Item: SAP Integrated Business Planning
Rating: 9
Author: Paul Visvardis

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

This tool has been essential for us in the commercial area for the planning of various events and the correct tracking of inventory. It has allowed us to follow in real-time, thanks to the fact that it is based on the cloud, the various changes that occur, evaluate the supply chain in detail, and respond effectively to the situation that arises; in this way, we are attentive to the details, Act quickly and prevent incidents. It is also an excellent tool for planning our commercial strategy; we just capture all our work, evaluate its progress, and take it as a study to improve our commercial strategies. It has accompanied us in any sales process, being the support to load the data, analyze it and operate in a more conscious way, always linking the best ideas to make our project more than expected.

Pros and Cons

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.

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.

Return on Investment

Much better information input for decision-making, early forecasting, and business response is based on better strategies.
Better data processing.

Usability

The platform has been essential to process a lot of information and synthesize it, and organize it in a more comfortable plane in which we can evaluate the process and plan market events; it is representative to determine commercial decisions.

Key Differentiators

Product Features
Product Reputation
Prior Experience with the Product

Alternatives Considered

We have not evaluated alternatives, for now we have no point of comparison.

Key Insights

Do you think SAP Integrated Business Planning delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with SAP Integrated Business Planning's feature set?

Yes

Did SAP Integrated Business Planning live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of SAP Integrated Business Planning go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy SAP Integrated Business Planning again?

Yes

Likelihood to Recommend

Mainly since we applied the platform in our company, our database has better order, and the early processing and analysis of the information have been our advantage to be able to build a business plan. If you still cannot find a commercial order, have everything updated, and have an optimal database for data processing, this platform is the one.

Inventory, analysis and strategy planning.

Overall Satisfaction with SAP Integrated Business Planning