Implementing Aspen Supply Planner

To provide an introduction to the Aspen Supply Chain Planner application. Emphasis is placed on learning how to use Aspen Supply Chain Planner to solve production and distribution planning problems and improve modeling decisions. The course is an overview of the nature of supply planning, and the business benefits it provides.

Audience:

Business Modelers and Analysts interested in:
  • Configuring their own Supply Planner models
  • Maintaining an existing implementation.
  • Extending an existing implementation.

Training Details

  • Course Id:

    SM912

  • Duration:

    2.5 day(s)

  • CEUs Awarded:

    1.8

  • Level:

    Introductory

Benefits

  • Be able to support an existing implementation of the Supply Planner
  • Gain an implementer’s perspective to modeling decisions that must get made when setting up the Supply Planner
  • Save time and effort in initial or change implementation through being able to avoid the most common pitfalls of the implementation process

Approach

  • A complete run-through of setting up all functionality within the Aspen Supply Planner tool
  • Basic examples and exercises explain how to setup  data maintenance, model generation, model optimization, scenario creation, and structured scenario analysis
  • Modular approach; each section is discussed in a “cookbook” type fashion
  • Learning takes place through a series of PowerPoint based lecture sessions reinforced by practical hands-on sessions and demonstrations

Pre-requisites

Attend "Configuring Aspen Supply Chain Management Applications" training course

Agenda

Modules 1 thru 7:  Overview & Review of Major Functionality
Modules covered in detail in the “Using Aspen Supply Planner” training course are briefly reviewed in order to provide a common starting point. These include:
  •    Module 1: Introduction to Aspen Supply Planner
  •    Module 2: Supply Planner Functionality Overview
  •    Module 3: Data Management
  •    Module 4: Plan Generation
  •    Module 5: Plan Analysis
  •    Module 6: What-If Analysis
  •    Module 7: Publishing the Plan

Module 8: Supply Planner Configuration: Basic Set-Up
  • Overview of all components necessary to install Aspen Supply Planner
  • The role of Aspen SCM Library Cases
    • Setting up a library case
    • Working with Remote Sets/Tables
    • The Library Manager tool
    • Upgrading Libraries
    • Methods of accessing on-line help

Module 9: Defining Time Periods and Specifying Optimizer
  • Explanation of configurable tables and screens pertaining to the time period structure
  • How to specify the correct optimizer, use of 3rd party optimizers

Module 10: Data Structure Propagation
  • How to use data structure propagation to maintain control tables that establish dependencies between set and table definitions
  • Using a library routine to update code and description widths of sets and character lengths of tables based on dependencies

Module 11: Data Import
  • Explanation of the data import process
  • How to configure the data import process

Module 12: Procedure Control
  • Purpose of procedure control feature from CAPs Data Management Library
  • Configuration of procedure control; procedure groups and correct use of  user exit routines
  • Exercise: Applying Your Skills :Extended hands-on exercise applying and combining skills and knowledge gained so far

Module 13: Data Conversion
  • Use and configuration of  the generic data conversion routines
  • How time effective mappings are handled in the generic data conversion

Module 14: Mastering the Data Viewer
  • Displaying and configuring new tables in the Data Viewer
  • Cleaning the data viewer for a table, adding new attributes, and Creating View Type sets
  • Modifying data display options
  • Switching Data Viewer Progress Meter

Module 15: Workspace Controls and Role-based Trees
  • Workspace control structures
  • Altering default views for user requirements
  • Setting up and using role-based tree menus

Module 16: Configuring Maps
  • Understanding map controls in the supply planner
  • Creating map locations
  • Adding new maps

Module 17: Scenarios
  • Scenario manager structures
  • Configuring scenario parameters
  • Updating the sets/tables stored in each scenario file

Module 18: Data Export
  • Understanding the data export process
  • How to configure data to be exported

Module 19: Model Parameters
  • Modifying  data control parameters
  • Configuring model parameters
  • How to configure solver parameters

Module 20: Advanced Report Configuration
  • Configuring Summary Reports

Module 21: Modifying the Formulation
  • How changes to the LP formulation impact other Supply Planner structures

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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.