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		<title>Deployment Optimizer Profile Feilds</title>
		<link>http://sapplanning.org/2009/11/11/deployment-optimizer-profile-feilds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:25:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a previous article we described the deployment optimizer and showed a number of screen shots.
http://sapplanning.org/2009/08/30/snp-deployment-optimizer-profile-configuration/
In this article we will cover the fields that are available within the Optimizer Profile. All of these fields are associated to a tab in the Deployment Optimizer Profile.
General Constraints Tab

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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:23:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Advantages and Disadvantages of DP</title>
		<link>http://sapplanning.org/2009/11/02/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-dp/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was recently asked a question regarding the advantages and disadvantages of DP. I thought I would take part of the email exchange and post it here.
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Questioner:


I would be interested in knowing how DP is different from demand planning in Manugistics.
Especially:
1. Weaknesses
2. Strengths
3. Level of integration with supply planning (eg ability to effectively measure forecast [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sapplanning.org&blog=2306599&post=5913&subd=sapplanning&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<link>http://sapplanning.org/2009/10/31/sop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:34:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>SCM Module Popularity</title>
		<link>http://sapplanning.org/2009/10/24/scm-module-popularity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:44:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What SCM Modules are Most and Least Implemented?
Something of interest to many people in SCM is the frequency that SCM modules are implemented. We have built up a database of 43 SCM implementations, and from this sample have come up with the following frequency, as presented by a pie chart.
Implementations by SCM Module

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		<title>The Product Wheel and PPDS</title>
		<link>http://sapplanning.org/2009/10/12/the-product-wheel-and-ppds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:04:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What Is It?
A Product Wheel is an attempt to mitigate the following production problem.
The ‘product wheel’ approach is the name for the formal resolution of a typical scheduling problem: to produce n different SKU’s in a single step production process, in m possible resources or machines. Problem can be addressed in two stages as follows: [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sapplanning.org&blog=2306599&post=5846&subd=sapplanning&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Protected: SCM Case Studies</title>
		<link>http://sapplanning.org/2009/10/11/scm-case-studies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:08:30 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[APO]]></category>
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		<title>Protected: Difference Between the SNP Deployment Optimizer and Inventory Balancing</title>
		<link>http://sapplanning.org/2009/09/30/difference-between-the-snp-deployment-optimizer-and-inventory-balancing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:44:55 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[SNP]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Deployment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deployment Optimizer]]></category>
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		<title>Degrees of Supplier Collaboration</title>
		<link>http://sapplanning.org/2009/09/24/degrees-of-supplier-collaboration/</link>
		<comments>http://sapplanning.org/2009/09/24/degrees-of-supplier-collaboration/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:06:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sapplanningadmin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SNC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Customer Collaborationl Inventory Collaboration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Supplier Collaboration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Collaboration Questions
One of the major issues with regards collaboration is what type of collaboration is desired, and how it will integrate with the overall planning process.
The types of collaboration that are required is covered in this post,
http://sapplanning.wordpress.com/2009/05/19/snc/
but we will discuss them here:
Step 1
The first step is determining what type of collaboration is actually required? This [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sapplanning.org&blog=2306599&post=5794&subd=sapplanning&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Protected: Constraining Material in SCM</title>
		<link>http://sapplanning.org/2009/09/22/constraining-material-in-scm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
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