September 2003
Intermediate to advanced
384 pages
8h 16m
English
The most important application directly aimed at managing supply chains is the advanced planning and scheduling (APS) system. As with ERP systems, APS systems include a large number of modules that can be combined in various ways, and not every vendor offers the same selection of modules. However, the modules shown in Figure 6.3 are common to most APS systems, and they give a fair representation of APS capabilities. A comparison of this figure with Figure 6.2 quickly reveals the most important difference between ERP and APS: Whereas ERP supports the lower two layers of the process matrix, planning and operations, APS focuses on the upper two layers, combining planning with design.
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