Configuring the Aspen Demand Manager CAP

To provide an introduction to the Aspen Demand Manager CAP. Emphasis is placed on learning how to use Aspen Demand Manager to develop effective implementation skills, from leveraging the Aspen Demand Manager functionality to incorporating best practices. The course is an overview of the nature of Aspen Demand Manager, and how to successfully implement this CAP into your environment.

Audience:

  • System implementers or maintenance personnel
  • Business Managers, Project Managers, and Demand Planners (end users) for exposure to a variety of DM business process design options, and to understand the implementation process

Training Details

  • Course Id:

    SM908

  • Duration:

    3 day(s)

  • CEUs Awarded:

    2.1

  • Level:

    Introductory

Benefits

  • Focus your Demand Management (DM)  business processes on profit generating activities
  • Develop effective implementation skills, from leveraging the Aspen Demand Manager functionality to incorporating best practices
  • Structure your Demand Management (DM) processes through robust Demand Planning techniques including advanced statistical forecasting, causal analysis, event management, product life cycle management, market intelligence gathering, and inter/intra enterprise collaboration
  • Integrate the Demand Manager with Aspen Strategic Analyzer, Aspen Production Scheduler and the Aspen Supply Planner for collaborative decision-making

Approach

  • The first part of the course (around half a day) focuses on using the Aspen Demand Manager; configuration topics are then addressed
  • Provides hands-on examples and exercises via a “Day in the life of a demand manager” as a means of understanding all the processes involved in forecasting
  • Exercises show the steps needed to configure these processes in the DM Template
  • Discussions and exercises involving DM CAP and core DM functionality

Pre-requisites

  • System implementers should attend  “Using Aspen SCM Development Tools”  training course
  • Knowledge of Demand Management business processes (some experience with Aspen SCM is recommended)

Agenda

Module 1: Process Overview
  • Set the stage with a review of Demand Management (DM)  processes and business issues
  • Discuss Demand and Supply Planning processes

Module 2: Demand Manager Overview and Demonstration
  • Overview of existing functionality in the Aspen DM Template
  • Business Process Workflow
  • Example of data flow in and out

Module 3: A Month in the Life of a DM Analyst
  • Use the DM Template, review topics and processes for:
  1. Managing history
  2. Generating Statistical Forecast
  3. Collaborative Forecasting
  4. Building a final forecast
  5. Posting the demand plan

Module 4: Demand Manager Viewing Framework and MIMI Libraries
  • Explain templates main user interface, including:
  • Main menu structures and the workspace definitions control tables.
  • Dialog definitions and various control tables that can be easily re-configured.
  • Shared features/methods and library cases.

Module 5: Sales History Database
  • Explain data structures in the Demand Manager for storing history and open order data
  • Process for populating the sales history database

Module 6: Configuring Forecast Attributes
  • Determine and configure forecast attributes in the Demand Manager
  • Explain attribute mapping tables and attribute hierarchy

Module 7: Time Period Definition
  • Define time periods
  • Configure/update time period sets and tables.

Module 8: Reporting and Display
  • Configure attribute usage function
  • Configure attribute sorting and display options
  • 'Slice and Dice' filter dialog setup
  • Explain custom attribute aggregations
  • Import/export utilities

Module 9: Configuring Forecast Metrics
  • What is lag analysis?
  • Configure and populate forecast lag tables

Module 10: Collaborative Forecasting
  • Discuss collaborative forecasting/demand manager integration
  • Steps required to set up publishing to CF from the Demand Manager

Module 11: SPSS Module/Forecast Netting
  • The SPSS Module and Forecasting Models
  • Explanation of Forecast Netting options

Module 12: Using the FMTADATA Command
  • Explain the file definition table
  • Read data into the Demand Manager using the FMTDATA command
  • Write formatted data to an external file using the FMTWRITE command

Module 13: Aggregating/Disaggregating Data
  • Data aggregation/disaggregation from one level to another based on defined attribute relationships
  • Describe Aggregation control tables

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