APS (Advanced Planning and Scheduling)

1. Terminology (Supply Chain Planning, Supply Chain Execution, APS, ERP)

2. Definitions (Planning, Scheduling)

3. What has to be planned (Strategic level, Tactical level, Operational level)

4. Evolution in Planning (manual, spreadsheets, MRP, MRPII, ERP, limitations)

5. Current Trends (Customers, Products)

6. Steps to APS (Finite Capacity Scheduling, Memory-resident Planning, APS)

7. APS key features (Constraint Management, Concurrent Planning, Synchronized Planning, Modeling, Optimization, Simulation, Available-to-Promise)

8. APS advanced features (Capable-to-Promise, Real-time Planning, Collaborative Planning)

9. APS benefits

10. APS selection (APS types, approaches, strategies of ERP vendors, key points)

11. APS implementation (ERP/MRP versus APS, Implementation steps)

12. Future APS systems