I have worked on a number of project that required connection planing systems to SAP. This requires integration. The documents attached here deal with SAP integration.
Logistics Information System for SAP Integration
This paper describes integration to external planning system using the LIS Structure
LIS Structure of SAP Integration
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XML for SAP Integration
Written at the height of technological hype cycle regarding XML, this paper explained how XML could be used as the integration document to facilitate communication between a planning system and SAP ECC.
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Integration Diagrams
SAP Integration with External Planning System Through Operational Data Store
Shows the data flow with SAP, external planning systems, client legacy, all moving through an Operational Data Store. There are different opinions on whether an integration database is a help or a hindrance.
sapplanningintegrationwods.pdf
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Planning System Integration Document
This is a complex technical integration diagram which shows successive loops through the system, or sequences of data as they iterate through the entire planning and execution systems.
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Demand History Integration to Demand Planning System Document
When a demand planning system is installed, it must use demand history data from the legacy system. This document describes an integration of demand history through an ODS (Operational Data Store).
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Creating a New Material
This demonstrates how a new material flows through ECC (R/3) as well as SCM (APO)
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