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Match Demand and Supply with SAP IBP Response and Supply Planning

SAP IBP for Response and Supply Planning is a robust component of SAP’s supply chain management suite that offers a multitude of advantages.

  • Agile and Efficient Supply Planning: for Response and Supply Planning enables businesses to generate feasible supply plans that meet demand while maintaining accurate inventory targets and efficient capacity utilization. This agility ensures that companies can quickly adapt to market changes and maintain high service levels. The supply plan thus generated is optimized and efficient because clients can prioritize demands, as well as supply locations and resources, ensuring optimal use of resources to fulfill the most critical demands first.
  • Multilevel Supply Planning: The solution provides planners with the flexibility to create effective supply plans across locations and multilevel bills of materials. This multi-level planning offers a comprehensive view of the supply chain, allowing for better decision-making and resource allocation.
  • Risk Mitigation with Tactical Rough-Cut Planning: SAP IBP helps develop mid-to-long-range supply plans that balance demand and supply while considering material constraints. Planners can simulate various plan options and compare them, which is crucial for strategic decision-making.
  • Boosted Operational Response Management: The system addresses material scarcity challenges by creating allocations and reconfirming sales orders to determine realistic availability dates. This feature enhances the ability to fulfill customer needs promptly and accurately enabling deployment of stock and generatingTLB orders.
  • Synchronized Planning: SAP IBP ensures consistency across operational supply plans and production planning. Integration with SAP S/4HANA allows for a seamless, round-trip integration cycle, keeping subsequent planning in sync and enhancing overall supply chain performance.
  • AI and Machine Learning Technologies: Leading supply chain planning systems, including SAP IBP are powered by AI and machine learning technologies. These technologies deliver greater predictive and analytical capabilities, helping businesses meet the urgent need for greater resilience and agility.
  • Adaptable Supply Chain Management: SAP IBP supports adaptable supply chain management through advanced analytical methods and efficient capacity utilization. This adaptability is key in today’s fast-paced business environment, where supply shocks and disruptions are common.
  • Data-Driven Strategic Decisions: The platform empowers businesses to curate, manage, and analyze data quickly and accurately. Knowledge is power, and this power enables businesses to make informed strategic, tactical, and operational decisions that facilitate growth and success.
Supply and Response Algorithm

Infosys Expertise in Complex Supply and Response Planning

Infosys has delivered complex projects for Fortune 500 customers in the supply and response planning arena. Considering the complexity of the algorithms, Infosys brings the right expertise to help you choose the best set of algorithms(s) for your business case from those available in SAP IBP.

The inputs and outputs of supply algorithms can be quite exhaustive. We have a thorough understanding of these inputs and outputs. Having conducted implementations for clients where the Bill of Materials (BOM) can extend nine levels deep and involve complex subcontracting scenarios, we are well-suited to guide you on your transformation journey.

Our framework for end-to-end planning, including Supply Planning, along with a repository of accelerators (from process documentation to user stories and test cases), can significantly de-risk and accelerate your transformation journey.

Our framework for end-to-end planning, including Supply Planning with a repository of accelerators (from process house to user stories and test cases) can significantly de-risk and accelerate your transformation journey.

Transform Your Response and Supply Planning with SAP IBP – Contact Infosys Today