Hi, I am Martin Rowan, and in today's dynamic business world, many organizations rely on SAP to manage rising customer demands, shifting market dynamics, and the complexity of global supply chains. Yet, despite SAP's comprehensive functionality, its full potential often remains untapped. For over 30 years, we've led the charge in maximizing SAP's capabilities, and this journey has revealed a startling fact. Most organizations use less than 35 percent of SAP's capabilities. While the reasons may vary, there is always a common hurdle, a lack of targeted SAP training for the business user. This is where we step in. Our mission is to bridge the training gap, unlock SAP's complete potential for you, your team, and your organization. Imagine boosting process efficiencies by 25%, increasing service levels by as much as 20%, and reducing [00:01:00] inventories by 15%. With the right SAP knowledge, these results are possible. Welcome to Reveal TV, SAP's supply chain training that unlocks the most powerful features through expert led, concise demonstrations. Our easy to understand video content ensures you fully grasp each SAP function and feature. Collaborating with leading customers, Reveal TV zeroes in on the most sought after aspects of SAP ECC and S/4HANA. Our library is constantly growing, reflecting endless possibilities to fully harness the power of SAP. Plus, our AI driven video recommendations mean you spend less time searching and more time learning. So, join the Reveal TV community, and as a member, collaborate and enhance your company's supply chain performance. Together, let's revolutionize how you get the most out of SAP.
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Hi, supply chain friends, Martin here, and in today's video we're not just scratching the surface, we're going to deep dive and unlock and reveal the hidden value in your SAP system. Ready for this journey? Okay, let's get going. In this video, we're going to explore the ABC indicator and how to put it to best use. So Monique, why don't you tell us a bit about what to do about the ABC indicator and how best to use it in our supply chain. Well, Martin, when I was running my warehouse I used the ABC indicator to drive our cycle count program. It is one of the tools that supports grouping and segmentation to drive focus and attention based on the use, importance, or velocity of that particular material. Now there are actually two ABC indicators. The one I mentioned that relates to warehouse ops and the one that I used was the MRP 1 tab. SAP can actually help us to set or determine values for either, but today I am going to focus on the one in the MRP view, which is used for material selection, reporting, and analysis. Many people are unaware that SAP does this, so I'm looking forward to this one. So let's dig in. Now, I mentioned that there are two ABC indicators. The one folks tend to be most familiar with is the one that drives the cycle count program. But have you ever noticed that there is also one on the MRP 1 view? Let's go take a look. I'm going to go into the material master for this guide by double clicking on the material number. Here we go, and you can see this is the field. Now this field, unlike the other ABC indicator that controls the cycle counting program, this one is for informational and reporting purposes only. It's very powerful information and we can use it in a number of ways for decision making and cadence of activities in particular. It requires a regular review and maintenance. Now, did you know that SAP can help you both evaluate and update the ABC indicator? Yeah, it's pretty awesome, and you actually have two options for how to review and determine what that ABC indicator should be. You can look at either usage or requirements. So, backwards based on historical consumption, or forward looking based on expected future volumes. Let's head over here and take a look.
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