What is SAP Integrated Business Planning for Supply Chain?

Increase service levels, responsiveness, and forecast accuracy with predictive modeling and demand sensing capabilities.

• React faster to demand changes with pattern recognition-based algorithms
• Optimize demand forecast accuracy across diverse product portfolios with machine learning technology
• Promise deliveries based on priorities and previous commitments

Control planning processes on a strategic, operational, and tactical level using advanced analytics and simulations.

• Improve collaboration with enterprise-wide process orchestration
• Align financial and volume plans with budgets and targets
• Provide executive analytics for decision support with what-if scenarios and simulations
• Increase business predictability by adjusting plans against current actuals 

Use advanced planning features and machine learning algorithms for demand-driven, profit-optimized, and self-learning supply chains.

• Do top-down and bottom-up forecasts with a statistical baseline
• Set inventory targets using multi-echelon inventory optimization technology
• Reduce the bullwhip effect and foster supply chain resilience with demand-driven replenishment
• Enable multilevel response and supply planning using gating analysis
  

Get actionable insights from across your supply chain to understand impacts and execute adjustments in a timely way.

• Consider external data factors such as weather, risk, compliance, and sustainability data dimensions in your plan
• Detect and manage exceptions rapidly with automation and machine learning support
• Achieve visibility into work in progress; inbound and outbound shipments; and on-order, on-hand asset availability
• Work with suppliers and outsourcing manufacturers for easier and faster planning