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WHAT IS SAP INTEGRATED BUSINESS PLANNING?

SAP supports supply chain management with Integrated Business Planning, the
company's real-time cloud-based supply chain planning platform supporting demand
response, supply planning and inventory management oriented features, with
supply chain analytics to support decisioning.

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SAP INTEGRATED BUSINESS PLANNING GREAT TO USE

Rating: 8 out of 10

November 12, 2024
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use SAP Integrated Business Planning for all Budget process and so far the
users can do a lot based on the options offered by SAP. We use complex
calculations to cover the ...
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Verified user
Manager
8 years of experience


IBP STRENGTH AND OPPORTUNITIES.

Rating: 5 out of 10

October 7, 2024
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
The platform is used for component material delivery, manufacturing, delivery to
warehouse, and deployment to customers.
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Verified user
Analyst
2 years of experience


SAP INTEGRATED BUSINESS PLANNING IN FOCUS

Rating: 10 out of 10

September 30, 2024
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
SAP Integrated Business Planning optimizes supply chain planning, improves
demand forecasting, reduces inventory costs, and enhances overall operational
efficiency for busines...
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Siddhartha Saxena
Employee - Information Technology
Software Engineer
Wipro
3 years of experience
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SAP INTEGRATED BUSINESS PLANNING TO SOLVE BUSINESS CHALLENGES

Rating: 9 out of 10

September 30, 2024
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We are using SAP Integrated Business Planning to build our business plan for the
next 18 to 24 months. We are SAP IBp to support our demand forecasting, supply
planning , inve...
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Verified user
Director
5 years of experience


SAP INTEGRATED BUSINESS PLANNING REVIEW

Rating: 9 out of 10

September 30, 2024
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Using SAP Integrated Business Planning, we are able to improve our Demand
planning processes and optimize the inventory levels.
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Verified user
Consultant
8 years of experience


ACCELERATE SCALABILITY WITH SAP INTEGRATED BUSINESS PLANNING

Rating: 7 out of 10

August 5, 2024
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We have implemented SAP Integrated Business Planning for demand planning and
supply planning processes for multiple business units. The goal for the
implementation was to have...
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Verified user
Manager
3 years of experience


TRANSFORMING S&OP WITH SAP IBP

Rating: 8 out of 10

May 20, 2024
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP) to revolutionize our sales and
operation processes at a global planning level. In a prior life, all of our
demand and supply plan...
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Verified user
Project Manager
2 years of experience


SAP INTEGRATED BUSINESS PLANNING — CREATING A COLLABORATIVE, EASY-TO-USE
INTEGRATED PLANNING SOLUTION

Rating: 7 out of 10

March 22, 2024
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use it to ensure synchronization of Op, Strat and Financial Plans. For our OP
plans we (are trying) using it for true top-down, bottom-up planning.
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Verified user
Executive
1 year of experience


SAP INTEGRATED BUSINESS PLANNING REVIEW

Rating: 7 out of 10

March 21, 2024
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Integrating Financial plan with S&OP plan
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Verified user
Consultant
13 years of experience


IMPLEMENTING SAP INTEGRATED BUSINESS PLANNING IN OTHER COMPANIES

Rating: 4 out of 10

March 21, 2024
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I am part of a consulting firm that implements SAP Integrated Business Planning
in other companies.
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Verified user
Consultant
5 years of experience


SAP

Rating: 7 out of 10

March 20, 2024
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We have used IBP towards Supply Chain Planning and Demand PLanning areas
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Manager
3 years of experience


SAP IBP REVIEW

Rating: 8 out of 10

March 20, 2024
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We are implementing as of now to improve on supply chain related issues
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Verified user
Manager
1 year of experience


IBP IS STILL IN GOOD CONDITION BUT COULD BE EXPANDED BY USABILITY

Rating: 9 out of 10

November 15, 2023
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
we use the IBP to condiuct sales and operations planning as well to sustain the
stability of the entire supplz chain. In particular the demand sensing
functionality provided u...
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Verified user
Director
2 years of experience


FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH IBP

Rating: 8 out of 10

November 14, 2023
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I worked on the definition of the architecture and on the implementation of IBP.
Our main issues is the use of the excel addon, we have a problem with
authentication security....
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Cedric Curtan
Consultant - Information Technology
SAP technical architect
Airbus Atlantic
1 year of experience


CONNECTION BETWEEN PEOPLE, TECHNOLOGY AND PROCESSES.

Rating: 10 out of 10

November 14, 2023
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
SAP IBP in our organization is used for having a 360° vision of our business,
from product creation to sales monitoring and other KPIs monitoring. In my
personal experience, I...
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Project Manager
2 years of experience
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REVIEWER PROS & CONS

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>  * Standard distribution based on reference data
>  * Inventory planning

Verified User
Manager in Information Technology
Industrial Automation Company, 10,001+ employees
>  * Setting inventory targets and meeting the targets.
>  * Enable new features based on the base module (not newer modules like
>    order-based planning).

Verified User
Analyst in Other
Biotechnology Company, 10,001+ employees
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FEATURES


SUPPLY CHAIN PLANNING

Integrating the activities of different parties throughout the supply chain, and
monitoring external and internal conditions that may affect the production of
goods.

Show Features
7.2
Avg 7.3
 * 6.3
   Custom alerts
   (25) Ratings
   
   Real-time alerts of supply chain activity such as shipping status or
   problems.

 * 8.1
   Scenario-based planning
   (26) Ratings
   
   Software that allows users to run simulations for different scenarios, based
   on changes in circumstances like level of demand, in order to plan for all
   likely outcomes.

 * 7.8
   Resource optimization
   (23) Ratings
   
   Ability to allocate resources/materials across the supply chain in the most
   efficient way.

 * 6.3
   Supply forecasting
   (24) Ratings
   
   Ability to use past and current data on producers, suppliers, and
   international trade to predict what trends might impact supply in the future.

 * 7.1
   Capacity estimation
   (20) Ratings
   
   Ability to determine how much production capacity is needed to produce a
   specific product at scale to meet demand needs.

 * 7.3
   Employee allocation
   (1) Ratings
   
   Allocation of employees within supply chain operations in the most efficient
   way.

 * 7.5
   Supply network coordination
   (19) Ratings
   
   Improving supply chain performance by aligning the plans and objectives of
   each partner in the supply chain (e.g. producers and transportation and
   logistics).


PROCUREMENT MANAGEMENT

Overseeing the activities of the purchasing department of the company.

Show Features
8.4
Avg 7.4
 * 8.7
   Raw material sourcing
   (2) Ratings
   
   Utilizing cost information to manage the sourcing of raw materials in the
   most cost effective way.

 * 8
   Supply market analysis
   (2) Ratings
   
   Identifying specific market characteristics for specific goods to enhance
   procurement strategies.

 * 7.8
   Cost analysis
   (2) Ratings
   
   Ability to run cost analysis and create reports.

 * 9.1
   Expense Logging
   (1) Ratings
   
   Ability to record and store information about expenses incurred from
   purchasing materials and labor.


ORDER FULFILLMENT MANAGEMENT

Overseeing the process that takes a product from sale to delivery.

Show Features
8.1
Avg 7.9
 * 8.2
   Order fulfillment optimization
   (1) Ratings
   
   Ability to make the order fulfillment process as efficient as possible by
   bundling orders, selecting specific delivery times etc..

 * 7.3
   Return services
   (1) Ratings
   
   Software that takes care of the returns process.

 * 7.3
   Purchase order generation
   (1) Ratings
   
   Ability to produce purchase orders after a sale has been made.

 * 8.2
   Purchase order tracking
   (1) Ratings
   
   Ability to tack customer's orders and pinpoint their location.

 * 8.7
   Supplier delivery scheduling
   (2) Ratings
   
   Software that creates supplier delivery appointments.

 * 9.1
   Pricing and product configurations generation
   (1) Ratings
   
   Ability to generate pricing and product configurations for customers.


LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

The activities surrounding the movement of goods from one manufacturing stage to
the next and then onto the final consumer.

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8
Avg 7.3
 * 7.3
   Packaging
   (1) Ratings
   
   Packaging of materials or products.

 * 8.2
   Delivery planning
   (1) Ratings
   
   The orchestration of delivery planning across different transportation
   channels such as overseas, road, or air travel.

 * 8.2
   Route optimization
   (1) Ratings
   
   Ability to use prior delivery data and information about current travel
   conditions to pick the most efficient route.

 * 7.3
   Shipping performance
   (1) Ratings
   
   Monitoring of shipping performance.

 * 9.1
   Fleet management
   (1) Ratings
   
   Management of a fleet of vehicles (usually trucks) used to transport goods.


WAREHOUSE & INVENTORY MANAGEMENT

Monitoring and management of warehouse and inventory activities.

Show Features
8.3
Avg 7.9
 * 8.2
   Automation of warehouse operations
   (1) Ratings
   
   Ability to automate certain warehouse tasks such as restocking.

 * 8.2
   Inventory storage
   (1) Ratings
   
   Monitoring of current inventory storage.

 * 7.3
   Stock monitoring
   (2) Ratings
   
   Ability to monitory inventory levels across one or multiple warehouses.

 * 8.2
   Inventory tracking
   (1) Ratings
   
   Ability to track products through the supply chain and delivery processes
   using either bar codes, serial numbers, or RFID.

 * 9.1
   Warehouse asset management
   (2) Ratings
   
   Monitoring of company assets.

 * 8.9
   Inventory and price forecasting
   (2) Ratings
   
   Forecasting price changes and future inventory needs.


DEMAND MANAGEMENT

Monitoring and reporting on market demand conditions.

Show Features
7.4
Avg 7.3
 * 7.2
   Demand signal sensing
   (22) Ratings
   
   Using current demand indicators (including supply chain data) to create a
   forecast of future demand.

 * 8.4
   Demand forecasting
   (26) Ratings
   
   Similar to demand sensing, but draws on more historical data to create a
   forecast of future demand.

 * 7.3
   Customer analytics
   (21) Ratings
   
   Ability to analyze customer data and produce reports.

 * 7.5
   Inventory stock optimization
   (19) Ratings
   
   Using price and inventory forecasting to optimize inventory stock levels.

 * 7.7
   Sales and operations planning
   (25) Ratings
   
   Ability to plan future sales and operations based off of current and
   historical data.

 * 6.5
   Pricing and promotion tracking
   (18) Ratings
   
   Ability to track promotion campaigns (this may be used more by retailers).

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PRODUCT DETAILS

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 * Competitors
 * Tech Details
 * Downloadables
 * FAQs


WHAT IS SAP INTEGRATED BUSINESS PLANNING?

A software solution that helps users respond to new market expectations with
real-time supply chain planning capabilities, and fulfill future demand .
Powered by in-memory computing technology within SAP HANA, this cloud-based
solution combines capabilities for sales and operations, demand, response and
supply planning, and inventory optimization. - Cloud deployment - Real-time
scenarios and simulation - Social collaboration - Predictive Analytics


Key Capabilities: Offers end-to-end visibility of the supply chain, decision
support, and supports corrective action through integration with SAP Supply
Chain Control Tower. It provides demand transparency with short-term, mid-term,
and long-term forecasting, and capabilities for demand sensing and statistical
forecasting. It is used in the attempt to establish optimal inventory targets
that enable the business to maximize profits, while leaving a buffer to help
meet unexpected demand, and to deliver a cross-departmental sales and operations
plan that balances inventory, service levels, and profitability. Users can
optimize resourcing efficiency by creating supply plans based on prioritized
demands, allocations, and supply chain constraints.


Key Benefits: Users can get up and running quickly with SAP Integrated Business
Planning by using preconfigured process templates for an accelerated
implementation. Employees user experience is supported with SAP Fiori, with
planning and simulation capabilities based on Microsoft Excel. Users can
optimize resource efficiency by creating supply plans based on prioritized
demands, allocations, and supply chain constraints.

CategoriesDemand PlanningSupply Chain VisibilitySupply Chain Management


SAP INTEGRATED BUSINESS PLANNING FEATURES

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SUPPLY CHAIN PLANNING FEATURES

About Supply Chain Planning Features
 * Supported: Custom alertsAbout Custom alerts
 * Supported: Scenario-based planningAbout Scenario-based planning
 * Supported: Resource optimizationAbout Resource optimization
 * Supported: Supply forecastingAbout Supply forecasting
 * Supported: Capacity estimationAbout Capacity estimation
 * Supported: Supply network coordinationAbout Supply network coordination

DEMAND MANAGEMENT FEATURES

About Demand Management Features
 * Supported: Demand signal sensingAbout Demand signal sensing
 * Supported: Demand forecastingAbout Demand forecasting
 * Supported: Customer analyticsAbout Customer analytics
 * Supported: Inventory stock optimizationAbout Inventory stock optimization
 * Supported: Sales and operations planningAbout Sales and operations planning
 * Supported: Pricing and promotion trackingAbout Pricing and promotion tracking


SAP INTEGRATED BUSINESS PLANNING SCREENSHOTS




SAP INTEGRATED BUSINESS PLANNING VIDEOS

Watch This overview video shows what happens when planners are able to weigh in
and share their perspectives and impact during every phase of the manufacturing
process

Watch Cascades was able to respond quickly when product demand shifted
dramatically across three business units due to the spread of the COVID-19
pandemic with the help of SAP Integrated Business Planning for Supply Chain

Watch How global business leaders like Cargill, HP, Merck, and Syngenta have
helped developing SAP IBP – a cloud solution with a user interface, that is
linking supply chain planning with real-time visibility, response and execution.
The software is foundational for digital business transformation and a
synchronized planning approach.

Watch Short overview video


SAP INTEGRATED BUSINESS PLANNING COMPETITORS

 * Blue Yonder Luminate Planning
 * Kinaxis RapidResponse
 * E2open


SAP INTEGRATED BUSINESS PLANNING TECHNICAL DETAILS

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-BasedOperating
SystemsUnspecifiedMobile ApplicationNoSupported CountriesGlobal


SAP INTEGRATED BUSINESS PLANNING DOWNLOADABLES

 * Customer references from various industries about SAP IBP for Supply Chain
 * How SAP IBP helps to build a sustainable supply chain
 * SAP IBP for Supply Chain Overview Brochure


FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

WHAT IS SAP INTEGRATED BUSINESS PLANNING?

SAP supports supply chain management with Integrated Business Planning, the
company's real-time cloud-based supply chain planning platform supporting demand
response, supply planning and inventory management oriented features, with
supply chain analytics to support decisioning.

WHAT ARE SAP INTEGRATED BUSINESS PLANNING'S TOP COMPETITORS?

Blue Yonder Luminate Planning, Kinaxis RapidResponse, and E2open are common
alternatives for SAP Integrated Business Planning.

WHAT IS SAP INTEGRATED BUSINESS PLANNING'S BEST FEATURE?

Reviewers rate Demand forecasting highest, with a score of 8.4.

WHO USES SAP INTEGRATED BUSINESS PLANNING?

The most common users of SAP Integrated Business Planning are from Enterprises
(1,001+ employees).
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COMMUNITY INSIGHTS

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Efficient Enterprise Collaboration: Users have consistently lauded the platform
for its seamless facilitation of collaboration across different departments,
leading to improved productivity and communication within the organization. This
streamlined collaboration has enabled teams to work more effectively together,
enhancing overall operational efficiency.

Historical Data Features: Users have appreciated the ability to garner both
snapshot views and historical data, this is especially useful in scenario
modeling.

Valuable IBP Integration: Customers have expressed appreciation for the
integration with IBP, citing it as a valuable asset for enhancing planning
processes and ensuring smooth data integration throughout the system. By
seamlessly integrating IBP functionalities, users can optimize their planning
activities and achieve greater efficiency in decision-making processes.

Need for Better Scalability and Integration: Several users have pointed out the
need for better scalability and integration with Office365 in SAP IBP. They feel
that these aspects could be improved to enhance overall performance.

Lack of User-Friendliness and Demand Planning Features: Users have expressed
dissatisfaction with the software's user-friendliness and have suggested a focus
on demand planning features. This feedback indicates a desire for a more
intuitive experience tailored towards planning needs.

Complexity in Data Interface and Customization Options: Some users have raised
concerns about the complexity of the data interface and customization options in
SAP IBP. They feel that simplifying these aspects would make the software more
accessible and easier to use.


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SAP INTEGRATED BUSINESS PLANNING GREAT TO USE

Rating: 8 out of 10

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November 12, 2024

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Manager in Information Technology
Industrial Automation Company, 10,001+ employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
8 years of experience

USE CASES AND DEPLOYMENT SCOPE

We use SAP Integrated Business Planning for all Budget process and so far the
users can do a lot based on the options offered by SAP. We use complex
calculations to cover the complex requirements. This tool is being used for more
than 6 years and it"s quite stable .


PROS

 * Standard distribution based on reference data
 * Complex calculations with FOX
 * Repost functions
 * Integration with SAP Afo workbooks

CONS

 * Sales Budget
 * Inventory planning

LIKELIHOOD TO RECOMMEND

Inventory Budget
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IBP STRENGTH AND OPPORTUNITIES.

Rating: 5 out of 10

Incentivized
October 07, 2024

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Verified User
Analyst in Other
Biotechnology Company, 10,001+ employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
2 years of experience

USE CASES AND DEPLOYMENT SCOPE

The platform is used for component material delivery, manufacturing, delivery to
warehouse, and deployment to customers.

PROS

 * Manufacturing planning.
 * Setting inventory targets and meeting the targets.
 * Getting the demand and supply on the same page.

CONS

 * Graphic visualization of high-level supply and demand at the country level,
   showing planning levels, and major KFs.
 * The platform should be easy to use, such as showing the KF definition as an
   attribute and enabling trace and tracking of dependencies among KF.
 * We need to enable incremental changes in metrics in different scenarios.
 * Enable new features based on the base module (not newer modules like
   order-based planning).
 * The optimizer result should show influential drivers in descending orders per
   metric.

LIKELIHOOD TO RECOMMEND

It is a robust planning tool but not easy to use.
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SAP INTEGRATED BUSINESS PLANNING IN FOCUS

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized
September 30, 2024

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Siddhartha Saxena
Software Engineer
Wipro (Information Technology & Services, 10,001+ employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
3 years of experience

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USE CASES AND DEPLOYMENT SCOPE

SAP Integrated Business Planning optimizes supply chain planning, improves
demand forecasting, reduces inventory costs, and enhances overall operational
efficiency for businesses.

PROS

 * Forecasting
 * Planning
 * Supply Orchestration

CONS

 * Interface
 * Performance
 * Cost and Licensing

LIKELIHOOD TO RECOMMEND

good is: Planning, Operations Planning,PharmaceuticalLess good can be: Small
Businesses with Limited Budgets,A company in an industry where data
infrastructure and digital maturity are minimal.
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SAP INTEGRATED BUSINESS PLANNING TO SOLVE BUSINESS CHALLENGES

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized
September 30, 2024

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Verified User
Director in Other
Paper & Forest Products Company, 10,001+ employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
5 years of experience

USE CASES AND DEPLOYMENT SCOPE

We are using SAP Integrated Business Planning to build our business plan for the
next 18 to 24 months. We are SAP IBp to support our demand forecasting, supply
planning , inventory optimization and our S&OP process.

PROS

 * Mid long term planning plan
 * Analytics on all IPB component
 * Demand forecasting statistical modeling

CONS

 * Short term supply planning with capacity constraints
 * Inventory optimization with capacity constraints
 * Ease to maintain master data

LIKELIHOOD TO RECOMMEND

Mid long term plannnig with high level capacity constraints is good. It need
improvement to replace PPDS detail scheduling or production sequence constraints
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SAP INTEGRATED BUSINESS PLANNING REVIEW

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized
September 30, 2024

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Verified User
Consultant in Information Technology
Transportation/Trucking/Railroad Company, 5001-10,000 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
8 years of experience

USE CASES AND DEPLOYMENT SCOPE

Using SAP Integrated Business Planning, we are able to improve our Demand
planning processes and optimize the inventory levels.

PROS

 * Statistical Forecasting
 * Inventory Optimization
 * Segmentation

CONS

 * Understanding the Inventory Optimization algorithm
 * Supply Optimizer

LIKELIHOOD TO RECOMMEND

Best suited for Demand Planning, Inventory Optimization and Supply Planning
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ACCELERATE SCALABILITY WITH SAP INTEGRATED BUSINESS PLANNING

Rating: 7 out of 10

Incentivized
August 05, 2024

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Manager in Information Technology
Food & Beverages Company, 10,001+ employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
3 years of experience

USE CASES AND DEPLOYMENT SCOPE

We have implemented SAP Integrated Business Planning for demand planning and
supply planning processes for multiple business units. The goal for the
implementation was to have centralized visibility on the demand numbers and KPIs
across business units and to achieve one demand number concept in our company.

PROS

 * Demand forecasting
 * Supply Review
 * Reporting and Dashboard

CONS

 * Job scheduling for business users
 * Complicated filtering for business users
 * Need more out of boxes standard templates based on industry

LIKELIHOOD TO RECOMMEND

SAP Integrated Business Planning serves well to get the data from the other SAP
products with its strong integration capabilities. It has Excel based UI which
is easier for the business users to do demand and supply review. Business users
find the tool productive for the planning processes. Need more innovative
features like dynamic hierarchical setups and profile based keyfigure displays.
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TRANSFORMING S&OP WITH SAP IBP

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized
May 20, 2024

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Verified User
Project Manager in Other
Telecommunications Company, 5001-10,000 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
2 years of experience

USE CASES AND DEPLOYMENT SCOPE

We use SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP) to revolutionize our sales and
operation processes at a global planning level. In a prior life, all of our
demand and supply planning was taking place offline and then we were doing our
best to manipulate our MRP system to fulfill the final demand and material
supply requirements. We have also built a custom inventory optimizer that allows
for scenario modeling in an environment where our business models are changing
more frequently than we would like.

PROS

 * Planers love the excel add-in
 * Planning view design flexibility
 * Embedded Analytics that be customized to meet the business's needs
 * Ability to snapshot planning views and compare historical data

CONS

 * Application functionality could be expanded
 * IBP System Up-Time

LIKELIHOOD TO RECOMMEND

We only have access to the integrated business planning sales & operations
planning module, so there may be some limitations we experience that could be
solved by other modules. Overall, we have found that moving planners from their
offline processes to a structured, cloud system is much easier with the excel
plug in. They can operate in a tool they are more familiar with, but then have
access to even more functionality from the web ui (i.e. analytics)
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SAP INTEGRATED BUSINESS PLANNING — CREATING A COLLABORATIVE, EASY-TO-USE
INTEGRATED PLANNING SOLUTION

Rating: 7 out of 10

Incentivized
March 22, 2024

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Verified User
Executive in Sales
Information Technology & Services Company, 51-200 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
1 year of experience

USE CASES AND DEPLOYMENT SCOPE

We use it to ensure synchronization of Op, Strat and Financial Plans. For our OP
plans we (are trying) using it for true top-down, bottom-up planning.

PROS

 * Collaboration across enterprise
 * Ease of use
 * Intuitive UI

CONS

 * Better scalability!
 * Better integration with Office365
 * Mobile capabilities improved (sizing, etc.)

LIKELIHOOD TO RECOMMEND

I find it very adequate for more ‘traditional’ business planning. Easy to use,
scales across the company (user count wise), etc.
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SAP INTEGRATED BUSINESS PLANNING REVIEW

Rating: 7 out of 10

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Consultant in Corporate
Oil & Energy Company, 5001-10,000 employees
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13 years of experience

USE CASES AND DEPLOYMENT SCOPE

Integrating Financial plan with S&OP plan

PROS

 * IBP Integration
 * Planning
 * Data Integration

CONS

 * Data Interface
 * Customication

LIKELIHOOD TO RECOMMEND

There are few area where it need improvement
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IMPLEMENTING SAP INTEGRATED BUSINESS PLANNING IN OTHER COMPANIES

Rating: 4 out of 10

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Consultant in Information Technology
Accounting Company, 51-200 employees
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Reseller
5 years of experience

USE CASES AND DEPLOYMENT SCOPE

I am part of a consulting firm that implements SAP Integrated Business Planning
in other companies.

PROS

 * Smooth Solution

CONS

 * More User friendly

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Rating: 7 out of 10

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Manager in Information Technology
Pharmaceuticals Company, 10,001+ employees
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Verified User
3 years of experience

USE CASES AND DEPLOYMENT SCOPE

We have used IBP towards Supply Chain Planning and Demand PLanning areas

PROS

 * Supply Chain
 * Demand Planning

CONS

 * Demand PLanning

LIKELIHOOD TO RECOMMEND

Fiori Tiles
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SAP IBP REVIEW

Rating: 8 out of 10

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Manager in Information Technology
Hospital & Health Care Company, 10,001+ employees
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1 year of experience

USE CASES AND DEPLOYMENT SCOPE

We are implementing as of now to improve on supply chain related issues

PROS

 * Demand planning
 * Supply chain
 * Collaboration planning

LIKELIHOOD TO RECOMMEND

This is for companies who are going to move to S/4HANA
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IBP IS STILL IN GOOD CONDITION BUT COULD BE EXPANDED BY USABILITY

Rating: 9 out of 10

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Director in Manufacturing
Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering Company, 1001-5000 employees
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Verified User
2 years of experience

USE CASES AND DEPLOYMENT SCOPE

we use the IBP to condiuct sales and operations planning as well to sustain the
stability of the entire supplz chain. In particular the demand sensing
functionality provided us with enormous benefits. Another functionality that has
been very helpful was the heuristic functionality in demand planning, in
particular for the sales planning in emerging markets

PROS

 * demand planning

CONS

 * integration features with AI apps

LIKELIHOOD TO RECOMMEND

Generally IBP is recomandable in complex market environments and dynamic supply
chains. In particular when we talk about the resilience of supply chains IBP is
a very sophisticated tool. One very practicable example is the demand sensing
functionality for sales scenarios in retail due to the fact that in this
industry perishable goods are traded.
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FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH IBP

Rating: 8 out of 10

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SAP technical architect
Airbus Atlantic (Aviation & Aerospace, 10,001+ employees)
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1 year of experience

USE CASES AND DEPLOYMENT SCOPE

I worked on the definition of the architecture and on the implementation of
IBP.<br>Our main issues is the use of the excel addon, we have a problem with
authentication security.<br>It would be great to only have the online version of
IBP, without using Excel.

PROS

 * Planification

CONS

 * Use of Excel addon (would be better to only have the web app)

LIKELIHOOD TO RECOMMEND

Well appropriate to manage planification and seasonality
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CONNECTION BETWEEN PEOPLE, TECHNOLOGY AND PROCESSES.

Rating: 10 out of 10

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Project Manager in Research & Development
Insurance Company, 1001-5000 employees
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2 years of experience

USE CASES AND DEPLOYMENT SCOPE

SAP IBP in our organization is used for having a 360° vision of our business,
from product creation to sales monitoring and other KPIs monitoring. In my
personal experience, I used SAP IBP to monitor the most important KPIs and for
an analysis of the supply chain and, then advise the top management and the
product owner for adjustments in the production and design phase. Basically, a
complete vision of the supply chain allows me to have control of the entire
scenario and answer quickly to every answer that the top management asks me
about how the new products and services are performing. This also means that the
possibility to understand in an easy way what are the problems in the supply
chain or understand what kind of things could be changed or improved allows you
to adapt your business to the market, saving time and going into the market
before your competitors. Moreover, the possibility of having a lot of
integration channels gives you the possibility to switch fast from one scenario
(that could be good in the past) to a new one, even if only for a test.
Basically, this means a better ROI, both in terms of more revenues and cost
savings.

PROS

 * More accurate planning of your business.
 * Real time monitoring of KPIs.
 * You can take data- based decision in real time.

CONS

 * The trial version is very limited, but it's a trial! But for the awareness of
   the platform, SAP could improve the free version.
 * SAP IBP has a lot of functions, but not all are easy to understand and put
   into practice. Maybe a better demo would be a plus for the awareness of all
   of them.

LIKELIHOOD TO RECOMMEND

SAP IBP is a plus when you have to manage a business with different levels of
integrations with other systems and departments. The plus of SAP IBP, like the
other SAP systems, is the integration with different programs and clouds (such
as AWP) and for this reason, you can have in the same place everything you need
for your business: from the data collection to the business understanding
analysis, or the market analysis until the end such as the KPI monitoring. Its
use gives you a better experience in large and chaotic environments, and it
helps to have a clear vision and control of your business. It is less
appropriate for small businesses because the training for this platform is not
so easy, and for small businesses, in my opinion, it doesn't make sense to
invest time and effort to do it.
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GOOD FEATURES AND HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR LARGE ORGANIZATIONS WITH A RISKY PRICE.

Rating: 7 out of 10

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C-Level Executive in Engineering
Telecommunications Company, 201-500 employees
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Verified User
7 years of experience

USE CASES AND DEPLOYMENT SCOPE

We work with various businesses clients, and suppliers, and we have issues
orchestrating all the requirements for handling our operations, reaching all our
business requirements and without exceeding our budget. SAP Integrated Business
Planning was a success once we decided to run our organization, allowing us to
unify all our data sources on-premise and off-premise in one platform that
anyone in our organization can use every day. With this solution, we can make an
effective following of the changes in our warehouse in conjunction with the
Operations and Sales teams.

PROS

 * Unify all data sources in one platform over the cloud and on-premise.
 * Make a success inventory and following changes at real time.
 * One platform that cross Operations, Sales and Support Teams.

CONS

 * A clearly user experience is required, all stuff is in some cases
   unorganised.
 * Difficult tasks for integrated with other systems.
 * Lack of compatibility with third-party software.

LIKELIHOOD TO RECOMMEND

Integrate SAP Integrated Business Planning in the daily operation of the core
business is easy if the use of SAP HANA Cloud requires to increase in budget and
is not possible for all types or sizes of organisations, but if your IT
department requires to connect to on-premise data, connect to other data
repositories on cloud or off-premise and customize reports for specific
businesses cases, these tasks can increase the projected costs and require to
adopt other SAP modules that can not be required at all.
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Rating: 7 out of 10

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General Manager in Manufacturing
Airlines/Aviation Company, 10,001+ employees
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Verified User
9 years of experience

USE CASES AND DEPLOYMENT SCOPE

SAP has allowed me to see my entire value stream in one quick glance. I am able
to see where my products are, what issues it is they are having, and both the
delivery stream to/from my shop.

PROS

 * Scheduling
 * Non conformances
 * Value stream

CONS

 * Integrating with other operating platforms
 * More customization

LIKELIHOOD TO RECOMMEND

When looking at future demand that has been loaded into the system in order to
properly plan and staff.
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SAP INTEGRATED BUSINESS PLANNING DRIVE VALUE WITH A SIMPLE SOLUTION

Rating: 10 out of 10

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Manager in Information Technology
Consumer Goods Company, 1001-5000 employees
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Verified User
7 years of experience

USE CASES AND DEPLOYMENT SCOPE

The integration with the ERP and the pre-built-in model provide great business
value. It drives standardization and provides a good framework to grow the
business and the process. It is the second time I have worked for a company that
uses the tool and the results are very encouraging regardless of the companies
having been in different sectors.

PROS

 * ECC interface
 * User friendly
 * Data speed

CONS

 * Reporting
 * Screen simplicity
 * Data modeling

LIKELIHOOD TO RECOMMEND

Demand planning for short and long-term plans works very well.
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ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL BUSINESS TOOL AVAILABLE FOR BEST DECISION MAKING

Rating: 8 out of 10

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Technology Officer
Wow Detailing Studio (Consumer Services, 11-50 employees)
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Verified User
2 years of experience

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USE CASES AND DEPLOYMENT SCOPE

I mostly use SAP Integrated Business Planning to build a better relationship
with my suppliers and also this helps me to ensure that we have an authentic
supply of products and services on a regular basis and during the time of
crisis. IBP also helps our team to build a transaction of information about the
products, such as our regular demand forecasts and current inventory data. This
would help us to work together and improve the efficiency of our supply chain.

PROS

 * Helps us to estimate close to accurate demand forecast
 * Helps to minimize the cost and boost the customer demand
 * Helps us to avoid stockouts and excess inventories.

CONS

 * The menus and tools bars are little complex to find in the dashboard of the
   software
 * The automation of the planning process lacks professionalism
 * There is no option available to create custom reports.

LIKELIHOOD TO RECOMMEND

As we are a car detailing company and we often experience a seasonal demand,
with more business during the warmer months and less business during the colder
months but SAP IBP basically helps us to plan for these seasonal demands of the
market by creating multiple planning scenarios according to every season.
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INTEGRATED BUSINESS PLANNING SHOWS DEMAND AND SUPPLY END TO END

Rating: 7 out of 10

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Consultant in Professional Services
Chemicals Company, 10,001+ employees
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Verified User
6 years of experience

USE CASES AND DEPLOYMENT SCOPE

We use Demand planning and Supply Planning in the IBP/SOP process. Demand
Planning for forecasting demand and supply planning for plant balancing for
demand/supply. Before it was excelbased feeding eventually APO but now replaced
by IBP globally although not fully demand and supply planning.

PROS

 * Excelbased in the cloud
 * One repository for data
 * user friendly
 * KPI measurement

CONS

 * SOE is a challenge in IBP
 * Monthly buckets only

LIKELIHOOD TO RECOMMEND

For large volumes, relatively stable it is a good tool. Also for
scenarioplanning demand/supply. For smaller volumes with volatile demand,
running in campaigns it is a challenge. Here more SOE is required and not sure
IBP is the right tool for this
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IT IS GREAT PLANNING TOOL TO SUPPORT SUPPLY CHAIN PLANNING FUNCTIONALITIES TO
RUN BUSINESS IN SIMPLE.

Rating: 10 out of 10

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Lingaiah Vanam
SAP SCM Solution Architect
Yash Technologies (Information Technology & Services, 5001-10,000 employees)
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Verified User
12 years of experience

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USE CASES AND DEPLOYMENT SCOPE

Implementing SAP IBP for Demand and Supply Planning business process.

PROS

 * Demand Planning
 * Supply Planning
 * Inventory Planning

CONS

 * AI models
 * Enhanced user experience
 * Flexible integration

LIKELIHOOD TO RECOMMEND

Demand and Supply Planning
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IBP - A GOOD PLANNING TOOL.

Rating: 8 out of 10

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Finance Director
Southwire (Accounting, 5001-10,000 employees)
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Verified User
2 years of experience

USE CASES AND DEPLOYMENT SCOPE

IBP is used to input and project commercial budgeting and manufacturing
production. Used to develop budgetary needs for material throughput.

PROS

 * Volume projection.
 * Budgetary planning.
 * Manufacturing planning.
 * Material projections.

CONS

 * User integration.

LIKELIHOOD TO RECOMMEND

It is very well suited for planning and budgeting purposes. Yearly planning
metrics are input and projected using IBP.
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NOT VERY INTEGRATED BUT HELPS YOU WITH BUSINESS PLANNING

Rating: 7 out of 10

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Vaibhav Dua
VP - IS/IT
The Gill Corporation (Aviation & Aerospace, 501-1000 employees)
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Verified User
3 years of experience

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USE CASES AND DEPLOYMENT SCOPE

We use IBP Demand Management and Supply and Response to mainly manage the
Consensus Demand and Sales Forecast

PROS

 * IBP provides the excel plugins as the main entry point for the users which,
   our users, are pretty familiar with and there is no special training that is
   required to be up and running with these templates

CONS

 * Better SSO options with Fiori OR IDP
 * Excel Performance especially when IBP plug-ins are running with other
   spreadsheets

LIKELIHOOD TO RECOMMEND

Demand Management for Consensus Demand and Supply and Response
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GOOD PRODUCT

Rating: 10 out of 10

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James Johnson
CIO (Chief Information Officer)
Carpenter Technology (Mining & Metals, 1001-5000 employees)
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Verified User
5 years of experience

USE CASES AND DEPLOYMENT SCOPE

Demand Planning<br>Supply Planning

PROS

 * Demand Planning
 * Integration of data from non SAP systems

CONS

 * Finite Scheduling

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GOOD PRODUCT - OVERALL

Rating: 5 out of 10

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CEO (Chief Executive Officer)
Allevo (Accounting, 11-50 employees)
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Verified User
3 years of experience

USE CASES AND DEPLOYMENT SCOPE

I use and tested SAP Integrated Business Planning for our potential users.

PROS

 * Integration across modules
 * User interface
 * Performance

CONS

 * Real-time integration
 * Calculation of complex methods
 * Activity-dependent planning

LIKELIHOOD TO RECOMMEND

I gave SAP Integrated Business Planning a five because it needs to improve its
activity-independent planning and price calculation.
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