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SAP Integrated Business Planning Road Map
November 2018
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About SAP road maps
Companies today are planning their digital journeys – transforming business models, reengineering business
processes, and reimagining work.
SAP road maps highlight innovations that may help you plan and implement your digital journey. They span
products relevant to lines of business in your industry and explain how our innovations may add value to your
business.
In our road maps, you can learn about our innovations along four different timelines:
1. Recent innovations for our products that have been launched in the past weeks or months and can
already be purchased
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3. Product direction, providing a long-term perspective on high-level development plans for innovations for
our solutions – inspired by your requirements
4. Product vision, providing a high-level and long-term business perspective on innovations for our products

Table of contents
Product overview
Vision and direction

 Key trends and customer needs
 Value proposition
Product innovations
 General enhancements in SAP Integrated Business Planning, foundation and platform
 SAP Integrated Business Planning, add-in for Microsoft Excel
 SAP Supply Chain Control Tower
 SAP Integrated Business Planning for sales and operations
 SAP Integrated Business Planning for demand
 SAP Integrated Business Planning for inventory
 SAP Integrated Business Planning for response and supply
 Planned integration capabilities summary for SAP Integrated Business Planning

SAP Integrated Business Planning
Product description
Powered by SAP HANA in-memory technology, this real-time supply chain planning solution combines capabilities for strategic, tactical, and
operational planning. Take advantage of powerful supply chain algorithms, analytics, what-if simulation, alerts, and more – in the cloud.
SAP Supply Chain Control Tower
 End-to-end visibility into your entire supply chain, including alerting, decision support, and fast
corrective actions
 Business network collaboration processes, including supplier forecast collaboration with the SAP
Ariba Supply Chain Collaboration for Buyers
Sales and operations planning

 Flexible, unified data model across demand, finance, and supply chain to support strategic and
tactical planning at any level of granularity and dimension
Demand planning and demand sensing

 Development of more-accurate statistical forecasts and consensus demand plans, combining mid-
and long-term planning horizons with short-term demand-sensing capabilities
Inventory optimization
 Prescribing total inventory targets to maximize profit while buffering for uncertainty
 Coordination of multistage inventory plans across complex global supply chain networks
 Support for the demand-driven MRP (DDMRP) methodology – for example, by calculating buffer
levels and recommending decoupling points
Response and supply planning

 One solution for tactical (rough cut) supply planning, as well as operational response and supply
planning
 Constrained and unconstrained supply planning, order-based supply and allocations planning,
response planning, and deployment planning
In the digital supply chain product portfolio from SAP
Business partners
Real-time collaboration
End-to-end supply chain business processes
Design Plan Respond Produce Deliver Operate
Real-time data
Machines, sensors, devices

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Key trends and impacts in business and technology
Globalization
Complexity
Uncertainty and volatility
Connectivity
Individualization Big Data sharing
Mass customization
Sustainability Enterprise mobility

Speed
This is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time without notice.
Key trends, customer needs, and value proposition
One integrated planning model
Real-time planning
Real-time insight,
and what-if
monitoring, and
scenario
alerting
simulation
Integrated Sales and operations planning Smart algorithms
business planning Response, including machine
Demand Inventory
supply-chain planning optimization
deployment, and learning
supply planning
planning processes
Simplified user
experience with
Embedded social
SAP Fiori and
collaboration
Microsoft Excel
platform:
SAP Jam
State-of-the-art architecture based on SAP HANA
Product areas of future investment
Extensibility
Cloud operations Usability
• Scaling and • Advanced visualization

performance • Embedded analytics
• Security • Process automation
• Test automation SAP Integrated
Business Planning • Flexible modeling and
configuration
Integration and business Advanced planning
network collaboration • Seamless planning processes
• Flexible and robust • Order-based planning
integration
Machine learning • Demand-driven MRP
• Forecast collaboration
• Sophisticated algorithms • Industry-specific support
• Decision support
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Product road map highlights
V1811 – Recent innovations V1902 – Planned Q1/20191 V1905 – Planned Q2/20191 V1908 – Planned Q3/20191
Key new functionality and processes Key new functionality and processes Key new functionality and processes Key new functionality and processes
 Analytics: Navigation to external on-  New Web-based planning SAP Fiori app  Permissions for master data types and  Analytics: Planning notes on charts
premise SAP systems for business users, such as sales attributes: SAP Fiori app to control visible  SAP Fiori app “Change History Analytics”
 Value-based filter in the SAP Integrated representatives who need to perform attributes, such as in the SAP Integrated
basic planning tasks Business Planning, add-in for Microsoft  Exception management: Alert notifications
Business Planning, add-in for Microsoft
Excel  Analytics: Integration with SAP Analytics Excel  Aggregated lifecycle planning respecting
Cloud  Mass maintenance view for planning notes in reference products from detailed level
 S&OP recurring processes
 SAP Fiori app “Change History Settings” the SAP Integrated Business Planning, add-  Extensibility of forecasting with custom
 SAP Fiori app “Settings for Product in for Microsoft Excel algorithms from R studio
Lifecycle Management”  Exception management: Custom alert
monitor based on new visual design and  Assumptions, risks, and opportunities  Inventory optimization using effectivity/
 New forecast algorithm in demand planning validity dates for sources of supply
management: Gradient boosting contextual navigation from an alert to
SAP S/4HANA stock requirements list  New forecast algorithm in demand  Demand-driven MRP: Outbound integration
 Tactical supply planning (heuristic): management: ARIMAX of decoupling point indicators to SAP
Shelf-life planning  Order-based planning: Enable a
separate integration source for each  Aggregated lifecycle planning respecting S/4HANA
 Inventory optimization using maximum order-based planning area phase-in and phase-out on detailed level  Tactical supply planning (heuristic): Holiday
constraints (storage tanks) or blackout time-period support on sources
 Minute-based data capturing of system  Demand-driven MRP: “Manage Buffer
 Multiple modes of transport in order-based resource usage for “System Monitoring” Profiles” SAP Fiori app and nondecoupling of supply
planning SAP Fiori app points as input to solver  Order-based planning: Multiple integration
 SAP Integrated Business Planning add-on  Simplified supply optimizer cost maintenance sources for one common planning area
in SAP ERP and SAP S/4HANA as data  Model configuration: Simplified key figure
source  Order-based planning: Maximum lateness of
demands and advanced forecast calculations
 Model configuration: New SAP Fiori app to consumption
visualize the key figure calculation
 Financial integration content with SAP
Business Planning and Consolidation
Release 1811
1. This is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time without notice.
optimized for SAP S/4HANA
SAP Integrated Business Planning, foundation and platform
Product road map overview – Key themes and capabilities
Model configuration Model configuration Model configuration Model configuration

 Configuration  Configuration  Configuration  Configuration
– Enhancements to “Planning Areas” – Enhancements to “Planning Areas” – Enhancements to “Planning Areas” – Enhancements to “Planning Areas”
SAP Fiori app (planning level) SAP Fiori app (attribute as key figure) SAP Fiori app (key figure – edit mode) SAP Fiori app (version)
 Activation – New SAP Fiori app for global Analytics – Replace configuration user interface with
– New SAP Fiori app to visualize the key configuration  Product node expansion for Supply Chain “Planning Areas” SAP Fiori app
figure calculation Analytics Network app  Activation
Analytics  Table view and export to MS Excel for  Drill down directly on dashboard – Simplified key figure calculations
 Navigation and additional filter for Supply Supply Chain Network app – Simulation mode for SAP Fiori app for
Permissions for master data types and
Chain Network app  Integration with SAP Analytics Cloud key figure calculations
attributes
 Navigation to external on-premise SAP  Dashboard filters for versions and  New SAP Fiori app to control visible Analytics
systems scenarios attributes  Time-dependent key figure notes on charts
Data integration  Apply permission filter write-access to  Horizontal and vertical layout options for
General enhancements
 Permission filter for master data and key master data maintenance in Excel Supply Chain Network app
 Enhancements to unified planning area and
figure values during upload Web-based planning  New KPIs tile for dashboards
SAP Best Practices
General enhancements  New Fiori app for business users, such General enhancements
 Additional cards for “System Monitoring” as sales representatives who need to  Enhancements to unified planning area and
SAP Fiori app perform basic planning tasks SAP Best Practices
 Enhancements to unified planning area and General enhancements
SAP Best Practices  Minute based data capturing of system
resource usage for “System Monitoring”
SAP Fiori app
 Enhancements to unified planning area
and SAP Best Practices
Release 1811
SAP Integrated Business Planning, foundation and platform
Direction update
 Test automation for customers

 Extended industry support
 Usability and feature enhancements in foundation
 Planning object maintenance

SAP Integrated Business Planning, add-in for Microsoft Excel
 Time-dependent planning notes on cell  Time-dependent planning notes on cell  Time-dependent planning notes on cell  Time-dependent planning notes on cell
level level level level
– Track current cell value – Support version copy planning operator – Store planning notes on a higher – Keywords and reason codes
– User settings planning level than the base level of the – Add planning notes to multiple cells at once
 Usability enhancements in planning
key figure – Support disaggregation operator
 Value-based filter operators
– New mass-maintenance planning view
– Selection of time horizon in the copy and
disaggregation operator  Planning view definition
 Planning view definition
– Permissions for MDTs and attributes:
New restriction to control visible – Group master data attributes
attributes in SAP Integrated Business – Alert key figure formatting and usability on
Planning, add-in for Microsoft Excel planning view
– Intelligent planning view filters based on
attributes and key figures
Release 1811
SAP Integrated Business Planning, add-in for Microsoft Excel, V1811
Recent innovations
Time-dependent planning notes on cell level

 Track current cell value within the planning note from the
time when the planning note was saved. This helps other
users’ understanding by providing a context for the note
in relation to the data.
 User settings define how planning notes should be
shown on the planning view by default (for example,
don’t show, show all, or only show from this level).
Value-based filter
 Introduction of additional filtering capabilities for the
planning views in SAP Integrated Business Planning,
add-in for Microsoft Excel
 Automatic removal of rows with NULL/empty values
 Possibility to filter by a key figure value or value ranges

SAP Integrated Business Planning, add-in for Microsoft Excel, V1902
Upcoming midterm innovations
Time-dependent planning notes on cell level

 Support for planning operators such as version copy and
copy and disaggregation so that planning notes can be
copied together with the data
Usability enhancements in planning operators

 Selection of time horizon in the copy and
disaggregation operator when started from SAP
Integrated Business Planning, add-in for Microsoft
Excel

SAP Integrated Business Planning, add-in for Microsoft Excel, V1905 and V1908
Upcoming long-term innovations
Time-dependent planning notes on cell level Planning view definition

 Ability to store planning notes on a higher planning level  New restriction to control visible attributes in SAP
than the base level of the key figure, to support use Integrated Business Planning, add-in for Microsoft
cases where the planning notes are used on a very high Excel – for example, one user is allowed to see a
aggregation level but where this information does not certain master data attribute, while others are not
need to be disaggregated down to the lowest level allowed to see it
 New mass-maintenance planning view that provides an  Intelligent planning view filters based on attributes and
overview around the planning notes in the system, key figures
allowed editing and deleting of multiple planning notes on  When attributes are chosen, the system will indicate which
one screen key figures are available for the selected attributes/planning
levels
 Keywords and reason codes added to the planning notes  When key figures are chosen, the system will indicate which
to provide further context and also allow users to search time profile and which attributes/planning levels are available
and delete by these keywords for the selected key figure
 Planning notes added to multiple cells at once – for  Group master data attributes in the planning view
example, if a promotion runs for multiple weeks, then definition by master data type
one planning note could be relevant across these weeks  Alert key figure formatting and usability on planning
view, such as additional formatting options including
cell background color, copying to scenarios, and more

SAP Integrated Business Planning, add-in for Microsoft Excel
Direction update
Persistent sorting Key figure expansion on planning view

 Ability to keep a persistent, user-defined custom sorting – for  Expanding key figure list based on input key figures
example, of the attributes within the planning views  Expanding key figure list based on grouping (hierarchy)
Filter and wildcards Calling SAP Integrated Business Planning functions
 Extending filter options in SAP Integrated Business Planning, from VBA code
add-in for Microsoft Excel, with wildcard characters and ranges
 Extensibility option
Planning filters  Automated tests
 Sharing of planning filters: Possibility for end users to share their Master data workbook
planning filters directly within SAP Integrated Business Planning,
 Defining the order of the attributes, storing binaries, and more
add-in for Microsoft Excel
 Folders for planning filters: Group planning filters in folders, Undoing last simulation
similar to the folders in the templates/favorites area  Reverting back the last simulation in a planning view
 Ability to apply attribute filters across all sheets of a workbook at
once

Exception management Exception management Exception management Exception management

 Enhancements to the alert overview  Improvements to custom alert monitor  Drill down with multiple views in the  Alert notifications
 Performance enhancements to the alert based on new visual design alert overviews  Alerts based on master data
monitor  Contextual navigation from an alert to  Use of planning filters  User-defined key figures in alerts
on-premise SAP systems
 Support for user scenarios in alerts
 Machine learning parameters for
DBSCAN
Supply-side collaboration
 Excess and obsolescence sample
content
Release 1811
SAP Integrated Business Planning V1811
Recent innovations – SAP Supply Chain Control Tower
Exception management
 Enhancements to the alert overview based on customer feedback, including improved navigation from the dashboard
 Performance enhancements to the alert monitor

SAP Integrated Business Planning V1902
Upcoming midterm innovations – SAP Supply Chain Control Tower
 Navigation from an alert to the SAP on-premise systems, passing the attributes of the alert to the transaction
 Improvements to the custom alert monitor to improve usability
 Support for user scenarios in alerts
 Editing of machine learning parameters for DBSCAN, including cluster radius and minimum points per cluster
Supply-side collaboration
 Excess and obsolescence sample content

SAP Integrated Business Planning V1905 and V1908
Upcoming long-term innovations – SAP Supply Chain Control Tower
 Alert notifications to proactively trigger review by the user, including notification within SAP Integrated Business Planning and
through e-mail
 Drill down with multiple views in the alert overviews
 Use of the planning filters in the alerts
 Alerts based on master data
 Introduction of user-defined key figures for alerts

Direction update – SAP Supply Chain Control Tower
 Further enhancements to KPIs

 Advanced segmentation
 Alerts based on order data
 Supply-side collaboration
 Forecast collaboration with suppliers using an Excel-like planning UI
 Demand-side collaboration
 Demand forecast collaboration with your customers – for example, to receive customer forecasts and include in your demand-
planning processes
 Business partner management
 Ability to create and manage external business partners and their users
 Onboarding of external business partners
 Collaborative process adherence management
 Advanced sell-side (customer) collaboration, such as vendor-managed inventory (VMI)
 Further enhancements to supplier collaboration use cases, such as supplier-managed inventory (SMI)
 Recommendations for exception handling using machine learning techniques

SAP Integrated Business Planning for sales and operations
S&OP process management …

S&OP process management S&OP process management S&OP process management
 Recurring processes/ process calendars  Purge processes application job template  Process notifications  SAP CoPilot integration for ad hoc
 Process steps without tasks collaboration on process exceptions
Tactical supply planning
 Recurring processes – Gantt chart view Assumptions, risks, and opportunities
 Shelf-life planning (heuristic)
planning New SAP Fiori app “Change History
 Location-products specified as nonstocking Analytics”
New SAP Fiori app “Change History
node for optimizer
Settings” Financial integration content with SAP
Business Planning and Consolidation Assumptions, risks, and opportunities
Tactical supply planning optimized for SAP S/4HANA planning enhancements
 Enhancements to the time-series-based  Analytics, carry forward to next cycle
supply planning Tactical supply planning
– Combined static and dynamic periods of  Enhancements to the time-series-based
supply in lot-sizing procedures Financial integration content with SAP
supply planning
– Enable forecast consumption for non-supply- Analytics Cloud for financial planning
– Support transportation resources
planning areas
– Alternative components (component substitution)
with priority for optimizer
– Flexible mapping for attributes and key figures  Enhancements to the time-series-based
for supply planning supply planning
– Support subnetworks for shelf-life heuristic – Master data simulations in user-defined
scenarios
– Holiday or blackout time-period support on
sources of supply
– Simplified optimizer cost maintenance
– Assembly scrap
Release 1811
SAP Integrated Business Planning for sales and operations V1811
Recent innovations
Recurring processes and process calendars

 Define automated recurring S&OP process for future planning cycles
 View and adjust recurring process calendars
Time-series-based supply planning heuristic: Shelf-life planning

 Generation of supply plan considering minimum required shelf life of customer demand and remaining shelf life of
existing batches through all locations in the network
Location products specified as nonstocking node for optimizer

SAP Integrated Business Planning for sales and operations V1902
Process management enhancements

 Purge processes: Application job template to delete processes older than user-specified dates filtered by process
templates
 Process steps without tasks: Support for process steps that are milestones and don’t need tasks – for example,
process integration with SAP Ariba solutions
 Recurring processes: Gantt chart view to view and adjust recurring process calendar; roundoffs on recurring
processes
New SAP Fiori app “Change History Settings”

 Manage which source of change (such as data integration, planning operators, and more) for a key figure can
write change history records. This helps with managing data for change history, thereby improving performance.
Enhance forecast consumption for non-supply-enabled planning areas

SAP Integrated Business Planning for sales and operations V1905 and V1908
S&OP process management

 Process notifications for process exceptions and pending
 Enhancements to the time-series-based supply
tasks as SAP Fiori notifications
planning
 SAP CoPilot integration for collaboration on process  Support transportation resources
exceptions  Holiday or blackout time-period support on sources of supply
 Simplified optimizer cost maintenance
 Master data simulations in user-defined scenario
SAP Fiori app “Change History Analytics”: For reason code  Alternative components (component substitution) with priority
reporting – number of changes per cycle, top 5 changes, and for optimizer
more  Assembly scrap
 Flexible mapping for attributes and key figures for supply
planning
Financial integration content with SAP Business Planning
and Consolidation optimized for SAP S/4HANA – best
practice business process and template
Assumptions, risks, and opportunities planning

 Capturing qualitative input (assumptions) to drive
quantitative forecasts
 Manage risks and opportunities and include in planning
SAP Integrated Business Planning for sales and operations
Direction update
 Approvals process and business workflow

 S&OP process analysis including balanced score cards and extended decision support
 Automated process and manual intervention on alerts
 Capacity-leveling heuristic
 Product cost rollup through supply chain network for contribution margin and profitability analysis
 Effectivity and validity dates for components with supersession
 Dynamic projected coverage or “periods of supply” calculation at request level
 Ad hoc collaboration of forecast changes and out-of-cycle changes
 Process adherence KPI and analytics
 Process hierarchies and dependencies
 New SAP Fiori tasks app with task dependencies and delegations
 Integration with SAP C/4HANA – SAP Sales Cloud and SAP Marketing Cloud
 Enhancements to product and portfolio review process

SAP Integrated Business Planning for demand
Demand management Demand management Demand management Demand management

 New forecast algorithm  New forecast algorithm:  New forecast algorithm:  Product lifecycle management/like
– Gradient boosting – Naïve algorithms – ARIMAX modeling
– Aggregated lifecycle planning respecting
 Product lifecycle management/like  Time-series analysis  Product lifecycle management/like
reference products from detailed level
modeling – Display result details modeling
– Settings for product lifecycle – Predecessor chains  Extensibility of forecasting with
 Forecast accuracy calculation custom algorithms from R studio
– File upload for settings of the Product – Aggregated lifecycle planning respecting
– Usage of lag-based snapshots
Lifecycle app phase-in and phase-out on detailed level
 Product lifecycle management/like
 Realignment Demand sensing
modeling
– Deleting planning objects  Support product phase-out
– Flexible curves
 Realignment
Demand sensing – Version-specific realignment
 Support more than one downstream  Background forecasting on scenarios
signal
Release 1811
SAP Integrated Business Planning for demand V1811
Recent innovations
Demand management – new forecasting algorithm:

gradient boosting
 New statistical forecasting model gradient boosting, a machine
learning algorithm
Demand management – product lifecycle management

 Settings for Product Lifecycle app: Improved usability and efficiency of
the Manage Product Lifecycle app due to predefined default settings
to speed up planner’s tasks
 File upload for Settings for Product Lifecycle app: Option to upload
files containing product assignments and forecast dates directly in the
Manage Product Lifecycle app
Demand sensing
 Support for more than one downstream signal: Support usage of
point-of-sales (POS) data in combination with POS inventory within
demand sensing

SAP Integrated Business Planning for demand V1902
Demand management – new forecasting algorithm: Naïve algorithms
 Naïve algorithm: “Forecast = sales data of last year + x%”
Demand management – time-series analysis

 Display and report on results of time-series analysis on planning-object level.
Provide filtering possibilities to show, for example, all product/location/customer
combinations with seasonal sales pattern.
Demand management – product lifecycle management/like modeling

 Flexible curves: Enable user to upload individual curves – such as a pre-dip (initial
fill of shelves in the store)
Demand management – forecast accuracy calculation

 Usage of lag-based snapshots: Usage of forecast snapshot key figures with “LAG”
as root as input for forecast accuracy calculation
Demand management – realignment

 Version-specific realignment: Run realignment only on selected versions
Demand management – background forecasting on scenarios
 Run background forecasting in a selected user-defined scenario
SAP Integrated Business Planning for demand V1905 and V1908
Demand management – new forecasting algorithm: ARIMAX

 ARIMAX: Enhanced version of existing ARIMA model with the capability to support additional explanatory variables X1, X2,…
Demand management – product lifecycle management/like modeling

 Predecessor chains: Possibility to define start and end dates for reference products within predecessor chains such as
Productnew → Product-1 → Product-2 within the Product Lifecycle app
 Aggregated lifecycle planning
 Respecting phase-in/out on detailed level: Adapt statistical forecast created on aggregated level, such as product group level, according to
the phase-in/out settings defined on product/launch dimension level
 Aggregated lifecycle planning respecting reference products from detailed level: Construct the sales history that is used during forecasting
on aggregated level, such as product group level, by respecting the product reference settings defined for the individual products
Demand management – extensibility of forecasting with custom algorithms from R studio

Demand sensing
 Apply product phase-out settings within demand-sensing algorithm

SAP Integrated Business Planning for demand
Direction update
 Forecast automation
 Forecasting enhancement, including new advanced algorithms (such as auto-SARIMAX)
 Range forecasting
 Planning calendars support for demand processes
 Usage of additional external data sources (such as weather or social sentiments) in demand sensing
 Market- and customer-driven enhancements, along with extended industry support

SAP Integrated Business Planning for inventory
Inventory optimization Demand-driven MRP planning Inventory optimization
 Inventory optimization using maximum
constraints (storage tanks)  Manage forecast error calculation: Support  SAP Fiori app “Manage Buffer Profiles”  Model rules to set inventory targets for
multiple lag-based snapshots for configuration of buffer profile master demand ramp down/phase out
 Fractional-week lead times and PBRs used data
in calculation of backlog and propagated  Allow configuration of multistage inventory  Effectivity/validity dates for sources of
demand optimization and inventory components  Update time-period filter for SAP Fiori app supply
planning operators with different planning “DDMRP Buffer Analysis”
 “I” push calculation for downstream horizons  Input attribute defining green zone buffer-
 Time-varying cyclical sourcing in algorithms level calculation type Demand-driven MRP planning
(loops)
 Improve solver’s selection of decoupling  Outbound integration of decoupling
 Smooth recommended safety stock to points based on inventory and flexibility point indicators and buffer levels to
remove spikes and dips in the presence of leverage SAP S/4HANA
binary sourcing
 Nondecoupling points as input to solver  “DDMRP” SAP Fiori app saves filter
 Handle lot size to nonstocking in single- (opposite of critical operation) variants for scenarios
stage operator
 Propagate minimum order quantity
Demand-driven MRP planning (MOQ) at nondecoupling points to
 “DDMRP” SAP Fiori app saves scenario downstream decoupling points
results to baseline
 Allow multiple buffer profiles and
assignment by location
 Allow for lead-time category and variability
category overrides at product-location level
Release 1811
SAP Integrated Business Planning for inventory V1811
Recent innovations
 Inventory optimization using maximum constraints (storage tanks)
 Fractional-week lead times and PBRs used in calculation of backlog and propagated demand
 “I” push calculation for downstream
 Time-varying cyclical sourcing in algorithms (loops)
 Smooth recommended safety stock to remove spikes and dips in the presence of binary sourcing
 Handle lot size to nonstocking in single-stage operator
 Basic master data using SAP Integrated Business Planning add-on as a data source for SAP Cloud Platform
Integration for data services integration
Demand-driven MRP planning

 “DDMRP” SAP Fiori app saves scenario results to baseline
 Allow multiple buffer profiles and assignment by location
 Allow for lead-time category and variability category overrides at product location level

SAP Integrated Business Planning for inventory V1902
 Manage forecast error calculation: Support multiple lag-based snapshots
 Allow configuration of multistage inventory optimization and inventory components planning operators with
different planning horizons

SAP Integrated Business Planning for inventory V1905 and V1908
Inventory optimization Demand-driven MRP planning

 Model rules to set inventory targets for demand ramp  SAP Fiori app “Manage Buffer Profiles” for configuration
down/phase out of buffer profile master data
 Effectivity/validity dates for sources of supply  Improve solver’s selection of decoupling points based on
inventory and flexibility leverage
 Update time period filter for SAP Fiori app “DDMRP
Buffer Analysis”
 Input attribute defining green zone buffer-level
calculation type
 Propagate minimum order quantity (MOQ) at
nondecoupling points to downstream decoupling points
 Outbound integration of decoupling
point indicators and buffer levels to SAP S/4HANA
 “DDMRP” SAP Fiori app saves filter variants for
scenarios
 Nondecoupling points as input to solver (opposite of
critical operation)
SAP Integrated Business Planning for inventory
Direction update
Inventory optimization Demand-driven MRP planning

 SAP Fiori app “Inventory Planning Profile”  SAP Fiori app “Inventory Planning Profile”
 Forecast Error app calculating forecast error over lead  Algorithm improvements to DDMRP strategic inventory
time positioning
 Integration to SAP Integrated Business Planning for  Planning area consistency for inventory optimization,
demand PIPO (product phase-in, phase-out) DDMRP, and unified planning (SAP3, SAP3b, and SAP
 Production frozen window Integrated Business Planning 1)
 Scenarios/simulations with master data attributes as key  Effectivity/validity dates for sources of supply
figures and viewing and editing timeless key figures in
Excel
 Unit of measure handling from base unit of measure
 Outbound integration of safety stock and other inventory
targets
 Economic order quantity (EOQ) operator
 SAP Fiori app to calculate lead time and lead time
variability

SAP Integrated Business Planning for response and supply
Order-based planning Order-based planning Order-based planning Order-based planning

 Optimization  Integration  Optimization  Integration
– Detailed cost maintenance – Enable a separate integration source for – Cost profile – Multiple integration sources for one
 Multiple modes of transport each order-based planning area  Maximum lateness of demands common planning area
– Deployment STR visible in SAP S/4HANA  Optimization
 Flexible planning start date  Advanced forecast consumption
 Usability and traceability enhancements – Planning in weeks
– Additional location material attributes  Assembly scrap
Tactical supply planning  Quota arrangements
– Additional demand fulfillment key figures  Consider goods receipt processing
 Shelf-life planning (heuristic)  Safety days of supply times
 Location-products specified as Tactical supply planning
nonstocking node for optimizer
Tactical supply planning  Enhancements to the time-series-based
Tactical supply planning supply planning
 Enhancements to the time-series-based – Master data simulations in user-defined
 Enhancements to the time-series-
supply planning scenarios
based supply planning
– Combined static and dynamic periods of – Holiday or blackout time-periods support
– Support transportation resources
supply in lot-sizing procedures on sources of supply
– Alternative components (component
– Enable forecast consumption for non- – Simplified optimizer cost maintenance
substitution) with priority for optimizer
supply-planning areas – Assembly scrap
– Flexible mapping for attributes and key
figures for supply planning
– Support subnetworks for shelf-life
heuristic
Release 1811
SAP Integrated Business Planning for response and supply V1811
Recent innovations
Order-based planning – multiple modes of transport

 Model multiple modes of transport between two location products to support different lead times
Order-based planning – detailed cost maintenance for cost-based optimization

 Safety stock/inventory holding cost
 Source of supply cost
 Lot-size horizon for production, transport, and procurement

SAP Integrated Business Planning for response and supply V1902
Order-based planning – safety days of supply Integration of multiple sources for order-
 Support for buffer strategy safety days of supply (SDoS) in based planning
order-based planning runs
 Enabling the integration of multiple sources
Order-based planning – usability and traceability into individual planning areas. Sources are
enhancements SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA, or other SAP and
non-SAP systems.
 Additional location material attributes: Offer location material-
specific attributes for SAP Fiori apps  The different sources can be heterogenous.
– View confirmation SAP and non-SAP sources can be integrated
– Analyze supply usage simultaneously to SAP Integrated Business
– View gating factor Planning.
– View demand by priority  The integration from and to SAP ERP and
 Additional demand fulfillment key figures SAP S/4HANA systems will be provided as a
– Key figures for dropped sales orders and forecasts “built-in” option.
– Key figures for late sales orders and forecasts

SAP Integrated Business Planning for response and supply
Direction update
Enhancements in order-based planning Response planning

 Periodic lot sizes  Allocation on components and aggregate levels
 Multiple activities in planned orders
 Near-real-time integration from SAP S/4HANA and SAP
Deployment planning
ERP to SAP Integrated Business Planning and multi-  Deployment optimization
ERP integration  Push deployment
 MRP areas  Load consolidation
 Subcontracting support  Transportation and handling capacities
 Production in another plant
Operational supply planning
 Coproducts and by-products
 Infinite supply planning heuristics on order data
 MRP segments for make-to-order and project segments
 Capacity leveling on infinite planning result
 Characteristics-based planning and shelf-life planning
 DDMRP replenishment
 Product and location substitution
Supply and allocations planning

 Delta planning, enhanced parallel planning

Planned integration capabilities
Time-series-based integration with Order-based integration with SAP Time-series-based integration with SAP Time-series-based integration with SAP
SAP S/4HANA and SAP ERP ERP and SAP S/4HANA S/4HANA and SAP ERP S/4HANA and SAP ERP
 SAP Integrated Business Planning  Enable a separate integration source  SAP Integrated Business Planning  SAP Integrated Business Planning
add-on in SAP ERP and SAP for each planning area add-on in SAP ERP and SAP add-on in SAP ERP and SAP
S/4HANA as data source S/4HANA as data source S/4HANA as data source
– Master data: Resource, resource  Deployment STR visible in SAP
– Master data: Customer source of – Master data: Source production validity,
location, product, location, location S/4HANA
supply, location source of supply, source customer group, mode of
product customer, unit of measures, currency transport
Data integration – Key figure: Capacity supply, initial – Key figure: Sales orders and
Time-series-based integration with SAP
 Permission filter for master data and inventory, exchange rate, outbound deliveries(open/actuals), outbound
S/4HANA and SAP ERP integration – recommended safety stock integration – planned independent
key figure values during upload
 SAP Integrated Business Planning – Outbound integration of DDMRP requirement
add-on in SAP ERP and SAP decoupling point indicators and buffer Order-based integration with SAP ERP
S/4HANA as data source profiles to SAP S/4HANA and SAP S/4HANA
– Master data: Source production,
 Multiple integration sources for one
production source item (BOM),
production resource, subnetwork Financial integration common planning area
 Integration with SAP Business
Analytics Planning and Consolidation Financial integration
optimized for SAP S/4HANA
 Integration with SAP Analytics Cloud Financial integration content with SAP
Business Planning and Consolidation
optimized for SAP S/4HANA and SAP
Analytics Cloud
Release 1811
Planned integration capabilities
Direction update
Time series-based integration with SAP S/4HANA and SAP ERP

 Enhancements to the add-on concept approach to enrich integration content with SAP Cloud Platform Integration for
data services
Order-based integration with SAP S/4HANA and SAP ERP

 Integration data model extensions to operational supply planning
 Near-real-time integration
Integration with SAP C/4HANA – SAP Sales Cloud and SAP Marketing Cloud
 Outbound integration of demand plans
 Inbound integration of opportunities into sales forecast quantity

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Related road maps
SAP Integrated Business Planning is closely related to and

integrated with corresponding operation processes in execution
systems such as SAP S/4HANA. Furthermore, SAP Integrated
Business Planning leverages SAP Fiori front ends and takes an
active part in the SAP Fiori UI journey.
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 SAP ERP
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SAP Integrated Business Planning Road Map

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Vision and direction

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Sales and operations planning

Demand planning and demand sensing

Response and supply planning

End-to-end supply chain business processes

Design Plan Respond Produce Deliver Operate

Machines, sensors, devices

Individualization Big Data sharing

Sustainability Enterprise mobility

Cloud operations Usability

• Scaling and • Advanced visualization

Model configuration Model configuration Model configuration Model configuration

 Test automation for customers

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Time-dependent planning notes on cell level

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Time-dependent planning notes on cell level

Usability enhancements in planning operators

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Time-dependent planning notes on cell level Planning view definition

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Persistent sorting Key figure expansion on planning view

Planning filters  Automated tests

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Exception management Exception management Exception management Exception management

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 Further enhancements to KPIs

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S&OP process management …

Recurring processes and process calendars

Time-series-based supply planning heuristic: Shelf-life planning

Location products specified as nonstocking node for optimizer

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Process management enhancements

New SAP Fiori app “Change History Settings”

Enhance forecast consumption for non-supply-enabled planning areas

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S&OP process management

Assumptions, risks, and opportunities planning

 Approvals process and business workflow

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Demand management Demand management Demand management Demand management

Demand management – new forecasting algorithm:

Demand management – product lifecycle management

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Demand management – time-series analysis

Demand management – product lifecycle management/like modeling

Demand management – forecast accuracy calculation

Demand management – realignment

Demand management – new forecasting algorithm: ARIMAX

Demand management – product lifecycle management/like modeling

Demand management – extensibility of forecasting with custom algorithms from R studio

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Demand-driven MRP planning

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