RO,
<Sigh> Here we go again.....
ECC- material planning is carried out in seperate step and the resulting planned orders are taken to capacity planning table and capacity planning is done in CM11 to CM25 screens in most cases this has not worked adequately so I am skipping
??????? Surely you are joking. Hundreds of companies are very happy with their PP/CRP solutions. Such solutions can be perfectly adequate. Normally, the client decides this, not the consultant.
SNP heuristics –this will plan the unconstrained demand released from MC90 across the location and/or locations or multilevel ,no constraints like capacity or cost will be taken into account so I am skipping it
Again, hundreds of companies have satisfactorily used SNP to run their businesses, and these solutions can be designed to consider capacity. As with most first generation planning solutions, SNP heuristics do not consider capacity and material constraints in a single solve, it takes multiple solves. In the end, though, the problem is still solved.
SNP optimizer-this will plan the unconstrained demand released from MC90 but we can apply constraints to it like cost (like in my case production cost and transport cost by referring to the cost directory) and capacity constraints too can be applied.but it will not address plant level operations planning so I am skipping it
You obviously have not grasped the basic concepts of Optimizing software. When 'costs' are mentioned, these costs are not real costs, they are costs that are assigned solely for the purpose of creating the optimization solution. These costs are only created such that one can have a common unit of measurement (cost) so that the optimization problem can be solved. Plant level; even material level assigned costs can be and are considered. You may elect to 'skip' optimization, but don't give such reasons to your client as justification. If he understands these topics at all, he will immediately detect that you don't know what you are talking about.
PPDS heuristics-this will plan but very vaguely but not to the point also it will not take capacity into account so I am skipping it
I am so dumbfounded that anyone could actually say such a thing, that I am rendered speechless.
PPDS optimizer-this will plan resources and material simultaneously but this will be specific to some objective like set up time /lead time etc. I tried it doesn't appear accurate so I am skipping it.
Same answer as PP/DS heuristics.
SNP CTM-here I can match demand ,supply and resources accurately
Yes, this is possible
I mean those PPDS planned orders trickling into RRP3 arising out of PPDS heuristics run or any planned order coming from any segment like SNP optimizer or heuristics or PPDS optimizer or ECC planned order coming via PDS.
Well, all of these statements are technically true, but you have just described a CTM/SNP solution that is extremely complex to actually execute and have the whole thing be internally and externally consistent. Only an insane person would attempt such a solution if it were their first CTM implementation attempt.
And finally planned orders arising out of CTM run I can release it to shop floor managers directly for execution .
Well, yes, of course, this is possible. You can release ANY supply plan to the shop floor managers for execution. Also remember that CTM can actually be integrated with PP/DS instead of SNP (CTM supply proposals can be copied to LC as PP/DS orders).
In closing, CTM MAY be your best bet, but I suggest clean up your 'pitch' that you make to your client. Actually, I further suggest you restrict your statements to those things about which you actually have a little first-hand knowledge. Most client companies have someone on their staff who has a pretty good BS detector, and being 'caught' in factual errors or inadvertent misstatements is a sure way to lose the confidence of the client. If you had appeared before me with such a collection of statements, the interview would be over in less than 10 minutes.
Best Regards & Good Luck,
DB49