.5.10 Copy horizontal plan for multiple items and export to excel Supply/demand query Evaluate custom reports based on data volumes and complexity of the model in the following areas Planned orders Exceptions Pegging Use request sets for automated plan run process Regression test patches thoroughly Back up code tree and the database before applying patches

Implementation Strategy – GOP Understand different options available Simple ATP Supply Chain ATP / CTP Allocated ATP / Product family ATP Behavioral differences between ASCP and GOP Backward versus forward scheduling differences in GOP GOP profile options Set on both ERP and APS instances in a decentralized architecture Use Latest Acceptable Date and Latest Schedule Limit fields in Order Management Allows for GOP to come up with best possible scenario if not able to meet request date Manage handshake between planning and customer service Request dates, Schedule ship dates, Promise dates, Material available dates Look for upcoming enhancements to ‘Changes recommended for Sales Order’ exception Evaluate need for custom form/report for bringing these dates together

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