What is SAP Integrated Business Planning for Supply Chain?

Plan for a sustainable, risk-resilient future with the SAP Integrated Business Planning for Supply Chain (SAP IBP) solution. Speed responsiveness and stay ahead of change with supply chain analytics, what-if simulations, alerts, and more. Powered by SAP HANA, this cloud-based solution combines sales and operations planning (S&OP), forecasting and demand, response and supply, demand-driven replenishment, and inventory planning.

• Automated, tightly coordinated supply chain planning processes
• Advanced machine learning algorithms and planning capabilities
• Native integration with SAP Supply Chain Control Tower and other solutions

Key benefits

Predict demand through AI-powered algorithms

Improve short- to long-term forecast accuracy through AI-powered algorithms, statistical modeling, demand sensing, and automated outlier correction in your sales history data.

Empower planners with multilevel supply planning

Create an effective supply plan for your entire network by modeling across locations and multilevel bills of material. Boost agility with response management.

Foster collaboration in one unified S&OP process

Integrate financial and operational planning in one S&OP process. Run simulations of demand and supply changes to prepare for supply chain disruptions.

Key features

Forecasting and demand management

• Demand planning
• Advanced demand sensing
• Robust statistical models
• Time-series analysis

Response and supply planning

• Multilevel planning
• Supply planning
• Rough-cut planning
• Response management

Sales and operations planning (S&OP)

• Real-time planning
• Simulation and comparison of scenarios
• Collaboration
• Performance monitoring