How to create a Basic SNP demo project???

[Former Member]

Hi All,

I have a working knowledge in APO DP but I am a tyro in APO SNP.

So, i am trying to learn APO SNP of my own.

Can anybody help/provide me with a document which explains step by step method to create a small running demo project

in SNP? Initially, I just want to create an application with few products and locations so that I can get a hold of the concepts,

later I can add more features to it of my own.

Looking forward to ur replies.

Thanks

Bishwajit

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Bishwajit,

Probably your best bet is to install an IDES system for SCM. SAP has already done the grunt work for you. Try the [SAP IDES|http://service.sap.com/ides] link. Clik on Customers and Partners>Cross Industry systems. You must be a customer or partner to access this site and to download the material.

For free, you can look at the SAP [Best Practices Configuration Guide|http://help.sap.com/bp_scmv250/BBLibrary/Documentation/B06_BB_ConfigGuide_EN_DE.doc]. Tedious, but it you follow the steps meticulously, you will end up with a working system.

Rgds,

DB49

[Former Member]

Hi Bishwajit,

I dont think you will find any such document. Its all depend on your requirement. For SNP learning you can find plenty of links which will provide you sufficient documents to learn SNP.

And for your testing purpose You can take one product, one DC and one plant. No need to build the CIF connectivity as of now, you create those manually. Lets do this way: Go to master data then:

Create your plant, DC, (create location with 'location type 1001, that will create your plant, and create a location with location type 1002, to create your DC) product, T-lane(source location plant, destination location DC), PPM (you have to create a resource at your plant first, with resource type 'bucket resource').

Say you have created one DC called DC1 and 1 plant and 1 product (say A) in your supply chain . Now there is a demand of 100 quantity of A at DC1, (go to product view(T-code: rrp3) for dc put '-100' quantity and save, to create a forecast of 100 at DC)which will receive those quantity from plant. You have maintained T-lane from plant to DC. At product location for plant make procurement type 'E' (in house production) and procurement type 'F' at DC. Now when you run your job planning (heuristic), You will get 'Distribution Receipt(Planned)' at DC of 100 quantity. and 'Distribution Demand(Planned)' at plant of same quantity. That means demand is flowing from DC to plant. Now when you run deployment (from plant to DC) you will get 'Distribution Receipt(Confirmed)' at DC( if there are enough ATD receipt category available, like stock, confirmed production order..))and 'Distribution Demand(Confirmed)' at plant and after TLB run you will get 'Distribution Receipt(TLB Confirmed)' at DC and 'Distribution Demand(TLB Confirmed)' at plant.

That is almost a SNP cycle... :).. Hope this helps..

Thanks,

Satyajit

Edited by: Satyajit Patra on Jul 22