SAP IBP Planning Compass

Integrated Business Planning, process by process
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Six planning processes, one planning area

Follow the plan from history to a released forecast, buffers and supply. Pick a process in the ribbon or on the map, then walk its steps to see which app or planning view you use, which key figures it reads and writes, which operator runs, and how it hands off to the next process.

Solid arrow a plan or key figure handed to the next process Dashed rail platform and integration with S/4HANA CONSENSUSDEMANDQTY Key figure read or written IBPLOCATIONPRODUCT Master data type the plan is stored on
consensus and forecast error inventory targets demand review safety stock targets constrained supply plan network, stock, orders approved plan: PIRs, planned orders buffer levels, proposals actuals, orders, master data Demand Planning Forecast · IBP for demand, sensing Inventory Optimization Buffer · IBP for inventory (MEIO) Supply Planning & Response Supply · heuristic, optimizer, order-based Sales & Operations Planning Plan · Decide · monthly cycle, scenarios, financial reconciliation Demand-Driven Replenishment Flow · buffers instead of forecast-driven MRP Foundation & Integration planning area · CI-DS · real-time integration ↔ SAP S/4HANA PIRs safety stock planned orders · allocations buffer levels