SAP Integrated Business Planning

Supply chains are becoming increasingly complex in today's customer-driven markets. Customers' expectations of a product or service are changing. Companies operate globally, more diversified and introducing new products more frequently.

CHALLENGES IN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

The result is a multitude of challenges in supply chain planning and execution:

Complex logistics models
Volatile market conditions
Huge amounts of data that need to be processed
Many systems operating in silos, leading to planning and execution gaps
A growing number of stakeholders in the planning process
Shorter product life cycles
Increased customisation of products
High importance and pressure for leaner inventories

SAP IBP is a new planning solution and an innovative approach to address these challenges

SAP IBP is a cloud-based solution that enables companies to quickly implement and execute "Integrated Business Planning" across their supply chain by integrating all necessary stakeholders from different business units to achieve the business objective.

The benefits of SAP IBP

The key benefits of using SAP IBP are: Faster, flexible and accurate sales and operations planning, transparent and efficient supply chain, closer collaboration between business functions, automated processes, efficient exception management and control, better forecasting accuracy, agile response capabilities, higher product profitability as well as optimised product mix, minimised operational costs by optimising inventory levels.