SAP SCM Bolt-ons

Value Add Summary

Customer Side Functionality
Custom Build Replenishment Dashboard with comprehensive planning information

Automation of Master data setup Product at customer location & transportation Lane
CPFR with out using master data intensive SNP Module

General Functional Improvements

Reduced data entry and better synchronization between R/3 and APO by extending CIF Enhanced Live Cache extraction speed
Patnis customized solution enabled download of 3 Million records in 30 minutes

Automated Background Job setup

Developed a customized tool to automatically set up batch jobs using batch scheduler tools (such as Auto sys) to reduce the time taken to create variants, APO background jobs, etc

Get more out of the existing IT investments

Assessment of existing IT architecture Identify improvements without additional investments?
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Replenishment Dashboard
Source Make Store/Fulfill Store Store/Sell

Supplier

Manufacturer

Manufacturer DC

Retailer DC

Retailer

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Supply Chain Integration

Supply Chain Integration

Collaboration Services

Demand Planning
Strategic Sourcing Manufacturing Materials Management Warehouse Management Supply Planning Production Planning

Replenishment Dashboard Distribution Planning with comprehensive planning information Order Promising & Delivery Fulfillment Coordination

Collaboration Services

Transportation Management

Supply Chain Event Management Supply Chain Performance Management

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Replenishment Dashboard
Business Context A Global CPG leader uses SAP APO for Vendor Managed Inventory All critical planning information related to replenishment order should be available in single screen Standard data view contains only basic order data (i.e. Product, Quantity, date ) In order to know other critical parameters (like target cover) etc), users needs to switch to different screens Custom Build Dashboard that provides entire replenishment order information at a glance Additional details like EAN data, target cover data, average forecast, current stock cover, cover after replenishment Reduced manual effort for VMI analysts to validate planning results Easy to use decision management tool with order create, modify and delete facility

SAP SCM Gaps

Patni Solution

Business Successes

Reusability

Any customer planning to use SAP APO for VMI can use above replenishment dashboard

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Master Data Automation

Source Make Store/Fulfill Store Store/Sell

Supplier

Manufacturer

Manufacturer DC

Retailer DC

Retailer

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Supply Chain Integration

Supply Chain Integration

Collaboration Services

Demand Planning
Strategic Sourcing Supply Planning Automatic Product master Production Planning Distribution Planning data / Transportation lane at customer level Manufacturing Order Promising & Delivery Warehouse Management Fulfillment Coordination Transportation Management

Collaboration Services

Materials Management

Supply Chain Event Management Supply Chain Performance Management

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Master Data Automation

Business Context A Global CPG leader uses SAP APO for Vendor Managed Inventory Product location master data maintenance required every time new product inventory data is sent by customer

My SAP SCM Gaps

There are multiple critical planning fields to be manually maintained in product location master data with out which SNP planning would go wrong Manual maintenance of all products for each & every customer location is cumbersome
Customer Stock & sales data is integrated to BW & then extracted to APO Custom program automatically extends new products to customer location and adds the same in relevant transportation lane Avoid manual effort in maintaining product location master data at customer level Reduced risk of incorrect/insufficient product planning parameters leading to wrong planning results Eliminate need to monitor inclusion of new product in customer inventory file Solution could be used for automatic product location master data setup in any Industry using SAP APO Solution can help any CPG/Hi-Tech industry who wants to avoid huge manual master data maintenance
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Business Successes

Reusability

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CPFR without SNP

Business Context A Global CPG Industry leader wanted to develop a POS (Point of Sales) based forecasting model to ensure optimum inventory levels at their DC, customer DC and stores by calculating optimum order quantity. Calculation of optimum order quantity is based on applying various planning parameters such as customers inventory policies, different time lags, target coverage days etc mySAP SCM SNP module is required to calculate responsive replenishment order qty mySAP SCM SNP require intense & consistent master data

SAP SCM Gaps

Patni Solution

Calculate optimum order qty, statistical POS forecast, internal matrices, etc Leverage statistical forecasting in DP and apply that to POS data - Algorithms based on DP macros (thus avoiding SNP) and on actual customer data (received through POS)
Reduced manual effort for VMI analysts to validate planning results Easy to use decision management tool with order create, modify and delete facility Create holistic live view of trade flows Above solution can help any CPG/Hi-Tech industry who wants to leverage mySAP SCM investment for customer based forecasting with out SNP overhead
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Business Successes

Reusability
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Extend CIF for better data Management

Business Context A Global leader in manufacture and distribution of spices, seasonings and flavors using SAP APO for supply planning required application support and enhancement Manual effort to maintain planning parameters in both R/3 & APO and ensuring consistency between each other was difficult Fields available in APO and not in R/3 needs manual maintenance in APO The above data needs to be extended to all applicable locations If number of products are huge, above activity is extremely laborious

SAP SCM Gaps

Patni Solution

Maintain attributes centrally in R/3 and transfer via CIF Customize screens to accept additional data Customize CIF to send product master data to R/3
Reduced manual effort in maintaining product location master data Synchronized planning parameters across R/3 & APO Reduced risk of incorrect/insufficient product planning parameters leading to wrong planning results Above solution can help any CPG/Hi-Tech industry who wants to avoid huge manual master data maintenance

Business Successes

Reusability

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