THE USE OF SAP APO FOR OPTIMIZED PRODUCTION PLANNING IN THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY

Sodobna podjetja v vedno večjem konkurenčnem boju sledijo najmodernejši tehnologiji zaradi večjih zahtev kupcev in hitrega razvoja tehnologije. Pri tem poskušajo čim bolje ustreči željam kupcev, izboljšujejo kakovost proizvodov in storitev ter pri svojem poslovanju dosegajo nižje stroške. Uspešnost podjetja je odvisna od načrtovanja poslovanja in kontrole, ki pove, če se je izvedba približala planu, ali je gladko potekala s čim manj težavami ter čim boljšim izkoristkom. Obstoj podjetja je odvisen od proizvodnje. Cilji planiranja proizvodnje so ugotovitve, katere proizvode in kdaj in koliko jih proizvesti. Zaradi uporabe in razvoja novih tehnologij se povečuje obseg logističnih operacij, zato si mora uspešno podjetje nujno zagotoviti kakovostno in zanesljivo informacijsko podporo. Primer takšne podpore in tema moje diplome je informacijski sistem SAP R/3 oziroma njegov optimizacijski modul APO, ki je kot njegova nadgradnja vodilni sistem za planiranje proizvodnje.Modern businesses in a growing competitive struggle follow the most contemporary technology due to increasing customer demands and rapid development of technology. In doing so, they are trying to fulfill the wishes of their customers, improve the quality of their products and services at minimum possible cost. The success of companies depends on business planning and control, indicating whether the planned was achieved, with least possible difficulties. The existence of a company depends on the production. Goals of production planning are to determine, which products, when and how many to produce. Due to the use and development of new tehnologies, the amount logistics operations is increasing. So a successful company must ensure high quality and reliable information support. An example of such support and the topic of my diploma is the SAP R/3 information system, in particular its optimization modul APO, which being an upgrade to production planning represent a leading production planning system