Transforming S&OP with SAP IBP
May 20, 2024
Transforming S&OP with SAP IBP
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with SAP Integrated Business Planning
We use SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP) to revolutionize our sales and operation processes at a global planning level. In a prior life, all of our demand and supply planning was taking place offline and then we were doing our best to manipulate our MRP system to fulfill the final demand and material supply requirements. We have also built a custom inventory optimizer that allows for scenario modeling in an environment where our business models are changing more frequently than we would like.
- Planers love the excel add-in
- Planning view design flexibility
- Embedded Analytics that be customized to meet the business's needs
- Ability to snapshot planning views and compare historical data
- Application functionality could be expanded
- IBP System Up-Time
- Simplified forecasting logic
- Tracking demand changes w/ planner notes
- System flexibility has led to endless design tweaking
- Other
Our erp transformation journey to S4 HANA was taking longer than expected and we were eager to prove value of the sap platform. We had been provided some SAP IBP licenses as a part of our SAP RISE package. There was no reason to wait for S4 to go live, we decided to start designing a planning solution that would support each unique business area at our company.
It has been a while since we have evaluated inventory and planning related SAAS products. We have primarily evaluated the level of effort to custom build tools to support the planning team. The maintenance and flexibility required for each business area made it so that we did not have enough resources to centralize a solution that could be used by all demand and supply planners.
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?
I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process
Did implementation of SAP Integrated Business Planning go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy SAP Integrated Business Planning again?
Yes