Materials Planning with SAP

Goehring, who works in supply chain optimization, provides a guide to materials planning with SAP (Systems Applications and Products) software. He describes the basics of strategic and tactical materials planning; the history and future of materials planning; its building blocks; the principles of effective materials planning, prioritized portfolio management, automated and periodic policy setting, intelligent exception monitoring, and sustainable inventory optimization; evaluating, measuring, and improving materials planning; and modeling it, including examples from industry. Annotation c2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)