Supply Chain Control Tower

SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP), which is powered by SAP HANA, is a cloud-based next-generation planning solution that can help overcome key supply chain challenges and enable organizations ensure smooth and efficient supply chain and planning processes. The solution was designed to improve efficiency, accuracy, and speed as a result of getting, organizing, and analyzing significantly large amounts of data with ease.

SAP IBP consists of the following:

Supply Chain Control Tower

Sales & Operations

Demand Planning

Inventory Optimization

Response & Supply

Data and processes in supply chain tend to be siloed and inconsistent, which does not allow for timely views of the entire supply chain. As a result, if there are issues or problems in the process, it can lead to significant delays in the identification and resolvement of problems. SAP Supply Chain Control Tower (SCCT) can help with timely visibility of these problems! SCCT is an important module of SAP IBP, which helps provide a comprehensive, end-to-end supply chain visibility, which enables enterprises to get deeper insights into the supply chain’s existing and historical performance. This enables organizations to analyze and effectively manage their supply chain operations in real-time. SCCT makes it easier to identify current and potential problems in the supply chain processes and thus improves overall decision making. Since it is integrated in real-time with data sources of SAP, it is possible to obtain detailed order information.

The reason behind the development of the SAP IBP SCCT module was the need for organizations to plan, and also alter plans due to unexpected demand and supply fluctuations. SCCT allows enterprises to segment the supply chain in real-time, which makes it easier to view and understand.