ALSO CALLED: Supply Chain Management Software and Fulfillment Software DEFINITION: Advanced Planner and Optimizer (APO) is a set of software applications from the German-based software company SAP for supply chain management. According to SAP literature, Advanced Planner and Optimizer is designed to help a company improve production planning, pricing, scheduling,
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SUPPLY CHAIN SOFTWARE DEFINITION (continued): … and product shipping. APO works by getting real-time updates from retailers about customer demand. The updates are used to create APO "demand triggers" that take into account many complex variables, such as the delivery schedule of raw materials and productions cycles, to forecast the right amount of product mix the company will need to meet future customer demands. APO can be integrated with the SAP R/3 and legacy enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. … Supply Chain Software definition sponsored by SearchSAP.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary
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