Enable Demand Planning and Sales and Operations Planning for Configurable Products
This solution enables demand and capacity planning for variant configuration products using feature-level forecasting. It integrates predictive and optimization algorithms with SAP S/4HANA data and fills a critical gap in planning tools like SAP IBP. This solution enables S&OP for highly configurable products by forecasting at the characteristic level, which helps determine accurate demand plans and precise capacity requirements.
Overview
Calculate optimal inventory
Respond to changes in demand pattern of configurations and volumes. Generate an optimal master schedule for assemblies that can provide the flexibility to fulfill the expected product demand plan and product configurations.
Increase order fulfillment rates
Get early insights to resolve supply constraints for critical assemblies, components, and resources across supply chain networks that enables responses that can increase the order fulfillment.
Generate optimal and feasible material schedules for assemblies
Generate requirements for assemblies based on the variant configuration master data and future characteristics rather than just historical take rates. This enables you to generate optimal material schedules for assemblies.
Details
Solution type
Extensions and Add-ons
Industry
Cross-Industry, Automotive
Compatibility
Works with
Features
Plan products with complex bills of material and product configurations
Plan your demand at a feature/option level and let the system predict the assembly requirements. Plan for complex Bills of Material using future demand plan of products and configuration rather than using historical take rates.
Deploy at speed with pre-delivered accelerators
The solution comes with extractors for seamless integration with SAP ECC and SAP S/4HANA. It also comes with a special SAP IBP planning area for Characteristics-based Planning that integrates with standard SAP IBP - S&OP for rapid deployment.
Predict likely sales order configurations
Gain the ability to predict sales order configurations that are in alignment with targeted product configurations. This helps reduce the sales order fulfillment cycle times while delivering to customers.
Plans and pricing
Additional Pricing Options Available
SaaS offering with tiered pricing
Optional assessment and workshops available for additional fee
Implementation fee depends on final Statement of Work
Contact us for more details about the solution and the subscription costs
Price upon requestSaaS offering with tiered pricing
Optional assessment and workshops available for additional fee
Implementation fee depends on final Statement of Work
Contact us for more details about the solution and the subscription costs
Tiered Edition
SaaS offering with tiered pricing similar to that of SAP IBP Modules.
Pricing varies based on number of SAP IBP blocks.
Pricing includes license fees and support through the subscription period - 3 years.
Price unavailable in this region- Minimum contract 3 years
SaaS offering with tiered pricing similar to that of SAP IBP Modules.
Pricing varies based on number of SAP IBP blocks.
Pricing includes license fees and support through the subscription period - 3 years.
Technical Information
| Solution type | Extensions and Add-ons |
| Category | Supply Chain Planning |
| Industry | Cross-Industry, Automotive |
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High availability and disaster recovery This product has been designed to ensure minimal service interruption and quick restoration of service in the event of a disruption. |
Resources
VC Planner
SBP IBP Offerings
John Deere India's SAP IBP Journey with SBP Consulting
Publisher
SBP Consulting Inc.
SBP Consulting is a SAP Silver Partner with SAP Recognized Expertise (RX) in SCM and IM&C. It was founded in 2004 and has been servicing several customers across IM&C, Automotive, Discrete Manufacturing verticals. We offer solutions that complement the industry cloud portfolio from SAP.
