Case study instructions

• Please observe and follow the instructor introduction to the case studies in each of the PowerPoint decks.

• The sequence of exercises in this UI may be different than the sequence the instructor may indicate to you. Please follow the sequence indicated by the instructor.

• Bonus exercises are exercises that students can practice on their own, if there is time permitting.

Supply chain management case studies

Case study 1A: Advanced product information features

• This case study will cover the product information management modules.

  • You will be using the USMF legal entity.

  • You will be the SCM Functional consultant helping in activating formulas for product types, setup commodity price calculations and catch weight items.

Case study 1B: Product configuration

• This case study will cover the product configurations.

  • You will be using the USMF legal entity.

  • You will be the SCM Functional consultant helping in product configuration models, attributes an subcomponents.

Case study 1C: Engineering change management

• This case study will cover the engineering change management module.

  • You will be using the DEMF legal entity.

  • You will be the SCM Functional consultant guide the Product Manager with engineering attributes to define and capture non-standard product characteristics.

Case study 2: Production prerequisite

• This case study will cover the production prerequisites.

  • You will be using the USMF legal entity.

  • You will be the SCM Functional consultant helping to streamline production controls, create BOMs, operations, and relation assignments.

Case study 3A: Discrete manufacturing

• This case study will cover discrete manufacturing processes.

  • You will be using the USMF and DEMF legal entities.

  • You will be the SCM Functional consultant helping the create discrete production orders for manufacturing execution.

Case study 3B: Process manufacturing

• This case study will cover process manufacturing processes.

  • You will be using the USMF and DEMF legal entities.

  • You will be the SCM Functional consultant helping the create discrete production orders for manufacturing execution.

Case study 3C: Lean manufacturing

• This case study will cover lean manufacturing processes.

  • You will be using the USMF legal entity.

  • You will be the SCM Functional consultant helping value stream manager create value stream.

Case study 4: Master planning

• This case study will cover master planning.

  • You will be using the SRHQ and USP2 legal entities.

  • You will be the SCM Functional consultant helping create planned orders, production schedules from master planning runs, and intercompany planning in our scenarios.

Case study 5: Subcontracting

• This case study will cover subcontracting.

  • You will be using the USMF legal entity.

  • You will be the SCM Functional consultant helping with vendor collaboration.

Case study 6: Create and process Rebate management

• This case study will cover the rebate management module.

  • You will be using the USMF legal entity.

  • You will be the SCM Functional consultant helping manage rebates and rebate deals with source transactions.

Case study 7: Create and process Service management

• This case study will cover the service management module.

  • You will be using the USMF legal entity.

  • You will be the SCM Functional consultant helping setup service orders from sales orders and service agreements.