From the reviews: "The authors present a unifying framework for illustrating the planning tasks an organization must perform, and discuss how an advanced planning system (APS) could help the organization cope with planning complexity. ... valuable to both beginning and experienced supply chain (optimization) consultants, and also to organizational staff who work in the planning function. ... this book can be instrumental in closing the gap between the theory and practice of supply chain planning." (Hein Fleuren, Interfaces, Vol. 43 (6), November-December, 2013)

• Preface.- Introduction (Hartmut Stadtler, Christopher Haub) - Part I.- 1 The Frutado Case 11 (Bernhard Fleischmann).- 2 Hierarchical Planning and the Supply Chain Planning Matrix (Hartmut Stadtler, Bernhard Fleischmann).- 3 SAP® APO - Module Matrix and General Principles (Christopher Sürie).- Part II.- 4 Demand Planning (DP) (Herbert Meyr).- 5 Master Planning - Supply Network Planning (Hartmut Stadtler).- 6 Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling (PP/DS) (Hartmut Stadtler, Christopher Sürie).- 7 Global Available-to-Promise (global ATP) (Bernhard Fleischmann, Sebastian Geier).- 8 Deployment (Martin Grunow, Poorya Farahani).- 9 Transportation Planning/Vehicle Scheduling (TP/VS) (Martin Grunow, Bryndís Stefánsdóttir).- Part III. - 10 Final Remarks (Hartmut Stadtler).- Index.- About Contributors.

From the reviews: "The authors present a unifying framework for illustrating the planning tasks an organization must perform, and discuss how an advanced planning system (APS) could help the organization cope with planning complexity. ... valuable to both beginning and experienced supply chain (optimization) consultants, and also to organizational staff who work in the planning function. ... this book can be instrumental in closing the gap between the theory and practice of supply chain planning." (Hein Fleuren, Interfaces, Vol. 43 (6), November-December, 2013)

• Preface.- Introduction (Hartmut Stadtler, Christopher Haub) - Part I.- 1 The Frutado Case 11 (Bernhard Fleischmann).- 2 Hierarchical Planning and the Supply Chain Planning Matrix (Hartmut Stadtler, Bernhard Fleischmann).- 3 SAP® APO - Module Matrix and General Principles (Christopher Sürie).- Part II.- 4 Demand Planning (DP) (Herbert Meyr).- 5 Master Planning - Supply Network Planning (Hartmut Stadtler).- 6 Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling (PP/DS) (Hartmut Stadtler, Christopher Sürie).- 7 Global Available-to-Promise (global ATP) (Bernhard Fleischmann, Sebastian Geier).- 8 Deployment (Martin Grunow, Poorya Farahani).- 9 Transportation Planning/Vehicle Scheduling (TP/VS) (Martin Grunow, Bryndís Stefánsdóttir).- Part III. - 10 Final Remarks (Hartmut Stadtler).- Index.- About Contributors.