1. ASCP - 103 Advanced Concepts in ASCP Sandeep Gandhi
Independent Supply Chain Consultant
NC-OAUG * Chicago * 26-Feb-2010

2. Review of ASCP-101 One Time Setups Recurring Activities
Oracle Advanced Supply Chain Planning (ASCP) is a comprehensive planning solution that decides when and where supplies should be deployed within an extended supply chain.
One Time Setups
Define Instance and organizations
Setup Responsibilities
Define Plans
Recurring Activities
Refresh MDS
Data Collection
Plan Run
Act upon recommendations
Comprehensive : Planning, Scheduling, GOP, Inventory Optimization, Demand Planning

3. Review of ASCP-102 Safety Stock Item Substitution User Defined
Forecast Based
MRP planned
Item Substitution
Setups
Sales Order substitution
Planned order substitution
Comprehensive : Planning, Scheduling, GOP, Inventory Optimization, Demand Planning

4. ASCP-103 Hub and Spoke planning Subset Plans Managing ASCP Performance
Lights Out Procurement
Q&A

5. Supply Chain Modeling
Model all your organizations, suppliers and second tier suppliers
Thumb rule - One Global plan for all participants
Advantages
Data Integrity
Global Optimization
Better response times

6. Exceptions Business rules
Frequency
Ownership
Not all plants are ready for constrained planning
Local optimization

7. Subset Planning - A tale of two plans
MRP plan: Local, Optimized for resource utilization

8. A tale of two plans (contd.)
MPP Plan: Global; optimized for inventory turns

9. Recommendations

10. Hub And Spoke Planning
When plans need to run at different times/frequency
You need to a small plan for FG / critical items
Still need one global plan

11. Hub and Spoke Planning (contd.)

12. Managing ASCP Performance
Inactive items
Plan partitions (MSC: Share plan partitions)
Msc table growth (esp. components)
ODS load slow (MSC: Purge Staging Tables)
ODS Load slow (Recalculate sourcing)
Filespace growth (MSC: Write MBP Flat files = Yes)

13. Managing Performance (contd.)
Peg only as needed
Turn off resource calculations
Reduce number of daily buckets

14. Managing Performance (contd.)
Do we need to plan for ALL items?
All items, supply /demand items only?
Pitfalls for not planning all items

15. Lights Out Procurement
Setting up your systems and processes such that the Plan-To-Procure process is completed automated.
Buyers and planners can focus on more value add activities
Intervention is needed to handle exceptions

16. Steps Setup blanket agreements with suppliers Setup sourcing rules
Setup electronic communication methods to suppliers
Modify Profile Options
Modify workflow attributes

17. Steps (contd.)
Setup a Production
plan
Update Item
RTF

18. Take away Model supply chain participants in your plan
Use global plan but exceptions exist
Use subset planning or hub-n-spoke planning as needed
Optimize performance
Shoot for the moon (and turn off the lights in procurement)

19. Q&A
Sandeep Gandhi