Question:
Hi everybody,
I'm new to the APO and CO modules and to SAP as a whole.
What are the prospects of CO-PA? Is it being replaced by APO gradually? It seems to me that those modules have similar functionality, don't they?
Answer:
Hi everybody,
It seems to me that those modules have similar functionality, don't they?
APO is for Supply Chain Planning, CO-PA is Profitability Accounting
SCM now includes some aspects of Supply Chain Enterprise Management (SCEM) but this is for the more longer term profitability and requires a lot of software implemented (and hence money) to enable. CO-PA will be around for as long as R/3 still exists.
Answer:
Parksy,
Are you sure that SCEM does not stand for Supply Chain Event Management, enabling the alerting of missed dealines to proposed supply chain events etc?
If this forum is to be of any use, then the information provided in it must be accurate, and not guesswork.
Darth...defender of the truth..
Answer:
Actually Darth, I know that. I just hate stupid questions that deserve a stupid answer. Hoping that they go back to their superiors and answer the obvious question they have just been asked in the incorrect manner.
Oh and by the way before you start to flame me, I will always provide questions and examples to anyone who asks a vaguely reasonable question and actually seems like they have at least taken a course on the subject.
I will not provideinformation to someone who has no experience and is trying to get on the bandwagon !
Answer:
Speaking about co-pa and apo similarity, I mean APO-DP and Sales Planning in CO-PA. As I know, results of using both planing tools can subsequently provide production planning(DP->PP/DS, CO-PA->SOP) with data.
P.S.
Please, don't post such absurd messages like Guest's one. If you don't provide information, just don't provide it.
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@Parksy & the rest
I strongly support Parkys point of view. At least he provides some information & fun!
Anyone posting to a forum should at least spend more time trying to find some information via sapnet / google than is needed for trying to understand a poorly formulated question.