Inter-organizational Cooperation with SAP Solutions (2^nd Ed., 2nd ed. 2004)
Design and Management of Supply Networks
SAP Excellence Series

1 Inter-organizational Cooperation in Supply Networks.- 1.1 Forms and Motives of Building Cooperation.- 1.2 Inter-organizational Cooperation in Logistics: Supply Chain Management.- 1.3 Using Information and Communication Systems in Supply Chain Management.- 2 Basics of mySAP.com and mySAP Technology.- 2.1 The mySAP.com Solutions.- 2.2 The mySAP.com Infrastructure and Services.- 2.2.1 Portal Infrastructure.- 2.2.2 Exchange Infrastructure.- 2.2.3 SAP Web Application Server.- 2.2.4 Infrastructure Services.- 3 EDI and XML/EDI: Concepts and SAP Solutions.- 3.1 Classic EDI: Concepts and SAP Solutions.- 3.1.1 The Basics of EDI.- 3.1.2 SAP Solutions for Supporting EDI.- 3.2 XML/EDI: Concepts and SAP Solutions.- 3.2.1 The XML/EDI Concept.- 3.2.2 The SAP Business Connector for Supporting XML/EDI.- 4 Data Management: Concepts and SAP Solutions.- 4.1 The Data Warehouse Concept.- 4.1.1 Principles of the Data Warehouse Concept.- 4.1.2 Inter-organizational Data Management.- 4.2 SAP Business Information Warehouse.- 4.2.1 Data Extraction and Structure of a Data Basis.- 4.2.2 Generating ODS Objects.- 4.2.3 Generating InfoCubes (Multidimensional Data Cubes).- 4.2.4 Data Analysis and Presentation.- 4.2.5 Business Content.- 4.2.6 Interaction of BW and APO.- 5 Collaborative Planning in Supply Networks: Concepts and SAP Solutions.- 5.1 Basics of the SAP Advanced Planner and Optimizer (APO).- 5.1.1 Application Components.- 5.1.2 liveCache and Integration Technology.- 5.1.3 Optimization Architecture.- 5.2 Demand Planning.- 5.2.1 Concepts and APO Application.- 5.2.2 Collaborative Forecasting.- 5.3 Procurement Planning.- 5.3.1 Concepts and APO Application.- 5.3.2 Collaborative Supply Planning.- 5.4 Production Planning.- 5.4.1 Concepts and APO Application.- 5.4.2 Collaborative Production Planning.- 5.5 Transportation Planning.- 5.5.1 Concepts and APO Application.- 5.5.2 Collaborative Transportation Planning.- 5.6 Process-oriented Perspective: Collaborative Management of Delivery Schedules Using APO.- 5.6.1 Process Overview.- 5.6.2 The Customer: Collaborative Procurement.- 5.6.3 The Vendor: Sales Scheduling Agreement Processing.- 5.6.4 Data Transfer between the Business Partners.- 5.6.5 Integration with the ERP Execution Systems.- 6 Electronic Marketplaces: Concepts and SAP Solutions.- 6.1 Electronic Marketplaces: An Overview.- 6.1.1 Classification and Service Offers of Electronic Marketplaces.- 6.1.2 Phases of Marketplace Transactions.- 6.2 mySAP Exchanges.- 6.2.1 MarketSet Infrastructure.- 6.2.2 MarketSet Applications.- 6.2.2.1 MarketSet Procurement.- 6.2.2.2 MarketSet Order Management.- 6.2.2.3 MarketSet Dynamic Pricing Engine.- 6.2.2.4 MarketSet Supply Chain Collaboration.- 6.2.2.5 MarketSet Life -Cycle Collaboration.- 6.2.2.6 MarketSet Analytics.- 6.3 Electronic Marketplaces based on mySAP Exchanges: An Overview.- 7 Case Studies from the Automotive Industry.- 7.1 Schenker Case Study: Management of a Supply Chain for Automobile Manufacturing Overseas.- 7.1.1 Management of a Supply Chain for Automobile Manufacturing Overseas — Status Quo.- 7.1.1.1 Overview of the Case Study.- 7.1.1.2 Management of the Processes to Supply the Consolidation Center in Bremerhaven..- 7.1.1.3 Management of the Processes from the Goods Receipt in the CC Bremerhaven through to the Loading in the Shipping Harbor.- 7.1.1.4 Management of the Processes from Loading through to the Goods Receipt at the Deconsolidation Center in Brazil.- 7.1.1.5 Management of the Processes from the Transition of the Containers in the Warehouse through the Delivery to the Factory.- 7.1.1.6 Overall Summary of the Logistics-related Information Infrastructure.- 7.1.1.7 Internet-based Reporting (SOURCE).- 7.1.2 Evaluation and Outlook.- 7.2 Case Study for the APO Implementation at Bosch Eisenach GmbH.- 7.2.1 The Challenge.- 7.2.2 Planned Implementation of APO at Bosch EhW.- 7.2.2.1 Demand Planning.- 7.2.2.2 Production Planning.- 7.2.3 The Process of the Collaborative Management of Delivery Schedules at Bosch.- 7.3 Case Study Goodyear: Use of mySAP Supply Chain Management.- 7.3.1 APO.- 7.3.1.1 Task.- 7.3.1.2 Using APO.- 7.3.1.3 Demand Planning.- 7.3.1.4 Supply Network Planning and Deployment.- 7.3.1.5 Available to Promise.- 7.3.1.6 Supply Chain Reporting.- 7.3.1.7 SAP APO — An Evaluation.- 7.3.2 Support for Logistics Processes Using the SAP Logistics Execution System.- 7.3.2.1 Starting Point and Task.- 7.3.2.2 Transportation Management with LES.- 7.3.2.3 Order Picking with LES.- 7.3.2.4 SAP LES — An Evaluation.- 7.3.3 Use of the SAP Business Information Warehouse at Goodyear.- 7.4 Case Study for Spare Parts Logistics at Porsche.- 7.4.1 Strategic Background.- 7.4.2 Project Structure and Process.- 7.4.3 SAP-based Processes in the Spare Parts Logistics at Porsche.- 7.4.4 Evaluation of the SAP-based Spare Parts Logistics at Porsche.- 7.5 EM in the Automotive Industry — Case Study SupplyOn.- 7.5.1 Creation of SupplyOn (Operator Collaboration).- 7.5.2 Marketplace Characteristics.- 7.5.3 Inter-organizational Processes with SupplyOn: Support of Various Forms of Requests for Quotation.- 7.5.3.1 Request for Quotation.- 7.5.3.2 Online Bidding.- 7.5.3.3 Live Bidding.- 7.5.4 Evaluation and Outlook.- Abbreviations.- References.