Balance supply and demand with collaborative
planning processes

Finding the right balance between supply and demand can be difficult. But our supply chain management solutions can help you respond to market opportunities and disturbances quickly and profitably.

  • Improve global demand and forecast accuracy
  • Commit to orders with full confidence
  • Control supply chain costs across the network
  • Facilitate collaboration for improved visibility
  • Integrate purchasing, manufacturing, and distribution
  • Align data with partners to optimize your supply chain
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Optimize Supply Network Planning

Discover how supply chain software from SAP can help you optimize supply network planning, improve demand management, and synchronize data sharing and delivery – so you can align all your pipeline partners.

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Arla Foods: Reducing Work Hours and Plant Stoppages

Arla Foods, one of the largest dairy cooperatives, set out on an ambitious journey to integrate operations and harmonize processes worldwide using SAP and partner solutions for open-standards enterprise integration. Learn more about the savings it achieved by reducing work hours and plant stoppages.

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Amanco: Improved Order Fulfillment by 51%*

Learn how PVC pipe and pipe fitting producer Amanco Brasil Ltda. increased sales, market share, and operational efficiency. Our supply chain planning software helped the company improve on-time fulfillment, as well as reduce total inventory by 15% and working capital by 17%.*

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Solutions for Supply Chain Management

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  • Supply Chain Planning

    Facilitate collaborative supply chain planning processes, including strategic, tactical, and operational planning – as well as service parts planning.


    • Set achievable goals with better forecasting, optimizing, and scheduling of materials and resources
    • Maximize return on assets and align supply and demand to ensure profit
    • Improve forecast accuracy and boost customer satisfaction

    Supply Chain Planning

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  • Supply Network Collaboration

    Improve communication with your suppliers, contract manufacturers, and customers to streamline collaboration and reduce errors and processing costs.


    • Enhance supply chain visibility to increase speed, accuracy, and adaptability of your supply network
    • Reduce inventory levels, while managing variations in supply and demand
    • Significantly decrease procurement, sales, and inventory costs

    Customer Video: Sauer Danfoss › Solution in Detail: Supplier Network Collaboration ›

    Supply Network Collaboration

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  • Trade Promotion Management

    Empower account and trade managers with end-to-end support and increased visibility into the entire trade promotion process.


    • Fine-tune account planning with promotion simulation analysis
    • Increase brand awareness and profitability with trade activities
    • Understand total trade promotion spending, profitability, and ROI

    Article: Don't Just Manage Your Trade Promotions – Optimize Them ›

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  • Supply Chain Performance Management

    Measurably improve supply chain effectiveness by gaining end-to-end visibility and focusing on the metrics that impact
    supply chain performance.


    • See the impact of supply chain decisions on total costs and operational effectiveness
    • Get visibility into supplier performance and advance warnings of potential bottlenecks
    • Take advantage of root-cause diagnostics that help you understand and address problems

    Demo: Supply Chain Performance Management › Solution Brief: Supply Chain Performance Management ›

    Supply Chain Performance Management

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  • Inventory Optimization

    Achieve optimal inventory management by responding to changes in demand, supply, and network alignment.


    • Strike the right balance between your service levels and inventory investment
    • Set and manage stock targets at a granular level more frequently
    • Help customers realize savings from lower inventory and reduced working capital

    Enterprise Inventory Optimization

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*All implementation results are for informational purposes only and the examples provided while based on actual SAP customers' experiences do not represent commitments or guarantees by SAP and/or its partners. Actual pricing, costs, and implementation results may vary, based on customer-specific requirements and needs. The only warranties for SAP products and services are those that are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services, if any. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty.