SAP Integrated Business Planning for demand

It is easy to share my experience with ABC segmentation but not with XYZ segmentation. When I started my SAP career (a decade ago) with master data review and upload every time business will not provide the ABC indicators, to be honest, I do not... Read More »

Do you agree writing a blog post is not that easy because every individual has a different perspective? Sometimes after publishing the post need to check if any points to be changed or added based on comments. I usually do modifications based on... Read More »

Introduction: Realignment is one of the processes available in IBP to move/copy data. It is generally used to accommodate for changes in Master data within Supply Chain. Along with the change of Master Data, realignment also helps in copying key... Read More »

Introduction: Here is an example to demonstrate the various ABC/XYZ segmentation methods available in IBP. While there is a lot of information already available on ABC/XYZ, I am sharing an example to hopefully help you understand it better. I would... Read More »

By Zoryana Zagorodnya, SAP Digital Supply Chain Marketing   Whenever I go to my local pharmacy, I see empty shelves or prescriptions that cannot be filled due to stock shortages. One prime example is a recent shortage of Adderall, which is a... Read More »

Introduction: Lifecycle planning is used to introduce, phase-in and phase-out products. As you might already be aware, a typical product’s life can be split across distinct phases from development to end of life. After a product is developed, it... Read More »

Introduction: While the overall process of statistical forecasting is not that complicated (unless you get into advanced statistical models), there are some minor details in the “Manage Forecast Models” app which can be confusing. Here I am... Read More »

Introduction: ABC & XYZ segmentation are used for grouping planning objects based on their revenue/sales generating capacity & ease of forecasting. Detailed documentation can be found here- ABC Segmentation | SAP Help Portal.  While... Read More »

Motivation / Relevance / Context You have the Strategic Freight Procurement (SFP) application of SAP S/4 Transportation Management (TM) implemented or you consider to implement it. In SFP the end user prepares an RfQ Master document as a basis for... Read More »

We are actively searching for a customer to do a Pilot Project with us! ___________________________________________________________________ As recently mentioned by Gartner, “infinite possibilities require probabilistic supply chain planning”... Read More »