Learn how to capture forecast change cycle over cycle and why this matters.
See how Business Control Tower can help you run S&OP and FP&A processes together in a unified planning model.
Learn how to execute revised the budget based on actual performance and how to run variance analysis (Actual vs. Revised Budget) with a unified planning model.
See how to generate Income Statement (P&L), Cash Flow Statement, and Balance Sheet based on granular plans in SAP IBP.
See a unified planning model that can support both Sales & Operations Planning S&OP as well as Financial Planning & Analysis FP&A processes.
Learn how to identify capacity shortages as the reason for unmet demands from Supply Optimizer Run.
Learn how to identify lead time constraints and supplier constraints as the reason for unmet demands from Supply Optimizer.
Learn how to fine-tune Supply Optimizer Cost Model to influence demand prioritization and how to model time-phased maximum delay constraints.
Learn how supply planners can override consensus demand using Adjusted Key Figures.
Learn how production planners can control demand being placed on the production plants using Adjusted Key Figures.
Learn how production planners can control Production Receipts from Production Plants using Adjusted Key Figures.
Learn how transportation planners can propagate production supply constraints to downstream Distribution Centers. Learn how Account Managers can flexibly make delivery commitments to customers independent of Supply at Distribution Center.
See how to model aggregated production capacity usage constraints to allocate capacity fairly across product families.
Learn how to model aggregated financial constraints to support maximum inventory dollars constraints for finished goods or raw materials at the end of the year across the supply network.
Learn how to model regional allocations across customers & products to preserve market share goals.
Learn how supply chains are evolving from traditional planning to autonomous planning in response to an increasingly volatile environment. We analyze supply chain risks due to Russian invasion of Ukraine. We examine automation trends as they evolve from process automation to decision automation.
Learn how Lot for Lot procedure works in Infinite Supply Heuristics and Supply Optimizer. It also explains how Supply Optimizer derives optimal lot sizes based on production costs vs. inventory holding costs.
Learn how Static Periods of Supply procedure works in Infinite Supply Heuristics.
Learn how Static Periods of Supply procedure supports fractional values in coverage span. It also compares Static Periods of Supply Procedure with Safety Stock based forward cover. It shows how planners can deploy static periods of supply together with safety stock and highlights the planning differences in infinite Supply Heuristics vs. Finite Supply Heuristics in SAP IBP.
Learn how Static Periods of Supply procedure can be run with average demand to mitigate safety stock imbalances due to high forecast error. It shows how period specific coverage spans can be maintained separately from average demand calculation. We also cover the lot sizing procedure based on target periods of customer demand.
Learn how Dynamic Periods of Supply lot sizing procedure reduces the over-planning challenge with Static Periods of Supply. It also covers Dynamic Periods of Supply with Safety Stock procedure.
Learn how Production Cycle Lot Size works in Supply Planning.