Sales and operations planning
Process orchestration
Align sales, marketing, development, manufacturing, sourcing, and finance to make informed decisions and drive agile, profitable growth.
Define, manage, and monitor relevant planning steps
Balance demand and supply and integrate financial and operational planning in one sales and operations process.
Link high-level strategy with medium- to long-term operations
Create a business plan that is operationally feasible, financially viable, and aligned with goals and objectives.
Drive decision-centric planning
Structured and enforced processes help ensure resilient and optimized medium- to long-range plans so you can decide what should be done.
Improved internal and external collaboration
Focus, align, and engage the enterprise.
Connect operational and planning silos
Connect departments, synchronize processes, and gain insights with a common user experience, seamless SAP integration, and advanced analytics.
Combine input from multiple constituencies
Incorporate feedback from finance, sales, marketing, supply chain, and trading partners.
Gain complete visibility of stakeholders’ perspectives
Synchronize goals, align behaviors, and enhance overall performance.
Planning for disruptions
Accommodate continuous change.
Absorb unplanned variability in your supply chain process
Make fast, informed decisions based on probabilities related to risks and opportunities.
Rapidly run multiple simulations
Gain a clear understanding of the financial implications of changes to supply, demand, and capacity.
Analyze and compare what-if scenarios
Prepare for probable market conditions, impact on customers, unexpected disruptions, and supply availability.
Post-planning decision intelligence and action
Continuously monitor plan and decision execution against KPIs.
Conduct structured and comprehensive post-planning intelligence
Identify over- and underperformers, gain insight into root causes, and drive action at individual, departmental, business unit, and corporate levels.
Project approved future operational plan metrics
Compare plans with corporate strategic objectives to identify potential future misalignment.
Provide executive reviews
Present stakeholders with actionable information and recommendations to seize opportunities earlier and make faster decisions.
Explore all capabilities of integrated business planning
Demand planning
Automate the statistical forecasting process and apply machine learning algorithms to predict demand.
Inventory planning and optimization
Establish optimal inventory targets that enable you to maximize profits, while ensuring customer service levels.
Response and supply planning
Generate feasible supply plans to meet demand with accurate inventory targets and efficient capacity utilization.
Supply chain visibility
Gain end-to-end visibility of your supply chain and detect potential disruptions with SAP Supply Chain Control Tower.