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SAP Integrated Business Planning

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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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7 out of 10
March 20, 2024
Incentivized
We have used IBP towards Supply Chain Planning and Demand PLanning areas
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SAP for aerospace

7 out of 10
September 27, 2023
Incentivized
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 …
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Popular Features

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  • Demand forecasting (19)
    7.6
    76%
  • Resource optimization (18)
    7.5
    75%
  • Scenario-based planning (19)
    7.1
    71%
  • Custom alerts (19)
    6.2
    62%

Reviewer Pros & Cons

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Verified User
Executive in Sales
Information Technology & Services Company, 51-200 employees
Verified User
Consultant in Corporate
Oil & Energy Company, 5001-10,000 employees
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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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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.

7.1
Avg 7.3

Procurement Management

Overseeing the activities of the purchasing department of the company.

8.3
Avg 7.3

Order Fulfillment Management

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

8.1
Avg 7.9

Logistics and Transportation Management

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

8
Avg 7.3

Warehouse & Inventory Management

Monitoring and management of warehouse and inventory activities.

8.3
Avg 7.9

Demand Management

Monitoring and reporting on market demand conditions.

7.4
Avg 7.3
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Product Details

What is SAP Integrated Business Planning?

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 profitably. 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: Achieve a rapid deployment Get up and running quickly with SAP Integrated Business Planning by using preconfigured process templates for an accelerated implementation. Empower employees with intuitive features Offer a unified, intuitive user experience with SAP Fiori and planning and simulation capabilities based on Microsoft Excel. Plan resources effectively Optimize resource efficiency by creating supply plans based on prioritized demands, allocations, and supply chain constraints.

SAP Integrated Business Planning Features

Supply Chain Planning Features

  • Supported: Custom alerts
  • Supported: Scenario-based planning
  • Supported: Resource optimization
  • Supported: Supply forecasting
  • Supported: Capacity estimation
  • Supported: Supply network coordination

Demand Management Features

  • Supported: Demand signal sensing
  • Supported: Demand forecasting
  • Supported: Customer analytics
  • Supported: Inventory stock optimization
  • Supported: Sales and operations planning
  • Supported: Pricing and promotion tracking

SAP Integrated Business Planning Screenshots

Screenshot of SAP IBP Statistical ForecastScreenshot of SAP IBP for DemandScreenshot of SAP Supply Chain Control TowerScreenshot of Supply Chain Visibility

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SAP Integrated Business Planning Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo
Supported CountriesGlobal

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Frequently Asked Questions

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.

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

Reviewers rate Inventory stock optimization highest, with a score of 7.7.

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

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March 22, 2024

SAP Integrated Business Planning — Creating a Collaborative, Easy-to-Use Integrated Planning Solution

Verified User
Executive in Sales
Information Technology & Services Company, 51-200 employees
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
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 and Cons
  • Collaboration across enterprise
  • Ease of use
  • Intuitive UI
  • 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.
November 15, 2023

IBP is still in good condition but could be expanded by usability

Verified User
Director in Manufacturing
Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering Company, 1001-5000 employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
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 and Cons
  • demand planning
  • 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.
October 27, 2023

Good features and high expectations for large organizations with a risky price.

Verified User
C-Level Executive in Engineering
Telecommunications Company, 201-500 employees
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
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 and Cons
  • 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.
  • 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.
September 07, 2023

SAP Integrated Business Planning Drive Value With a Simple Solution

Verified User
Manager in Information Technology
Consumer Goods Company, 1001-5000 employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
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 and Cons
  • ECC interface
  • User friendly
  • Data speed
  • Reporting
  • Screen simplicity
  • Data modeling
Likelihood to Recommend
Demand planning for short and long-term plans works very well.
July 17, 2023

One of the most powerful business tool available for best decision making

Amit Kumar | TrustRadius Reviewer
Amit Kumar
Technology Officer
Wow Detailing Studio (Consumer Services, 11-50 employees)
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
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 and Cons
  • 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.
  • 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.
May 25, 2023

Integrated Business Planning shows Demand and Supply End to End

Verified User
Consultant in Professional Services
Chemicals Company, 10,001+ employees
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
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 and Cons
  • Excelbased in the cloud
  • One repository for data
  • user friendly
  • KPI measurement
  • 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
May 19, 2023

It is great planning tool to support supply chain planning functionalities to run business in simple.

Lingaiah Vanam | TrustRadius Reviewer
Lingaiah Vanam
SAP SCM Solution Architect
Yash Technologies (Information Technology & Services, 5001-10,000 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Implementing SAP IBP for Demand and Supply Planning business process.
Pros and Cons
  • Demand Planning
  • Supply Planning
  • Inventory Planning
  • AI models
  • Enhanced user experience
  • Flexible integration
Likelihood to Recommend
Demand and Supply Planning
May 19, 2023

IBP - A Good Planning Tool.

JP
Jared Pointer
Finance Director
Southwire (Accounting, 5001-10,000 employees)
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
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 and Cons
  • Volume projection.
  • Budgetary planning.
  • Manufacturing planning.
  • Material projections.
  • User integration.
Likelihood to Recommend
It is very well suited for planning and budgeting purposes. Yearly planning metrics are input and projected using IBP.
May 18, 2023

Not very integrated but helps you with business planning

Vaibhav Dua | TrustRadius Reviewer
Vaibhav Dua
VP - IS/IT
The Gill Corporation (Aviation & Aerospace, 501-1000 employees)
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use IBP Demand Management and Supply and Response to mainly manage the Consensus Demand and Sales Forecast
Pros and Cons
  • 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
  • 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
March 23, 2023

Good product - overall

CB
Christian Bieber
CEO (Chief Executive Officer)
Allevo (Accounting, 11-50 employees)
Score 5 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I use and tested SAP Integrated Business Planning for our potential users.
Pros and Cons
  • Integration across modules
  • User interface
  • Performance
  • 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.
November 17, 2022

Ease of use

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Defense & Space Company, 10,001+ employees
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use IBP for budget planning. ECC data is fetched from MRP to IBP and users can play around the figures. But since the data is from ERP, there are difficulties in having scenarios etc.
Pros and Cons
  • Data integration
  • Reporting
  • Authorization
  • simulation
  • know-how
  • best practices
Likelihood to Recommend
ease of use, excel GUI, single platform of data.
May 16, 2022

IBP is well worth checking out. It could be a good fit!

Verified User
Former Employee in Information Technology
Consumer Goods Company, 5001-10,000 employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
SAP IBP is used to modernise and standardise Demand and Supply planning in a supply network comprising of many production plants and distribution centres in Western Europe, Northern Europe, US and Canada. Each node in the network having previously used clunky, disintegrated planning tools; often based on spreadsheets with no common master data.
Now, supply chain planning is standardised across the group with S&OP cycle time reduced by over 80%, forecast accuracy improved by 20% and less stressed planners!
Pros and Cons
  • Rapid to spin up a potential solution
  • Elegant visualisation of massive datasets
  • Rapid process metric generation
  • Harmonisation of planning results
  • More user-led help documentation on help.sap.com
  • More user friendly training material in learning hub
  • Easier to follow use cases in the in-app help
Likelihood to Recommend
It is perfect for any FMCG or consumer goods business with multiple nodes in a supply network.
It requires rigorous data governance.
It is less appropriate for complex financialization of planning results.
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