Now available: SAP Integrated Business Planning 6.2

SAP has announced the release of the 6.2 (cloud) version of SAP Integrated Business Planning, which includes the applications SAP® Integrated Business Planning for sales and operations, SAP® Integrated Business Planning for inventory, SAP® Integrated Business Planning for demand, SAP® Integrated Business Planning for response and supply, and SAP® Supply Chain Control Tower.

This is the second release of the 6.x platform, using latest HANA Netweaver foundation and bringing further operational and performance enhancements as well as new capabilities across each application including:

Improved tactical supply optimization considering transportation and storage constraints, as well as detailed order pegging for all demands in the gating factor analysis.
Enhanced demand sensing with the ability to plan weekly and daily using enhanced update logic for full or partial re-planning.
Inventory optimization for all components, including calculating requirements for different inventory drivers such as cycle times and pipeline inventory.
New semantic mapping of key figures to attributes and a common planning profile framework across all IBP, enabling simpler and more flexible set up and configuration.
Improved alert management, including usability and navigation enhancements directly between alerts and analytics.

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