SAP® IBP
Overview
SAP® Integrated Business Planning for Supply Chain meet future demand profitably with SAP® Integrated Business Planning for Supply Chain (SAP IBP). Powered by SAP® HANA in-memory technology, this cloud-based solution combines sales and operations planning (S&OP), forecasting and demand, response and supply, demand-driven replenishment, and inventory planning. Take advantage of powerful supply chain analytics, what-if simulations, alerts, and more to stay ahead of change and improve responsiveness.
Sales & Operations Planning
Sales and operations planning for balancing demand and supply and providing visibility, what-if scenarios using "real time" information, and embedded communication, and analytics. Measure actual performance against plans and monitor for future misalignment between operational and strategic plans.
Demand Management and Forecasting
Demand planning, sensing, and forecasting: Combine multiple demand signals with statistical forecasts and collaborate to create accurate demand plans. Refine short-term forecasts to drive better fulfillment and inventory reduction.
Inventory Planning & Optimization
Establish optimal inventory targets that enable you to maximize profits, while ensuring customer service levels. Efficiently position inventory and drive S&OP decisions to inventory target recommendations for planners.
Response & Supply Planning
Generate feasible supply plans to meet demand with accurate inventory targets and efficient capacity utilization. Model across locations and multilevel bills of material to cover the entire supply chain network.
Demand-driven Replenishment
Tame supply-chain variability and improve material flow by following techniques for demand-driven material requirements planning (DDMRP). Minimize the impact of incorrect forecasts on your replenishment strategy and buffer supply and demand uncertainty through decoupling points across the supply chain.
Control Tower
Supply Chain Control Tower enables end-to-end visibility across the extended supply chain, Detect, Analyze and Act with intelligent exception management, identifying issues quickly with customer alerts, providing context and priority information.