SOP in ECC and APO

[Mrinal_K_Roy]

Hello,

Request to inform the

• Basic difference in SOP in ECC with APO

• Consequence of doing SOP in ECC and subsequently releasing to demand management in ECC in scenarios where plan order is created in APO and then converted to prod order in ECC.

Thanks in advance.

With regards,

Mrinal

[Former Member]

Hi ,

The difference between ECC and APO is

1) In ECC-MRP it is not possible to do capacity constrained planning.

2) There is no clarity of the pegged demand

3) There is exchange of data between external partners.

4) basically APO has the tools for planning and forecasting where as in ECC we dont have.

5) there is a availability check in APO across different distribution centers.

6) APO generally used to create forecast for particluar or group of products

Thanks

[Mrinal_K_Roy]

Hi Karthik,

Thanks for your reply ..

I intend to know

• the difference in dunctionality in SOP of ECC and DP in APO and

• if the final products are actually procured through plan order in APO (and then converted to prod order) , then what is the consequence if SOP / forecast is done in ECC i.e not through DP in APO

With regards,

Mrinal

[Mrinal_K_Roy]

Hello,

Karthik has given some inputs .

Can someone please give more inputs on differences and pros & cons of doing SOP in ECC instead of DP in APO though using GATP and PPDS .

With regards,

Mrinal