2. Capacity Requirement Planning & KANBAN are the two planning
tools that have been sidelined by many implementations, for no
fault of these tools! It is rather unfortunate that consultants
across the world have not mastered this very visual tool to
make a positive impact in the implementations…
Very often we hear that “This cannot be This is the first 6 letter word that should
done in ECC; APO is the best option to do come to your mind, when you hear about
this”. This is only partially true. There is a “Lean Manufacturing Practice” in your
bunch of planning tools that have not been Industry – KANBAN
utilized well in ECC.
In spite of being incredibly simple & very
Capacity Requirement Planning is visual, it remains a mystery why many
definitely one of them! industries have not gone this way in SAP.
In Capacity Evaluation, you can slice & But if you actually convince your client
dice the Capacity loads on your work about KANBAN, this is one of the few things
center. With a clear picture on the loads, it in SAP that will actually look “Beautiful”!
is that much easier to move your production KANBAN will become your “Pride” & the
orders around. “Envy” of other consultants in your team.
Capacity Evaluation is even more The real beauty is that you can use KANBAN
attractive. You can Drag & Drop as a planning tool and allow MRP to take
Production Orders where you want them in over when your manual planning with
the schedule. You can even move a bunch KANBAN is not sufficient to cover the
of orders together that are to be executed customer demands!
together.
Let’s see how far we can get into KANBAN.
You can have separate working patters for One thing is for sure – with KANBAN in your
specific work centers. You can also kitty, your confidence will be Sky High!
schedule a group of work centers together!
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3. Meetings…meetings…Non stop meetings…Blueprint Phase is generally the
most important (& boring) part of the project!
If you do not do sufficient prototyping during this phase, you will be
talking in the air and the client can only hope that the implementation will
go on well…
Even worse, you might not be able to make the system work in the way,
you had believed it would, by (mis) understanding the SAP help
documentation!! And mid-way into the realization phase, you will be
forced to re-design your solution.
We will avoid this scenario, once and for all!
This training on “Real time Project Scenario’s for PP Special” will replicate
a blue-print phase of a project. The Shoubii Consultants will play the
dual role of the client Business Manager as well as a Solution Architect
of a project.
The Business Manager will explain the actual business scenarios. Then we
will get into some discussion to understand the requirement. Finally the
Solution Architect will give a direction on how it has to be mapped in SAP.
As future SAP consultants, you are expected to design it and present it to
the team! Can you see your SAP Dreams come true, already?
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4. Raj, a SAP Certified SCM Consultant & a Project
Management Professional, has over 15 years of
experience in the manufacturing Industries and
implementing SAP solutions for Manufacturing
Industries. Some of Raj’s SAP projects are
highlighted below...
PC Manufacturing Client (Singapore / Australia)
This was one of the world’s largest PC manufacturing clients.
Raj handled multiple projects simultaneously in the areas of
Logistics & Production Planning.
Semi-conductor Client (China)
Raj was the project manager of this project, which was
executed from 5 different countries. The team was also very
young. Nevertheless, the result was “Zero Priority 1 Go Live
Issue”
Supply Chain Client (California, USA)
Consultants were working in the Blueprint phase for 4 months.
The client was reluctant to move to the next phase, due to lack
of confidence. Realization phase kicked off in 2 weeks after
Raj joined the project.
Chemical Client (South Carolina, USA)
Raj took over as the consultant just a few months before the
Go Live. All unresolved scenarios were handled with ease; CRP
was implemented in a week’s time – Result: One of the
smoothest Go Live.
Textile Client (South Carolina, USA)
“A thousand different materials are produced in one production
run. Each day, it could be a totally different thousand
materials” – You don’t get such requirements everyday; but you
have to be highly experienced to solve this.
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5. Shoubii Consulting
Implementing your ERP Dreams
www.shoubii.com
Email us at Training.needs@shoubii.com to fix an
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