Personal: career move from SD to APO

[Former Member]

I am an SAP SD consultant with nearly 4yrs of exp and I would like to move into APO.

I am trying to find what the best way to do this is.

As a first step, I am planning to get trained in the following courses (internal training offered by my company)

> SAP Core Interface APO

> SAP GATP (Global Available to Promise)

So would like to hear experiences of the fellow consultants who moved over from R/3...what's the best transition strategy, any mistakes that you could have avoided...any other experiences..

Thanks for sharing.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Welcome to the world of SAP SCM

starting with GATP to leverage your SD experience is a good move I would say

but my opinion is GATP in itself is not a substantial area. I would also suggest you have a look at Demand Planning which is relatively easy to pick up but is a totally different concept. DP -GATP might also have some common areas .So add on DP to your list. Even if you dont get training there will be enough material to learn on your own

CIF is something that all SCM consultants should be knowing anyhow (except the Pure DP ones). just make sure you dont get stuck with the job of monitoring CIF

good luck