SUPPLY CHAIN PLANNING
Respond rapidly and cost-effectively through integrated supply chain forecasting tools from SAP to changes in production, demand, and market conditions. Progress towards smart supply and demand planning. In an advanced supply chain planning scheme, link all the planning processes to boost lead times and service levels.
1. Collaborative Supply Chain Planning
Maintain relationships in real time with distributors, associates, and contract manufacturers across your supply chain.
2. Integrated Business Planning
Ensure business stability by synchronizing supply chain preparation in real time, from S&OP to inventory planning, through SAP IBP, in periods of supply chain interruption.
3. Inventory Optimisation
To help you satisfy unforeseen demand, set inventory goals designed to increase profits while leaving a buffer.
4. Procurement and Supplier Management
Optimize supply management based on prioritized needs, allocations, and limits such as output volume, with schedules.
5. Predictive Analysis, Machine Learning and AI
It is further divided into 2 things:
Integrated Business Planning:
Meet market expectations efficiently with SAP Optimized Supply Chain Integrated Business Planning (SAP IBP). This cloud-based solution integrates sales and operations planning (S&OP), forecasting and production, response and availability, demand-driven replenishment, and inventory planning, guided by SAP HANA in-memory technology. To keep ahead of transition and boost flexibility, take advantage of efficient supply chain analytics, what-if analysis, warnings, and more.
- Demand forecasting and management To make reliable short-, mid-, and long-term estimates, use demand sensing, statistical modeling, and machine learning algorithms.
- Inventory optimisation To help you satisfy unforeseen demand, set inventory goals designed to increase profits while leaving a buffer.
- Sales and operations planning Provide a cross-departmental plan for sales and production that balances stock levels, standard of support and profitability.
- Response and supply planning Optimize supply management based on prioritized needs, allocations, and restrictions such as output volume, with schedules.
- Demand Driven Replenishment Transform variability in the supply chain and increase stock movement using methods for demand-driven material requirements planning (MRP).
SAP Ariba Supply Chain Collaboration for Buyers:
To gain maximum supply chain insight, exchange real-time data with all the direct spending vendors, receive their commitments, and tap network-generated information. Achieve maximum exposure of the supply chain with SAP Ariba Supply Chain Partnership. This collaboration platform, combined with the ERP and supply chain optimization programs, allows you to collaborate safely and effectively with different layers of contract manufacturers and vendors through critical supply chain preparation and implementation processes.
- Partner and supplier collaboration – Real Time Work with global collaborators through processes for ordering, forecasting, quality, resource management, and more.
- Dashboards for status monitoring Get order status reports from manufacturers, and easily detect quality concerns and supply and demand mismatches.
- Rapid onboarding functionality To promote successful supplier onboarding and accelerated consumer acceptance, provide on-demand software or use supplier integration options.
- Enhanced compliance Ensure coordination with standards-based, secure communications and customizable business processes and on-time order delivery.