I. Overview:

This course is also available in a self-paced e-learning format with an active subscription to the SAP Learning Hub, as S4525E. This course provides a comprehensive overview and in-depth knowledge of the planning process in SAP S/4HANA. After attending this class, you will understand the major business processes, functions and configurations in consumption-based planning and forecasting.

II.    Duration: 

2 days

III. Objectives

• This course will prepare you to:

-          Explain the material requirements planning (MRP) process.

-          Use different consumption based MRP procedures.

-          Describe and execute forecasting.

IV. Intended Audience

• Application Consultant
• Business Process Architect
• Business Process Owner / Team Lead / Power User
• Program/Project Manager
• User

V.    Prerequisites

• Essential

-          Knowledge about business processes in SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement (comparable to S4500 content)

• Recommended

-          None

VI.  Course outlines

• Introduction to Consumption-Based Planning

-          Explaining the function and results of MRP

-          Defining the prerequisites.

-          Outlining the MRP procedures

• General Configuration

-          Explaining and defining MRP areas

-          Understanding the material master fields for consumption-based planning

-          Explaining the MRP type and the related fields

-          Understanding the lot-sizing settings

-          Understanding and controlling scheduling

• Execution of the planning run

-          Describing the planning run

-          Executing a planning run using classic MRP

-          Executing a planning run using MRP Live

-          Evaluating and converting the planning results

• Forecasting

-          Explaining basics of the forecast

-          Executing and postprocessing the forecast

-          Performing forecast-based planning

-          Performing time-phased planning

-          Performing automatic reorder point planning

• Source Determination

-          Explaining source determination in materials requirement planning