SAP Integrated Business Planning Features
Inventory Management Platform Features (10)
Centralized Inventory Database
Manage and track all inventory records across warehouses and retail locations through a single unified database.
Inventory Level Dashboards
Maintain a visual on product stock levels throughout your facilities with flexible inventory dashboards.
Stock History Reporting
View the history of individual items and compare the sales performance of new to old stock in order to inform purchasing decisions.
Low Stock Notifications
Set low stock thresholds and receive automatic alerts when stock decreases to that level.
Bundles, Kits, & Variants
Automatically adjust inventory for product bundles, kit orders, and product variations within the system.
Asset Tracking
Use barcode or radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology with specialized readers or mobile applications to track inventory assets throughout warehouse facilities.
Inventory Forecasting
Optimize inventory levels with features that suggest reorder points and economic order quantities (EOQs) that facilitate inventory management.
eCommerce Integrations
Integrate shopping carts, eCommerce platforms, POS, and payment gateways with the system to link inventory records between across platforms.
Accounting Integrations
Track inventory costs and costs of goods sold (COGS) with accounting software integrations.
Data Exporting / Importing
Transfer large volumes of inventory data records into and out of the system with built-in import / export tools.
Analytics (9)
Forecasting - Supply Chain Planning
This feature was mentioned in 75 SAP Integrated Business Planning reviews.
Analyzes aggregated supply chain and shipping data to gain predictive insight
Asset Tracking - Supply Chain Planning
This feature was mentioned in 65 SAP Integrated Business Planning reviews.
Monitors and tracks the physical status of goods and materials
Data Collection - Supply Chain Planning
This feature was mentioned in 71 SAP Integrated Business Planning reviews.
Aggregates and centralizes data regarding product movement, materials management, and financial information
Business Reporting - Supply Chain Planning
This feature was mentioned in 72 SAP Integrated Business Planning reviews.
Generates reports that identify KPIs and other relevant metrics
Reporting
73 reviewers of SAP Integrated Business Planning have provided feedback on this feature.
Provides users with automated reports and dashboards on all demand plans, and forecast KPIs
Segmentation analysis
This feature was mentioned in 70 SAP Integrated Business Planning reviews.
Allows users to perform ABC and XYZ analyses and assess forecastability with rules adjustable by business users.
Product lifecycle
Based on 72 SAP Integrated Business Planning reviews.
Allows users to forecast the demand impact of events such as new product launches product up-gradation, pricing, rebates, marketing activities, product discontinuation
Simulation
This feature was mentioned in 79 SAP Integrated Business Planning reviews.
Allows users to create simulation scenarios with factors such as changed pricing
Historical Forecast
This feature was mentioned in 74 SAP Integrated Business Planning reviews.
Allows users to pull historical data in order to more accurately predict future demand
Warehouse Management (3)
Sales and Operations Planning - Supply Chain Planning
This feature was mentioned in 65 SAP Integrated Business Planning reviews.
Provides comprehensive visibility and oversight into supply chain operations
Production Planning - Supply Chain Planning
As reported in 64 SAP Integrated Business Planning reviews.
Provides inventory scheduling and inventory management functionalities
Process Automation - Supply Chain Planning
This feature was mentioned in 63 SAP Integrated Business Planning reviews.
Automates the tracking and recording of activities within the entire supply chain lifecycle
Delivery (3)
Flows
As reported in 56 SAP Integrated Business Planning reviews.
Track products to determine when they are shipped, in transit, or delivered.
Inventory
This feature was mentioned in 56 SAP Integrated Business Planning reviews.
Optimize inventory to improve fulfillment and increase customer satisfaction.
Modes
This feature was mentioned in 53 SAP Integrated Business Planning reviews.
Manage multiple delivery modes such as truckload, less than truckload, rail, parcel, and ocean.
Performance (3)
Financial Analytics
Based on 54 SAP Integrated Business Planning reviews.
Identify the financial impact of deliveries based on costs and revenues.
KPIs
As reported in 57 SAP Integrated Business Planning reviews.
Provide performance metrics such as delivery performance, on-time arrival performance, and compliance.
Benchmarking
Based on 54 SAP Integrated Business Planning reviews.
Use supply chain data to identify trends and their impact on performance.
Multichannel inventory management (3)
Warehouse Inventory Transfer
Allows users to create warehouse-to-warehouse transfers knowing the exact stock levels for both locations when sending and receiving
Multichannel Inventory Syncing
Allows users to sync inventory across multiple stores, marketplaces, and warehouses
Multi-Warehouse Routing
Allows users to connect sales channels to specific warehouses.
3PL inventory management (3)
Client management
Allows users to manage all thier clients on one system
Marketplace connections
Allows users to connect marketplaces for each client
3PL inventory tracking
Allows inventory tracking for specific customer required attributes such as lot, serial, style/color/size
Inventory Management (5)
Inventory Tracking
Real-time inventory tracking. Maintains accurate "On Hand" information by matching reserved inventory requested on purchase and sales orders.
Inventory Costing
Ability to establish costing methods such as Average, LIFO, FIFO, and Specific Unit.
Product Master
Manage and track all inventory records across warehouses and retail locations through a single unified database.
Inventory Forecasting
Optimize inventory levels with features that suggest reorder points and economic order quantities (EOQs) that facilitate inventory management.
Integrations
Integrate shopping carts, eCommerce platforms, POS, and accounting with the system to link inventory records across platforms.
Collaboration (4)
Integrations
75 reviewers of SAP Integrated Business Planning have provided feedback on this feature.
Allows users to integrate their demand planning software with ERP and SCM software
Multiple users
74 reviewers of SAP Integrated Business Planning have provided feedback on this feature.
Allows multiple users to simultaneously input thier data online, offline or remotely
Forecast collaboration
Based on 76 SAP Integrated Business Planning reviews.
Allows multiple stakeholders into planning data for increased visibility
Inventory collaboration
Based on 73 SAP Integrated Business Planning reviews.
Allows users to have multi-tier visibility into current stock and purchase orders
Planning (7)
Planning dashboard
As reported in 77 SAP Integrated Business Planning reviews.
Provides users with a planning dahsboard for real-time data
Capacity Planning
As reported in 68 SAP Integrated Business Planning reviews.
Allows users to ensure production capacity meets demand
Assortment Planning
Based on 62 SAP Integrated Business Planning reviews.
Allows users to conduct demand planning for seasonal and intermittent demand
Business functions
This feature was mentioned in 68 SAP Integrated Business Planning reviews.
Allows users to tailor demand planning by business function including sales and marketing
Goal planning
67 reviewers of SAP Integrated Business Planning have provided feedback on this feature.
Allows users to customize demand planning that take all data on particular goals into consideration.
Comprehensive Planning
Based on 69 SAP Integrated Business Planning reviews.
The system automatically accounts for data related to consumer demand and any planned network changes.
Workflow
This feature was mentioned in 66 SAP Integrated Business Planning reviews.
Allows users to automate routine steps for demand planning or data preparation
Visibility (4)
Shipment Tracking
Based on 45 SAP Integrated Business Planning reviews.
Ability to track inbound products to determine when they are shipped, in transit, or delivered.
Order-Level Visibility
45 reviewers of SAP Integrated Business Planning have provided feedback on this feature.
Ability to track and search for the location of shipments by PO or SKU
ETA
45 reviewers of SAP Integrated Business Planning have provided feedback on this feature.
Ability to use historical tracking data and machine learning in order to accurately predict ETAs
Geofencing
As reported in 42 SAP Integrated Business Planning reviews.
Ability to establish geofences to determine precise and accurate arrivals
Workflow Automation (4)
Rating
Based on 43 SAP Integrated Business Planning reviews.
Access up to date rates from carriers, including spot market
Dispatch and Tender
As reported in 42 SAP Integrated Business Planning reviews.
Ability to request a bid from multiple carriers and directly book shipments
Invoice Management
This feature was mentioned in 43 SAP Integrated Business Planning reviews.
Ability to manage and automate invoices
Digital Document Reconciliation
Based on 41 SAP Integrated Business Planning reviews.
Ability to utilize paperless documents to automate reconciliation process including bills of lading, proofs of delivery, and weight certificates
Network Management (2)
Geographic Optionality
Based on 40 SAP Integrated Business Planning reviews.
Ability to access full coverage of required geographies
Automated Onboarding
41 reviewers of SAP Integrated Business Planning have provided feedback on this feature.
Ability to efficiently onboard new carriers during network implementation
Platform (3)
Data quality
48 reviewers of SAP Integrated Business Planning have provided feedback on this feature.
Ability to access data enrichment, sources, & normalization to serve up actionable and clean data
Languages
As reported in 45 SAP Integrated Business Planning reviews.
Provide support for multiple languages
Configurable Notifications
As reported in 47 SAP Integrated Business Planning reviews.
Provide rule-based notifications to empower real-time collaboration at key milestones and quickly resolve issues.
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