Item: SAP Integrated Business Planning
Rating: 10
Author: Verified User

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 and Cons

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

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.

Return on Investment

Better ROI (switch quickly from one scenario to another one when the first is not performing as it was expected).
improved data quality.
improved business understanding.

Usability

Like all the products of the SAP family, here you are in, I think, the biggest platform in terms of connections with other systems and programs. For this reason, I think there is a high level of usability because you can reuse all the resources put in place, changing scenarios quickly and having aligned all the people involved in the project in real time.

Key Differentiators

Cloud Solutions
Scalability
Integration with Other Systems

In the past, we had experience with other tools and systems, but none were not integrated with each other. When we adopted SAP IBP we were searching for a platform that in a unique environment gives us the possibility to have everything we need to manage our business, from the creation of the product/services to its monitoring. And, at that time, we wanted to switch without losing all the data of the previous projects. And the solution was SAP IBP adoption.

Alternatives Considered

anyLogistix and LEAFIO AI Retail Platform

SAP Integrated Business Planning has the best performance in terms of integration and scalability. You can also use integrations with other systems, such as AWP and the SAP world (SAP Integrated Business Planning Consolidation, SAP BW/4HANA, SAP TPM, and so on). The others don't have this capability. In other words, with SAP IBP, you don't have limits.

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

Other Software Used

Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Teams, Webex App

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.

Connection between people, technology and processes.

Overall Satisfaction with SAP Integrated Business Planning