Comparison APO PP/DS versus SAP S/4 HANA PP/DS. What is the different?

In this blog, I want present a main difference between APO versus SAP S/4 HANA

BACKGROUND:

Recently, I took a part in one interview with a customer from Poland ( due to war in my native Ukraine a lot of companies have frozen SAP projects), and during the conversation, I was asked about the difference between PP/DS in APO and SAP S/4 HANA. After that meeting, I spend a lot of time investigating this topic. Here I published my review.

BUSINESS CASE:

Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling (PPDS) is the production planning part of SAP APO that is now integrated into SAP S/4HANA from 1610-on-premise. The migration of PP/DS to SAP S/4HANA comes with simplifications in CIF infrastructure for the master. Since 1610- on-premise, PP/DS functionality in SAP S/4 HANA is developing and the next releases come with some upgrades and improvements of functionalities.

INTRODUCTION TO PP/DS – APO versus SAP S/4 HANA:

I was trying to include in the table all-important differences with comments, but without deep dive into architecture. Here are the most important things which are needed for business and supply chain overall point of you.

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IMPORTANT REFERENCES:

1610 – On-premise

• 2372590 – Simplification List: Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling for SAP S/4HANA 1610
• 2382787 –  Restrictions and Implementation Recommendations for Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling for SAP S/4HANA 1610

1709 – On-Premise

• 2496856 – Restrictions and Implementation Recommendations for Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling for SAP S/4HANA 1709
• 2496628 – Release Information Note: Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling for SAP S/4HANA 1709

1809 – On-Premise

• 2666947 – Restrictions and Implementation Recommendations for Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling for SAP S/4HANA 1809
• 2674523 – Release Information Note: Monitor Capacity Utilization app, Production Scheduling Board app on SAP Fiori for SAP S/4HANA 1809\
•  2712349 – Best practices for implementation of Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling for SAP S/4HANA 1709 and 1809

1909 – On-Premise

• 2841072 – Simplification List: Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling for SAP S/4HANA 1909
• 2841107 – Release Information Note: Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling for SAP S/4HANA 1909

2020 – On-Premise

• 2952988 – Restrictions and Implementation Recommendations for Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling in SAP S/4HANA 2020
• 2963990 – Release Information Note: Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling for SAP S/4HANA 2020
• 2434851 – How to setup Advanced Planning (PPDS) in S/4 HANA (CIF Basic Setup)

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