Simulation and cost monitoring
Costs are a critical factor in every manufacturing and service environment. Whether optimising daily operations or planning long-term strategies, businesses often face multiple options for how, where, and when to produce. The PPC Simulation Cost Monitor provides the tools needed to evaluate these options through simulation, enabling cost transparency and informed decision-making.
Why choose PPC Simulation Cost Monitor?
Our solution allows planners to simulate different production scenarios and assess them using both real and imputed costs:
- Real costs: Direct costs such as set-up and processing costs stored in the master data.
- Imputed costs: Cost categories like storage or delay costs, evaluated using predefined weighting and key figure schemes.
This makes it possible to answer questions such as:
- What quantity should be produced?
- How and where should it be produced?
- At what cost and with what resources?
Key Features & Benefits
- Multiple simulation variants can be created, stored, and retrieved for visualisation and evaluation.
- Predefined values and flexible input parameters allow fast modelling of different planning alternatives.
Once a preferred scenario is selected and activated, it can trigger next steps directly:
- Integration with operational planning and the adoption of simulated plans
- Extraction of component requirements for critical parts, enabling forward-looking communication with suppliers
- Preparation of production resources: machines, personnel, tools, and more
- Seamlessly integrated into the SAP ERP planning environment
- Designed for use within ERP PP scenarios
- Compatible with other PPC modules (e.g. Sequencer, Rough-cut Dispatcher, Availability Check)
- Simulation of planning requirements using SAP planned requirement versions
- Full support for long-term planning scenarios in SAP ERP
- Cost simulation using customizable cost profiles (set-up, production, delay, storage)
- Evaluation based on different characteristics (production versions, resources, customers, etc.)
- Tight integration with PPC Sequencer (detailed planning) and PPC Rough-cut Dispatcher
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