SAP SPP & eSPP (Supply Planning and e-Supply Planning):
SAP Service Parts Planning (SAP SPP) is a network planning tool that was developed specifically for service parts planning, making it the first of its kind. It was co-innovated by SAP with Ford and Caterpillar in 2001. Initially, SAP SPP was only available to users of the Advanced Planning and Optimization (APO) system. In 2005 it was introduced to all other customers with technical access to the APO box. Two years later, SAP SPP underwent an update with additional features and enhancements for different industries.
In 2018, the next generation of service parts planning, known as extended Service Parts Planning (eSPP), was launched. eSPP is based on the mature SAP SPP processes but is now technically integrated into the SAP S/4HANA system. A pilot release of eSPP was made available to the market in the next year. Since 2020, it has been part of every new SAP S/4HANA release, offering new features and functions like Multi-echelon inventory optimization, new forecast strategies or event handling.
Forecast Consumption:
Our Forecast Consumption add-on allows the system to react to an increasing difference between monthly forecast and incoming sales orders, based on the assumption that actual sales orders consume the forecasted quantities.
Maintenance Plan Integration (MPI):
The MPI add-on enables SAP Service Parts Planning (SPP/eSPP) to be the planning/procurement engine for materials that will be called in future generated work orders from maintenance plans before the requirement exists.
