SAP APO Consultant

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Headquartered in California, U.S.A., GSPANN provides consulting and IT services to global clients. We help clients transform how they deliver business value by helping them optimize their IT capabilities, practices, and operations with our experience in retail, high-technology, and manufacturing. With five global delivery centers and 2000+ employees, we provide the intimacy of a boutique consultancy with the capabilities of a large IT services firm.

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SAP APO (Advanced Planner and Optimizer)

SAP APO is a core component of SAP SCM (Supply Chain Management) that provides advanced planning and optimization capabilities for supply chain processes. It helps organizations improve demand forecasting, production planning, distribution, and transportation by integrating real-time data from SAP ERP and external systems.

Key Modules of SAP APO

APO is made up of different sub-modules designed for specific supply chain planning functions:

DP (Demand Planning)

• Forecasting customer demand using statistical models & historical data.
• Supports collaborative forecasting with sales & marketing inputs.
• Uses time series modeling, causal forecasting, and promotion planning.

SNP (Supply Network Planning)

• Optimizes supply, production, and distribution network.
• Supports heuristics, CTM (Capable-to-Match), and optimization methods.
• Balances supply & demand across the entire supply chain.

PP/DS (Production Planning & Detailed Scheduling)

• Plans production at a detailed level considering machine capacity and materials.
• Supports finite capacity scheduling.
• Integrates tightly with shop-floor execution in SAP ECC / S/4HANA PP.

GATP (Global Available-to-Promise)

• Real-time product availability check across locations.
• Supports rules-based ATP, product substitution, and backorder processing.

TP/VS (Transportation Planning and Vehicle Scheduling)

• Optimizes transportation routes, vehicle loads, and delivery scheduling.
• Helps reduce freight costs and improve delivery performance.

CIF (Core Interface)

• Middleware that connects SAP APO with SAP ERP (ECC/S4HANA).
• Transfers master data (materials, BOMs, routings, locations) and transactional data (sales orders, purchase orders, stock levels).

Integration with SAP ERP

• APO does not work in isolation—it depends on ERP for execution.
• Planning in APO → Execution in ERP.
• Example:
• APO DP creates forecast → Sent to ERP for MRP → APO SNP balances → PP/DS creates planned orders → Orders executed in ERP.

Why choose GSPANN

“We GSPANNians” are at the heart of the technology that we pioneer. We do not service our customers, we co-create.

With the passion to explore solutions to the most challenging business problems, we support and mentor the technologist in everyone who is a part of our team. This translates into innovations that are path-breaking and inspirational for the marquee clients, we co-create a digital future with.

GSPANN is a work environment where you are constantly encouraged to sharpen your abilities and shape your growth path, We support you to become the best version of yourself by feeding your curiosity, providing a nurturing environment, and giving ample opportunities to take ownership, experiment, learn and succeed.

We’re a close-knit family of more than 2000 people that supports one another and celebrates successes, big or small. We work together, socialize together, and actively serve the communities we live in.

We invite you to carry forward the baton of innovation in technology with us.

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