Descartes Logistics Technology Platform vs. SAP Integrated Business Planning

Descartes Logistics Technology Platform has a control tower view which we have used a lot. It permits us to check on [the] real-time status of every truck, also has the features and option to communicate with the trucks' ELD, which gives us the most liable information about his current location and status.

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Perfect product for Supply chain and sales operations planning but if it comes to diversity of systems in the organization then SAP IBP might not be the right choice. But yes for SAP eco-system because it has native integration with SAP S4HANA and SAC to provide Supply Chain visibility across the organization.

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• An easy and free of hassle mobile application
• Precise location of a truck in a map view
• Identify possible delays to stops

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• Comfortable database, it adjusts to what we know how to use.
• The platform acts quickly, and throws metrics and analysis adjusted to the times we need, thus automating the results.
• Complete and detailed reports, we can dynamically evaluate all the information.

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• Intelligence, it gets stuck in some areas of the country
• Integration with [other] apps, we would appreciate a collaboration with [other] tracking apps that can share the same information if they are being installed [on] the same device
• A better and clean dashboard, its face needs a renewal, a fresh look, adapted to the current trends

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• The access is quite limited; it is only based on the cloud, which is fine because we know that the storage is wide and secure. However, it is not versatile, our work needs more flexibility of access from any device, and this is not a solution.
• It took us time to get the hang of the platform and correctly understand the use of each function; better training would have made things easier for us at the time.

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The two separate interfaces (Fiori Web and Excel plugin) is highly frustrating to our users. It should provide a one stop shop to the end users to engage with IBP. It should also provide better SSO options to integrate with SAP S/4HANA On-Prem

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We directed a few times to SAP Integrated Business Planning standard support, nonetheless the times we did, we got excellent value service, and the experts aid us in our problems.

It is a powered tool that can be used by any of the current logistics (and why not?, non-logistics companies), that need a reliable, accurate, and well-based amount of information of the fleet, with ease. Using the [latest] technologies, integrating a wide view of transportation, inventory, [and] custom status on a single but not simple platform.

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We were already using SAP SCM APO, but when implemented S4 HANA 2021 we learned that SCM is going to obsolete and all new features will be added to IBP so we have started using IBP now itself. Better to start early than being tagged as "late entrant"

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• Positive, we can do our things faster than ever with using the information shown in the platform, avoiding unnecessary calls and interactions
• Increasing the liability of the gathered information about trucks' actual/real location
• A solution to improving our overall shipment visibility

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• IBP helped improve the overall S&OP Process
• It provides a central platform for our teams globally to manage the forecast and the demand

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