Training Details

SAP-IBP solution provides a unified model of demand, supply chain, and financial data for real-time analysis, enabling rapid decision making and quick responses to changes in your business. Real-time simulations enable planners to compare multiple plans and determine the most profitable one with which to move forward. ​IBP for S&OP is the major component of IBP platform offering the complete functionality related to integration of demand and supply to facilitate the Sales and Operations planning processes in a company.

About the Course

This course will cover all the major theoretical concepts, design of the system, building up of a model, configuration and testing of the model. ​ The goals of this course are to enable the participants to discover the following features of the solution:

• Align supply and demand in real time with a single-instance data model
• Empower teams to make faster, better-informed decisions with intelligent collaboration
• Improve the speed and accuracy of sales and operations planning
• Reduce IT complexity and cost with a cloud-based solution
• Explore new business scenarios to drive revenue growth and expand into new markets

Duration

• 25 Hours (2-3 Weekends - Saturday's and Sundays - 3 hours each day)

Course Contents

• Introductions to Supply Chain Management
• Overview of the IBP Platform
• Overview of S&OP Concepts
• Design of planning model for the business / Blueprinting
• Introduction of IBP Sales & Operations Planning
• What is S&OP? o S&OP Solution Fit
• S&OP Solution Architecture
• Positioning with Other Supply Chain Solution Areas:
• S&OP Standard Demo o S&OP Out of the Box Models
• Getting Familiar With SAP S&OP Solution
• S&OP Web UI
• S&OP Excel Add-in § Configuring the S&OP Add-in Connection
• Process Modeling
• S&OP Demand Review – Complete Configuration
• Model Configuration
• Overview of key concepts
• Model Setup Overview
• Demand Model Configuration
• Master Data Configuration
• Creating Time Profile
• Create Planning Area
• Model Activation
• Data Integration in S&OP
• File Based Data Import
• HANA Cloud Integration
• Data Services / Other ETL tools
• Excel Planning and Reporting
• Analytics
• Generating Datasets and Visualizations
• Creating and Managing Your Dashboard
• S&OP Supply Review – Complete Configuration
• SUPPLY Model Configuration
• Data Integration for Supply Key Figures in Custom Model
• Upload to S&OP
• Excel Planning Views
• Collaboration
• User Management:
• Installing SAP S&OP Excel Add-In
• Model Configuration Optional Exercises
• Statistical Forecasting o Troubleshooting Model Activation Errors
• Global Configuration Options