SAP IBP: Enhancing Supply Chain with Real-Time Planning

The study provides an overview of SAP Integrated Business Planning software, which aims to enhance supply chain data availability across business units by breaking down information silos. It emphasizes the collaborative nature of SAP IBP that involves multiple departments in strategic discussions for entering new markets and adjusting pricing strategies. The advantages include improved end-to-end supply visibility, predictive analysis capabilities, and enhanced forecast accuracy leading to increased profitability. However, risks such as potential inefficiencies if organizational silos are not adequately addressed are also discussed. Ultimately, the study concludes that SAP IBP can significantly optimize sales operations and demand management through effective use of social collaboration features.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Brief Overview of SAP Integrated planning software.....................................................................2
Advantages of using integrated planning software..........................................................................3
Risk associated with integrated planning software..........................................................................3
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................3
Reference List..................................................................................................................................4

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Introduction
This study deals with providing an overview of integrated planning software that will
react to new market prospect with real time supply chain ability. In this particular assignment,
proper emphasis has been given on highlighting the advantages of using Integrated Business
Planning Software (Schneider, 2017). SAP integrated business planning creates the optimal
business plan for driving revenue growth as well as increasing market share.
Brief Overview of “SAP Integrated planning” software
SAP Integrated Business Planning software can move supply chain data out of silos as
well as make it available in and across the business (Milovanovic, Markovic & Kostadinovic,
2015). The software enhances business plan with the input as well as intelligence of dozens of
collaborators. Furthermore, integrated business planning software involves multiple departments
at the time of discussion by lowering prices as well as adding features and entering into new
markets. Use of SAP integrated business planning will help in getting end-to-end supply
visibility as well as running powerful predictive analysis. SAP Integrated Business Planning help
in meeting the future demand as well as driving towards generation of profitability. To that, real-
time supply chain planning solution actually takes into account potential for sales, process,
demand response as well as supply planning and stock optimization (Meyr, Wagner & Rohde,
2015). The software effectively balances demand as well as supply for attainment of future
financial targets. It helps in increasing speed as well as agility of planning and driving most
profitable responses. By using this software, it helps in improving forecasted accuracy as well as
on-time delivery.

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Advantages of using integrated planning software
SAP Integrated Business Planning Software allows business to involve extended supply
chain at the time of undertaking business decisions (Blount et al., 2016). It mainly focus on the
knowledge as well as data on own company and add external input as well as visibility into
planning process. For instance, IBP software helps the network to react more quickly to the
needs by gathering the signals from the customers and sharing of data with supply chain partners.
In addition, integrated business planning software help companies for supporting in achieving
the goals as well as targets after incorporating insights from a wide range of stakeholders
Risk associated with integrated planning software
This integrated planning software eliminates the information silos for greater efficiency
(Arsenyan & Büyüközkan, 2016). It is needed to achieve full benefits of sales and operations
planning by proper embracing integrated business planning. In addition, the demand solutions
platforms provides tools for eliminating organizational silos as well as involves more colleagues
and partners at the time of undertaking supply chain decisions and making faster progress to
supply chain excellence (Banta et al. 2016). It need focusing on enhancing collaboration
throughout the supply chain and gets more value out every stage in the supply chain process.
Conclusion
At the end of the study, it is concluded that SAP integrated business planning can
integrates sales as well as operations, supply chain, demand planning and sensing. In addition,
SAP integrated business planning mainly make use of social collaboration capabilities for
refining forecasting as well as demand management in the most appropriate way.

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