SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP)
SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP) is a cloud-based, real-time supply chain planning solution powered by the SAP HANA in-memory database. It provides advanced capabilities for demand forecasting, sales and operations planning (S&OP), inventory optimization, and response and supply planning,…
Key facts
- First appeared
- 2013
- Category
- technology
- Problem solved
- SAP IBP was created to address the growing complexity and volatility of global supply chains, overcoming the limitations of previous generation, on-premise planning systems. It specifically tackles issues like data latency, siloed planning functions (demand, supply, S&OP, inventory), performance bottlenecks with large datasets, and the inability to quickly react to market disruptions with real-time, integrated insights.
- Platforms
- Web browser (for SAP Fiori Launchpad and UIs), Microsoft Excel (via SAP IBP add-in), SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) - formerly SAP Cloud Platform
Related technologies
Notable users
- Unilever
- PepsiCo
- Bosch
- Volvo
- Coca-Cola
- Siemens