• Production Planning
• MRP procedure
• DDMRP
• SAP Fashion Management Solution

This master thesis is based on a three-month internship at Accenture Spa, a leading global professional services company, and on the implementation project of SAP Fashion Management Solution in a company global leader in branded lifestyle apparel, footwear and accessories. In the context of the Production Planning module, the new fully custom tool MRP Cockpit has been conceived, designed and developed using a methodology made up of the combination of two innovative methods, the Agile for SAP method and the Design Thinking. These methods share some of their principles and goals and emphasize to put focus on the feedback and revise incrementally. Design Thinking takes an empathetic approach that puts the needs of users at the center of projects. It looks at the “why” of a problem with the aim of defining a solution that satisfies users’ real needs. Agile methods, instead, is focused on the “how” of project delivery, breaking up the planning and scope of work into smaller units. As projects develop, teams can make modifications based on real-time feedback from testing, iterating and continuously improving throughout the development process. Basically, when the Agile Method meets the Design Thinking, the why and how are incorporated. Finding the solution marks the border between problem (why) and solution (how) areas. In this project, the custom tool MRP Cockpit stands for the solution.
In this thesis, a literary review and context analysis about Production Planning and MRP procedure with a focus on Fashion Industry is available. Thus, after scanning what leads the so-called “conventional planning” turning into more today’s manufacturing landscape suitable models, the SAP Fashion Management Solution is analyzed, being compliant to the Demand Driven MRP, a dynamic and effective solution to answer the challenges of today’s manufacturing landscape. SAP FMS, conceived with the purpose of harmonizing the most critical processes for companies in the Fashion market, is described with a focus on the Production Planning module and MRP Cockpit. The tool is considered and defined as the custom tool that allows analysis and update of the MRP elements and results, offering both an aggregated and detailed view. The MRP Cockpit has been conceived as an MRP-related tool, by which MRP results are analyzed and handled according to planners’ needs.
Although designed as a custom tool, with the right adjustments to the new client business process in the planning module, the MRP Cockpit is supposed to become a standard SAP tool in the context of the Production Planning module in SAP Fashion Management Solution.