Latest SAP IBP Innovations
Planner Workspace & Productivity Enhancements
Planner Workspace designed as one-stop productivity hub with segmentation variants for focused planning, contextual navigations, and scenario comparison with scorecards. Enhanced Excel add-in with improved filter operators.
SAP Joule & Business AI Integration
AI-powered assistance with automatic threshold detection, outlier correction, and intelligent master data analysis. GenAI-powered planning UIs and conversational documentation search capabilities.
Harmonized Planning Area (HPA)
Revolutionary unified data model combining time-series and order-based planning in one area. Streamlines integration processes across demand, inventory, and supply planning with both RTI and ETL support.
Enhanced Supply Planning Capabilities
Characteristics-Based Planning enhancements including safety stock, shelf-life, and product attribute propagation. New deployment heuristics and improved gating factor accuracy for operational supply planning.
Key Innovation Areas
Intelligence & AI
- SAP Joule conversational AI assistant
- Autonomous AI agents for supply chain
- Generative AI for forecast explainability
- Auto-Machine Learning capabilities
- Smart monitoring & predictive analytics
Planner-Centric Experience
- Planner Workspace as productivity hub
- Segmentation variants for focused planning
- Contextual navigation capabilities
- Scenario comparison with scorecards
- Statistical forecasting simulations
Harmonized Planning
- Unified data model (HPA)
- Combined time-series & order planning
- Real-time integration capabilities
- Flexible integration patterns
- End-to-end process support
Advanced Planning Capabilities
- Characteristics-Based Planning
- Enhanced Supply Planning algorithms
- Scenario management & what-if analysis
- Mixed integer linear programming
- Dynamic lead time calculations
Supply Chain Orchestration
- SAP Business Data Cloud integration
- Cross-functional data products
- Network-wide visibility
- Real-time disruption management
- Collaborative planning workflows
Platform Foundation
- SAP HANA Execution Engine (HEX)
- On-stack extensibility & APIs
- Job chains & automation
- Master data management tools
- Enhanced performance & scalability
SAP IBP Innovation Timeline
Business AI & Planner Productivity
SAP Joule integration, enhanced Planner Workspace, natural language UI configuration, and advanced forecasting with Auto-ML capabilities are now available to drive immediate productivity gains.
Harmonized Planning Area MVP
Revolutionary unified planning model launches for greenfield projects, combining time-series and order-based planning with flexible RTI and ETL integration options for streamlined implementation.
Enhanced Planning Capabilities
Characteristics-Based Planning with safety stock support, forecast explainability via GenAI, enhanced supply planning features, GenAI-assisted UI configuration for natural language planning view creation, and new master data management tools.