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Consumption-Based Planning and Forecasting in SAP S/4HANA

  • Course Code S4525
  • Duration 2 days

Public Classroom Price

£1,440.00

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Course Delivery

This course is available in the following formats:

  • Company Event

    Event at company

  • Public Classroom

    Traditional Classroom Learning

  • Virtual Learning

    Learning that is virtual

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Course Overview

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This course will give you a comprehensive overview and in depth knowledge of the planning process in SAP S/4HANA. After attending this class, you will understand the major business processes, functions and configuration in consumption-based planning.

Course Schedule

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Target Audience

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- Application Consultant

- Business Process Architect

- Business Process Owner / Team Lead / Power User

- Program / Project Manager

- User

Course Objectives

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  • Explain the materials planning process in Materials Management and Operations
  • Use the different consumption-based MRP procedures
  • Describe the forecasting technique and its function

Course Content

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Consumption-Based Planning

  • Describing the basics and prerequisites of material requirements planning (MRP)
  • Outlining different MRP procedures
  • Maintaining the material master for consumption-based planning
  • Setting up a reorder point plan

Planning Run

  • Describing the planning run
  • Executing a planning run
  • Converting planning results
  • Evaluating the planning results
  • Calculating lot sizes
  • Outlining MRP Live

Forecasting

  • Explaining basics of the forecast
  • Executing and postprocessing the forecast
  • Performing forecast-based planning
  • Performing the time-phased planning
  • Performing automatic reorder point planning

Additional Options in Consumption-Based Planning

  • Explaining source determination in materials planning

Further Information

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More details about production planning and requirements planning can be learnt in the course S4220 – Production Planning in SAP S/4HANA.

This course is also available in a self-paced e-learning format, complete with system demos and simulations under course code S4525

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