Using Aspen Supply Planner

This course creates the foundation for an improved planning process, where more time is spent analyzing scenarios rather than on gathering data. After taking this course, a user of Aspen Supply Planner? will be able to use the Aspen Supply Planner system to solve production and distribution planning problems and to generate and analyze scenarios as part of a structured scenario planning process. The course provides exposure to a variety of SP business process design options, and an overview of how to most efficiently use the Supply Planner for business planning.

Audience:

  • Business Managers
  • Project Managers
  • Supply Planners (end users)

Training Details

  • Course Id:

    SM913

  • Duration:

    2 day(s)

  • CEUs Awarded:

    1.4

  • Level:

    Introductory

Benefits

  • Creates the foundation for an improved planning process, where more time is spent analyzing scenarios rather than on gathering data.     
  • Provides exposure to a variety of SP business process design options, and an overview of how to most efficiently use the Supply Planner for business planning
  • Derive the full benefits of Aspen Supply Planner, using structured scenario analysis methodology

Approach

  • Gain a generic introduction to the complete capabilities of Aspen Supply Planner including structured data integration, optimization, advanced reporting, and scenario generation
  • Discuss the typical business decisions that must be made to create mathematical models of planning problems
  • Basic examples and exercises explain data maintenance, model generation, model optimization, scenario creation, and structured scenario analysis
  • Learning takes place through a series of PowerPoint based lecture sessions, reinforced by practical hands-on sessions and demonstrations.

Agenda

Module 1: Process Overview
  • Setting the stage with a review of Supply Planner processes and business issues
  • Discussions on the Demand and Supply Planning processes and work flow
  • How Aspen Supply Planner can help with planning issues (with examples)

Module 2: Supply Planner Functionality Overview
  • Overview of  the Aspen MIMI SP Model
  • How the SP Data Management tree structure parallels the types of data found in a supply planner model
  • Constraints and decisions involved in formulating a model
  • Differentiate between the two types of mathematical techniques available in Aspen Supply Planner for optimizing planning problem solutions
    • Introduction to Optimization and Linear Programming, with examples
    • Comparison of  Mixed Integer Programs with Linear programs
    • Introduction to solving MIP problems
  • Business Process Workflow
  • Example of data flow in and out

Module 3:  Data Management
  • Understanding and updating the data
    • Opening the Case file
    • Defining the Time Horizon
    • How to import data
    • Working with Time Effective Dates; mapping methods
    • Working with Production and Capacity Data; terminology, resources mapping
    • Operations; combining operations into classes, defining the base Operating Calendar, and defining exceptions to the base;  Operations reports, incorporating planned downtime
  • Navigating  Supply Planner user interfaces;
    • The Data Viewer
    • Using the Operations Details View

Module 4: Plan Generation
  • Control Settings for generating a plan
  • Setting up Demand & Inventory Data Controls
  • Selecting suitable Generate Plan Options
    • Model parameters, e.g. Demand options, capacity options,
    • Advanced Controls, e.g. Optimizer settings
  • Solution steps; how to use step-by-step  plan generation facilities, using the reports and log files

Module 5: Plan Analysis
  • Using the Summary Report Interface
  • Understanding the summary reports
    • Plan Summary
    • Profit, Activity, Cost, Transportation and Capacity Utilization summaries
    • Sales and Operations Planning  reports – volume by material summaries, materials balance reports, marginal supply costs
  • Analyzing a Supply Plan
  • Overview of plan analysis
    • Using Inventory Analysis reports
    • Demand Coverage calculations
    • Using the Shortage and Infeasibility Analysis tool
    • Using Bottleneck Analysis

Module 6: What-If Analysis
  • Using the Scenario manager to save delete and compare scenarios
  • Using solution overrides to generate a new plan

Module 7: Publishing the Plan
  • Exporting data from the Supply Planner

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Aspen Technology, Inc. awards Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for training classes conducted by our organization. One CEU is granted for every 10 hours of class participation.