Sales and Operations Planning with SAP IBP

Raghav Jandhyala is a director in supply chain management at SAP, where he is the product owner for SAP Integrated Business Planning for Sales and Operation Planning. Jeroen Kusters is a senior manager for Deloitte Consulting with 10 years of supply chain planning experience. Jeroen started his career implementing SAP APO environment, with a focus on demand planning and service parts planning. Since 2013, his focus has been on SAP Integrated Business Planning; he works closely with SAP to drive new functionality enabling best-practice supply chain planning business processes. Amit Sinha is an expert in SAP APO and SAP IBP, with a focus on business process reengineering and supply chain solution modeling in sales and operations planning, demand forecasting, supply planning, detail production scheduling, inventory optimization, and supply chain analytics. He has more than twelve years of supply chain management experience doing solution architecting and project management for planning projects for clients in the pharmaceutical, high-tech, manufacturing, consumer goods, and chemical industries.

Foreword from Franz Hero
Foreword from Adam Mussomeli
Preface
Target Audience
How to Read This Book
How This Book Is Organized
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Introduction to Sales and Operations Planning
Market Drivers
Process Drivers
Technology Drivers
SAP Integrated Business Planning
Summary
SAP IBP Model and Navigation
SAP Integrated Business Planning Architecture
Planning Model
Navigating the Planning Model
Summary
Demand Planning
Demand Planning at a Glance
Forecasting Input with Historical Data
Forecast Generation through Statistical Modeling
Collaborative Financial Modeling of Demand Forecast
Review, Collaboration, and Finalization of the Demand Plan
Summary
Unconstrained Supply Planning
Unconstrained Planning at a Glance
The Sales and Operations Planning Heuristic
Supply Network Design
Propagating Demand
Propagating Supply
Rough-Cut Capacity Planning
Parameters of the Heuristic
Summary
Constrained Supply Planning
Constrained Supply Planning at a Glance
S&OP Optimizer
Optimization Constraints
Financial Modeling of the Supply Chain
Advanced Optimizer Features
Summary
Consolidation
Consolidation at a Glance
Financial Projections and Review
Operationalizing the Plan
Summary
Collaboration and Management by Exception
SAP Jam Collaboration
Custom Alerts
Case Management
Tasks
Summary
Planning Simulations
Simulation Planning at a Glance
Simulations
Versions
Scenarios
Summary
Process Management
Process Management in Practice
Setting Up Process Templates and Automations
Manage Processes
Task Management
Process Management with SAP Jam
Summary
Configuring SAP IBP for Sales and Operations
Planning Areas and Time Profiles
Attributes and Master Data Types
Planning Levels
Key Figures
Planning Operators
History Report
Advanced Configuration
System Performance Recommendations
Summary
Building Planning Views
Planning Views, Templates, and Favorites
Formatting Planning Views
Using Charts
Master Data Worksheets
Using Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications
Summary
Key Performance Indicators and Performance Monitoring
Key Performance Indicators in SAP IBP
Monitoring and Continuous Improvement
Summary
Dashboard and Analytics
Advanced Analytics
Advanced Dashboards
Summary
Integrating SAP IBP for Sales and Operations
Data Integration Scenarios
Integration for Tactical Planning
Integration for Operational Planning
Other Integrations
Summary
Roles and Security
Security Management
User Management
Business Roles Management
Permission Filters
Infrastructure Management
Summary
SAP IBP Case Studies
High-Tech OEM
Life Sciences and Health Care
Summary
The Authors
Index