What you will learn
- Overview of demand planning concepts and data structures
- Transferring aggregated historical data to the internal BW of SAP APO
- Generating master data (characteristics combinations and proportional factors)
- Configuring Demand Planning using planning areas, planning object structures, planning books and macros
- Perform Realignment and Copy functions
- Interactive and collaborative Demand Planning Demand planning using statistical forecasting, causal analyses, and composite forecasting
- Promotion planning and lifecycle planning
- Mass processing of planning activities in the background
- Releasing the Demand Planning results as planned independent requirements to SAP SCM and SAP ECC.
- Generating your own alerts using macros
How it compares
Against the other 220 rated Udemy courses in SAP on CourseDuck:
- Rating3.6 out of 5higher than 10% of them
- Reviews126#171 of 221 by number of reviews
- Length5 hoursshorter than 69% of them
- Last updatedMay 2017earlier than 83% of them
Course Description
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SAP APO Demand Planning (DP) is used to create a forecast of market demand for your company's products. This component allows you to take into consideration the many different causal factors that affect demand. The result of APO Demand Planning is the demand plan.
Demand Planning is a powerful and flexible tool that supports the demand planning process in your company. User-specific planning layouts and interactive planning books enable you to integrate people from different departments, and even different companies, into the forecasting process. Using the DP library of statistical forecasting and advanced macro techniques you can create forecasts based on demand history as well as any number of causal factors, carry out predefined and self-defined tests on forecast models and forecast results, and adopt a consensus-based approach to reconcile the demand plans of different departments. To add marketing intelligence and make management adjustments, you use promotions and forecast overrides. The seamless integration with APO Supply Network Planning supports an efficient S&OP process.
Instructor Details
- 3.6 Rating
126 Reviews
Ravi kumar
Hi, I am Ravi Kumar with 8+ years of experience in SAP APO. Currently working as SAP APO Lead. I Have experience in various implementations and Support, roll outs
I have training experience both in classroom and online training for past 7 years.
My training experience has enabled me to build the exact training methodology and systematic flow of the subject required by the students to understand the in depth knowledge of the subject.
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Reviews
By Shaqs786@yahoo.com on 4/1/2021
Training could have been more systematic, should have more had more depth and slides to show in big letters the transaction, steps, likely errors and objectives of the sub lessons. But overall very helpful and sincere effort by the trainer...I am glad I attended it and will look forward to next topics from APO from the trainer.
By 최희원 on 8/1/2020
I am still trying to understand this lecture but the recorded voice quality gets just soooo worse in the latter videos... and his Indian accent English is very hard to understand. it was somewhat okay in the beginning lectures, but as with latter videos,, i feel like i'm training his accent not the course itself... please record again some lectures with bad qualities and please put subtitles...
By GUHAN KATHIROLI on 6/7/2020
I wish these videos could have been properly explained with the explanation. Most importantly some topics including SNP and PP/DS were not covered.
By Lorena Valdes on 11/11/2019
It was not what I expected since it goes to fast through the basics and there is no time to understand where it should be applied in real life problems
By Abhijeet Athalye on 5/28/2019
Being new to DP - My expectation was to understand the concepts along with Practical. The Practical part is explained nicely in the course but not the theory one
By Vinu Joseph Venadu on 10/24/2018
The course is very helpful for beginners in SAP APO DP to get a grasp on the topics. It'll gear you to make a start in the practical world. However you need to get your hands dirty with real world situations to became an expert in APO DP and this course will help you to make that start. Thanks udemy for a concise and well prepared tutorial, it gave freshers like me a understanding of the basic building blocks of SAP APO DP. Please release similar videos for SAP APO SNP and PP/DS.
By Shashi Nallu on 7/27/2018
Dear Instructor, I am new to APO, I have good experience in MM and SD but being a newbie to APO I found this course easy to understand. So requesting you add a course on SNP as well. Thank you
By Vivek Reddy Gunna on 4/23/2018
Overall very good. Gave a good understanding and functioning of the SAP DP. I recommend adding more examples in Macros. Please, add the topic of Alerts.
By Mauro Blanc on 2/11/2018
Pace is to slow. Too much time spent in BW basics, and not in APO. Also the lack of downloadable materiales (Presentations and excersies) makes hard to follow the instructor. Quizzes to evaluate our knowledge is missing. Some of the lectures had really poor audio quality
By Namrata Garhpale on 10/12/2017
Excellent course. Everything explained in detail. All the topics and steps have been covered. Really waiting for other courses in APO like SNP, PP DS and GATP by the instructor. Thanks
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Overall Score : 72 / 100






