Is SAP PLM for Real?

Is SAP PLM for Real?

spplanadmin | PLM, SAP, SPP, Uncategorized
Pushing SAP PLM For some time SAP has been promoting its product lifecycle management (PLM) solution. We should say at the outset that we don't find the term PLM very useful. Yes there are lifecycle implications to the software, however this category of software could
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BOM and MTBF and Product Structure

BOM and MTBF and Product Structure

sapplanningadmin | Arena Solutions, MTBF, Master Data, PLM, SAP, SPP, Service Parts Database
MTBF and the Product Structure In our previous post we discussed the different vendors and services offered for reliability testing and prediction. One of the important issues with relation to MTBF management is the product structure. The product structure is the hiera
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Forecasting in MCA

Forecasting in MCA

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<img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-909" title="Forecast" src="http://spplan.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/forecast1.jpg?w=300" alt="Forecast" width="300" height="225" /><strong>Different Approaches</strong><span style="color:#000000;">
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Service Parts Planning

Service Parts Planning

spplanadmin | Uncategorized
Generally service parts planning differs from final product planning in the following ways: A high number of low volume irregular demand items in the planning database Inapplicability of traditional measures of forecast error (service parts management has much higher
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Service Parts and MTBF Forecasting

Service Parts and MTBF Forecasting

spplanadmin | Uncategorized
Service parts for this airplane can be predicted based upon installed base and usage. The math for doing this is simple and present in multiple service parts planning applications. However, the problem is that most companies do not invest in the data maintenance. Wha
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Supersession and Interchangability in SAP

Supersession and Interchangability in SAP

spplanadmin | Inventory Optimization, PLM, SAP
What is Part Supersession? Supersession is one of the most important functions in any service parts planning system. Supersession is used to both: Substitute one part for another part Obsolesce parts due to engineering changes driven by PLM (Product Lifecycle Man
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