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Extended planning and analysis (xP&A)

Take enterprise planning to the next level by connecting people and plans.

Plan smarter with xP&A

Adapting quickly to change helps you stay ahead

xP&A helps you bring your people and plans together to increase agility and performance, no matter what events unfold. We deliver xP&A infused with trusted AI and smooth integration between your plans, SAP applications, and mission-critical business data.

Transform planning across the organization
  • Enable collaborative planning by unifying financial, supply chain, and operational planning with a single solution infused with AI.
  • Keep plans up to date with native connection to SAP applications and third-party data.
Plan with confidence using trusted data
  • Leverage mission-critical business data using SAP Datasphere – no data replication necessary.
  • Accelerate deployments with pre-packaged business content for your function or industry.
Drive agile decisions with planning and analysis combined
  • Use generative AI with SAP Analytics Cloud and Joule copilot to automate reporting, simulate different scenarios, and create and develop business plans.
  • Transition rapidly from insight to action with deep integration between planning and analytics.

Extended planning across lines of business

By unifying financial, supply chain, and workforce planning you can generate one connected plan across lines of business.

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Financial planning: analyze planning and actuals in one solution

Together, SAP S/4HANA Cloud, SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP Datasphere provide a unified solution that helps finance and planning teams analyze actuals, create better business plans and forecasts, and respond faster to change.

  • Unite ERP and financial planning in one integrated solution
  • Use AI to transform insights into actionable strategies
  • Deliver instant variance analysis with live access to actuals
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Supply chain planning: strengthen supply chain resilience with SAP

Maintain business continuity by synchronizing supply chain planning in real time across the business with SAP Integrated Business Planning for Supply Chain.

  • Generate supply chain insights with advanced machine learning and planning capabilities
  • Extend supply chain planning with powerful analytics, simulations, and alerts
  • Simulate outcomes based on supply chain and financial drivers
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Workforce planning: change work for good

Powered by AI, SAP SuccessFactors and SAP Analytics Cloud help you analyze forecasts and workforce supply and demand to put the right people in the right place at the right time.

  • Create forecasts, analyze risk, develop strategies, see impacts, build cost models, and assign action and accountability
  • Refine headcount plans and gain visibility into workforce plans
  • Identify trends and simulate outcomes for flight risks, workforce diversity, budgets, and more
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Sales planning: meet sales quota and maximize revenue

SAP SuccessFactors Territory and Quota streamlines sales planning and helps you quickly respond to market changes and sales rep turnover.

  • Model, compare, and optimize territory configurations in minutes with AI territory optimization and balancing
  • Improve sales plan accuracy with analyses that use real, historic, and expected performance data
  • Refine territory configurations with geospatial visualizations of account and prospect data

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SAP recognized as a leader

SAP is recognized as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Financial Planning Software 2023.

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Extend the power of financial planning and analysis (FP&A)

Discover how xP&A augments FP&A so you can integrate planning, align people and plans, and enhance cross-functional visibility.

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FP&A’s role in business transformation

Hear from early adopters as they recommend practical steps on how to start the journey toward FP&A and xP&A.

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Frequently asked questions

                

FAQs

Extended planning and analysis (xP&A) is the process of linking strategic, financial, and operational plans for greater visibility into not only individual plans and forecasts but all plans across the organization to be more aligned and agile.

The world is moving faster than ever before, and siloed planning in spreadsheets and disconnected tools simply doesn't work anymore. xP&A brings finance and the entire business into alignment with strategic goals, allowing everyone to respond quicker to changing market conditions with connected plans.  

Financial planning and analysis (FP&A) is focused on financial planning and budgeting. xP&A goes beyond financial planning. With xP&A, finance can link to the P&L and balance sheets from various operational plans for better alignment with the overall strategic plan, enabling a faster response.

The SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP Integrated Business Planning for Supply Chain solutions have bidirectional integration, allowing the exchange of up-to-date financial and operational data as part of financial and supply chain planning. For more details on the integration between the two solutions, please read this blog.

SAP Analytics Cloud supports many types of plans such as IT, capital expenditure, liquidity, sales, and more.