BlueYonder - Enterprise Supply Planning Level I

Curriculum

Enterprise Supply Planning Level I

Enterprise Supply Planning Product Overview

Lesson Objectives:

• Describe the Manufacturing Planning solution and its components
• Explain the positioning of ESP in the landscape of supply chain functions
• Explain the functioning of ESP Describe the ESP architecture
• Explain the various activities performed by a master planner
• List the different types of planning
• Describe the different industry models supported by ESP
• Explore the industries that are catered to by ESP

Basic Configuration and Navigation in ESP

Lesson Objectives:

• Identify the high-level steps for basic ESP configuration
• Describe the components to be installed for basic ESP configuration
• Explain the steps to access the ESP application
• Explain the navigation features of ESP application
• Add a Flexible Editor (FE) page to the directory
• Configure the properties on an FE page
• Review and edit master data using an FE page
• Add a Compound Workspace (CWS) page to the directory
• Review and edit master data using a CWS page
• Review master data using Stock Keeping Units (SKU) Network
• Review the directory structure and add a directory entry

Lesson Exercises:

• Adding and Editing Master Data on an FE Page in ESP
• Create a Search in the Search Manager Page
• Editing an Existing CWS page in ESP

Working with Scenarios and Instances in ESP

Lesson Objectives:

• Explain how the scenario mode in ESP helps the planner
• Add, edit, copy, and delete, a scenario in the Scenario page
• Explain the use of instances in generating supply chain plans
• Define the inputs for instance support
• Explain the instance workflow in ESP

Lesson Exercises:

• Creating a New Scenario in ESP

Master Production Planning Concepts

Lesson Objectives:

• Explain the term order-centric
• Define the three types of demand elements
• Describe the three types of supply processes
• Name the outputs of the supply orders

Manufacturing Case Study

Lesson Objectives:

• Describe the manufacturing and distribution network of a company
• Identify the business processes within the company
• Explain various components of data management

Defining Setup data in ESP

Lesson Objectives:

• Identify the components of a supply chain that must be modelled in ESP, such as item and location
• Describe the key columns in the Item and Location tables
• List the steps to add an item and a location in the respective tables
• Define a Stock-Keeping Unit (SKU) in ESP
• Identify the key columns in the SKU table
• Add a SKU Describe the SKU Parameter tables
• Modify the SKU Parameter tables

Lesson Exercises:

• Adding an Item
• Reviewing a Location
• Adding a SKU
• Modifying SKU Parameter Tables
• Reviewing a Resource
• Reviewing an Existing Calendar

Defining the Supply Processes in ESP

Lesson Objectives:

• Identify the types of supply processes in ESP
• Describe how supply processes are defined or modelled in ESP
• Identify various database tables to be populated to model the production processes in ESP
• Explain the feature of Supersession in ESP
• Describe how the sourcing processes are defined or modelled in ESP
• Describe how the purchasing processes are defined or modelled in ESP
• Identify the common parameters of the supply process

Lesson Exercises:

• Adding a New Production Method
• Adding a New Production Step
• Adding a BOM
• Reviewing an Existing Lane in a Network
• Adding a Sourcing Record

Setting Up Dynamic Data Inputs in ESP

Lesson Objectives:

• Identify the types of supply inputs that ESP receives for processing
• Identify the tables that must be populated to load supply inputs to ESP
• Explain how ESP processes the supply inputs
• Identify different types of dynamic inputs that ESP receives for processing
• Identify the tables that need to be populated to load demand inputs to ESP
• Explain how ESP processes demand inputs

Lesson Exercises:

• Modifying Records in the SKU Table
• Adding a Record to the DFUTOSKU Table

Generating the Master Plan in ESP

Lesson Objectives:

• List the processes available in Enterprise Supply Planning (ESP) that are used to perform complex calculations in our Platform-based applications
• Identify the steps to run the processes to complete model setup
• Describe various processes to set up independent demand data in ESP
• Identify the steps to run the processes to create demand orders
• Explain how to generate the master plan in ESP with the MAP solver
• Describe the following additional processes in ESP
• Create and run a process chain in ESP

Lesson Exercises:

• Running the Level SKUs Process
• Running the Transfer Calendar Process
• Running the Transfer Forecast Process
• Running the Generate Forecast Orders Process
• Running the Generate Master Plan (MAP)
• Adding a New SKU Exception
• Creating a Process Chain

Evaluating the Master Plan in ESP

Lesson Objectives:

• Explain Plan Analysis in ESP
• Discuss the Master Planner (MP) Workbench in ESP.
• Explain Scorecard in ESP
• Discuss the Replenishment Dashboard in ESP Lesson Exercises
• Review MP Plan Analysis
• Reviewing Summary and Details pages in MP Workbench
• Reviewing Scorecard

Working with Analytics UI in ESP

Lesson Objectives:

• Identify the types of analytics dashboards available in ESP
• List the steps to access a dashboard Identify the components of each dashboard
• Identify the different types of reports available in ESP
• Describe the packaged reports
• Create a Do-It-Yourself (DIY) report
• Apply filters to a report

Lesson Exercises:

• Running the Refresh Analytics Data Process
• Running a Report

Exception Management with Agile Workbench

Lesson Objectives:

• Describe the importance of Agile Workbench
• Explain Agile Workbench
• Describe the process of working with Demand-Supply Workbench
• Explain the process of working with Material Workbench
• Describe the Resource Workbench layout
• Define Network Simulator
• Explain how the Apply Priority Overrides process works for Agile Workbench

Lesson Exercises:

• Resolve Demand Exception
• Resolve Material Exception
• Resolve Resource Exceptions

Integration of ESP with Other Blue Yonder Solutions

Lesson Objectives:

• Explain the planning process in Enterprise Supply Planning (ESP) briefly
• Explain how ESP is integrated with other Blue Yonder solutions such as Demand and Fulfilment Lesson

Other Key Processes in ESP

Lesson Objectives:

• Explain how the Aggregate SKU planning process works
• Describe the Optimize Production Changeover (OPC) process
• Describe the Publish Optimal Production Changeover process
• Explain the Compute Connected Network process

Working with Deep Tree Solver in ESP

Lesson Objectives:

• Describe the Deep Tree solver
• Explain the Deep Tree planning process
• List the industries that Deep Tree caters to
• Describe the important features of Deep Tree
• Describe the key columns in the input tables of the Deep Tree solver
• Explain the basic rules in the requirement plan
• List the prerequisites for Calculate Requirement Plan
• Describe different processes used for calculating the master plan in Enterprise Supply Planning (ESP)
• Review the output pages to evaluate the master plan results

Working with LPOpt Solver in ESP

Lesson Objectives:

• Describe the LPOpt solver in ESP
• Describe the objective levels applicable to LPOpt
• Explain the ESP-LPOpt workflow
• Identify the categories applicable to LPOpt
• State the limitations of LPOpt
• Identify the input tables applicable to LPOpt
• Describe the columns specific to LPOpt
• Create an objective set on the Define Optimization Goals process page
• Explain the Define Optimization Goals process page
• Describe the parameters required for the Generate Master Plan (LPOpt) process
• Review the output pages to evaluate the master plan results

Appendix 1: Compstar Case Study

Lesson Objectives:

• Create a conceptual supply chain model on paper
• Create the model within ESP by loading data to SCPO schema