SAP IBP Blog 10 – Summary of useful links for SAP IBP

In this blog post I collected some useful links for SAP Integrated Business Planning for Supply Chain, short SAP IBP. These links might be more useful for someone new to SAP IBP, but even experienced users or consultants might find some of these links interesting.

The official name of the solution is “SAP Integrated Business Planning for Supply Chain” (until 2019 it was called “SAP Integrated Business Planning”). SAP approved abbreviations are “SAP IBP” and “SAP IBP for Supply Chain”.

SAP IBP Overview Material

SAP IBP Strategic Roadmap Presentation, June 2023: PDF , Recording

Introduction: Video with an overview of SAP IBP related resources

SAP IBP Planning User Interfaces: YouTube Video

SAP IBP community blog explaining the use of Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) with IBP: Community blog

Supply Chain Planning Processes on SAP Insights webpage:

• Supply chain planning: What it is and how it’s used
• What is the S&OP?
• What is DDMRP?
• Supply Chain Control Towers: Providing End-to-End
• The new area of Demand Planning
• What is extended planning and analysis (xP&A)?
• What Is Response and Supply Planning?

SAP IBP Webinar Overview series:

• SAP IBP Introduction Webinar Series
• 8 Webinars, presented from January to March 2023.

SAP IBP Onboarding

• First step for new SAP IBP customers is to visit the Onboarding Resource Center and attend the quarterly SAP IBP Onboarding webinars .
• The Onboarding Resource Center replaced the SAP IBP Onboarding Wiki page  since Q3  2022
• For questions regarding IBP system provsioning, please read this PDF document: SAP IBP System Access FAQs
• Please also check out SAP Note 2453264: How to find additional knowledge repositories for SAP IBP

SAP IBP Help, SAP Supoort Content, Upgrade information

Important information can be found in the SAP IBP Help Portal:

• SAP IBP Help Portal
• IBP application help
• What´s in each IBP application (including license information)
• Integration Scenarios

SAP Help Support Content (Wiki pages have been migrated to SAP Help support content in 2023):

• Lots of technical information can be found on the SAP IBP Support Content (former Wiki).
• The IBP FAQs answers a lot of questions already (especially around the Excel add-in).

SAP IBP Upgrade information:

• SAP IBP Upgrade Planning
• SAP informs the harmonized upgrade schedule across solutions in SAP Note 2888562 
• Maintenance and Major Upgrade Windows Schedule

Audience Engagement: Community, Newsletter, Compendiums, YouTube

• Subscription to SAP IBP newsletter
• SAP IBP Webcasts page – Register for upcoming webinars and listen to recordings
• To collaborate with other SAP IBP enthusiasts, please visit the SAP IBP community
• YouTube Video Channel for Supply Chain Planning: SAP Supply Chain Planning – YouTube Channel
• Compendium of SAP IBP customer stories (PDF document)

Training and Best Practices

• A new SAP IBP Learning journey was introduced in 2023: Discover SAP Integrated Business Planning for Supply Chain
• For formal SAP IBP training courses, please visit the SAP IBP Learning Journey page
• Training & Adoption page specifically for SAP IBP
• Webinar about SAP IBP training courses: PDF| Recording | FAQ
• To jump start your IBP implementation, please use the SAP IBP Best Practice Explorer.
  • SAP IBP Best Practices Overview Video (3min)
  • On the SAP IBP webinar pageyou can find the recordings of past Best Practices sessions.

Influence Portal, Roadmap and Incidents

• Use the SAP IBP Influence Portal to transmit your ideas and requests to SAP development and vote on existing ideas and requests. SAP Note 2479068 describes how to create an influence item for SAP IBP
• The SAP IBP Roadmap can be viewed in the SAP IBP Roadmap Explorer
• If there is need to create an incident for SAP IBP, please follow the instructions described in SAP Note 2450436