A friend asked me to explain the primary differences in how Oracle Advanced Supply Chain Planning (ASCP) supports Oracle Process Manufacturing (OPM) vs. Discrete manufacturing. I thought this might be of general interest, so I am reposting part of my response here…

The Oracle Applications User Group has just formed a new Special Interest Group (SIG) to meet the needs of Demantra Demand Management users. I spoke to Jim Wilson, the SIG chairperson, this week about this group…

Bob Smith, Oracle Corporation, and Kevin Creel, Agile Planning Group, provided a presentation to OAUG’s SCC SIG on March 6, 2007. This session will explain the new Oracle Advanced Planning Suite features introduced in Release 12 with a special emphasis on the enhancements for Distribution Planning.

Kevin Creel provided a presentation to OAUG’s SCC SIG on December 6, 2006. This presentation was similar to the one provided at Oracle Open World, but focused exclusively on the supply chain planning topics.

Kevin Creel of Agile Planning Group LLC provided a manufacturing applications presentation at Oracle Open World on October 25, 2006. The presentation topic was “Managing Configured Products in a Complex Supply Chain: A Customer Case Study.”