Item: SAP Integrated Business Planning
Rating: 9
Author: Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with SAP Integrated Business Planning

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

IBP is used for demand planning as well as supply planning

Pros and Cons

Pros

Integrates well with our S4HANA environment
Enables the business to do planning cross country and legal entities

Cons

Integration to Datasphere and BW4HANA could be improved

Return on Investment

Improved forecast accuracy
Integration to advanced reporting tools through BW4HANA

Usability

It is a very appreciated tool in our company's portfolio, and we see it replacing the other planning tools that are currently part of our system landscape

Key Differentiators

Cloud Solutions
Scalability
Integration with Other Systems
Ease of Use

Alternatives Considered

SAP S/4HANA Cloud, SAP BW/4HANA and SAP Business Technology Platform

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?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of SAP Integrated Business Planning go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy SAP Integrated Business Planning again?

Yes

Other Software Used

SAP BW/4HANA, SAP Business Warehouse

Likelihood to Recommend

The integration to BW through CPI/DS is significantly worse than the integrations between S4HANA and IBP or S4HANA and BW, so this area could be improved

SAP Integrated Business Planning Feature Ratings

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