Setting Up ASCP

Hardware configuration:
The first step in the setup process is to decide on the overall hardware configuration and this depends totally on the volume of data which is the system going to process and plan.

We can also call it as Centralized and De-centralized based on the EBS and VCP box whether lying on same box or different boxes.

One-Machine Implementation:

Two-Machine Implementation:

Three-Machine Implementation:

Four Machine Implementation:

Process related in setting up Source and Destination Instances:

Setup Steps for the Source:

1. Install the required patches on the source instance.
2. Create database link on the source instance which would connect to the planning instance, later this database link will be used during setting up instances in planning server.

            Profile Option Name : MRP: ATP Database Link

3. Create Advanced Supply Chain Planner responsibilities in the source instance

             related to the collections process.

4. Run the Create Planning Flexfields in source instance through Advanced Supply Chain Planner responsibility.

           The Create Planning Flexfields concurrent program creates new segment definitions

            in existing descriptive flexfields to hold data that may be required for constrained

            and/or optimized planning. The program also populates profile values with the

            value corresponding to the descriptive flexfield attribute number for each attribute

            (planning parameter) created.

5. Execute the refresh snapshot Advanced Supply Chain Planner.

Setup Steps for the Destination:

1. Install the destination patches on the destination instance.
2. For the Source instance connection, create a database link pointing to each source, this will be given in instance setups.
3. Define the source instances in MSC Instances.
4. Also setup the organizations in the source instance setups for which planning is required. Note : make sure to add the Master Organization.
5. Run the Collections.