Integrated Business Planning

In today’s volatile and complex markets, businesses need more than just forecasting – they require a truly integrated approach to planning that aligns strategy with execution. Infosight Consulting empowers your organization to achieve this agility and resilience through comprehensive Integrated Business Planning (IBP) solutions, encompassing Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP), the power of SAP IBP, and advanced Planning and Optimization (APO) capabilities. We help you break down silos, enhance collaboration, and make proactive decisions that drive profitable growth.

Integrated Business Planning transcends traditional forecasting by creating a unified framework that connects strategic goals with operational plans across all functions of your business. By fostering collaboration and leveraging advanced analytics, IBP enables you to:

• Improve Forecast Accuracy: Integrate demand and supply insights for more reliable predictions.
• Optimize Inventory Levels: Balance supply and demand to minimize costs and maximize service levels.
• Enhance Operational Efficiency: Align production, logistics, and procurement plans for seamless execution.
• Increase Profitability: Make informed decisions across the value chain to optimize resource allocation and margins.
• Improve Responsiveness: React quickly and effectively to changing market conditions and customer demands.

Infosight Consulting offers a comprehensive suite of services to design, implement, and optimize your Integrated Business Planning framework, leveraging the best-in-class tools and methodologies:

• S&OP Process Design: We help you define and implement a robust S&OP process tailored to your specific business needs and organizational structure.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: We facilitate workshops and establish frameworks to foster effective collaboration across sales, marketing, supply chain, finance, and other key departments.
• Demand Planning Excellence: We implement advanced demand planning techniques and tools to improve forecast accuracy and reduce demand variability.
• Supply Planning Optimization: We help you develop efficient supply plans that balance capacity, lead times, and inventory targets.
• Integrated Reconciliation: We establish processes for reconciling demand and supply plans, identifying gaps, and developing effective mitigation strategies.
• Performance Monitoring and Improvement: We define key performance indicators (KPIs) and implement dashboards to track S&OP effectiveness and drive continuous improvement.

• Solution Assessment and Selection: We help you determine the optimal SAP IBP modules (e.g., Demand, Response & Supply, Inventory, Sales & Operations Planning, Control Tower) to meet your specific planning requirements.
• End-to-End Implementation: Our certified SAP IBP consultants ensure a seamless and efficient implementation, integrating SAP IBP with your existing SAP and non-SAP systems.
• Configuration and Customization: We tailor the SAP IBP solution to your unique business processes, data structures, and reporting needs.
• Advanced Analytics and Scenario Planning: We leverage the powerful analytics and scenario planning capabilities of SAP IBP to enable informed decision-making and risk mitigation.
• User Training and Adoption: We provide comprehensive training programs to empower your planning teams to effectively utilize SAP IBP.

• APO Assessment and Optimization: For organizations with existing SAP APO investments, we offer services to optimize its performance, enhance its functionality, and integrate it seamlessly within a broader IBP framework.
• Strategic APO to IBP Transition: We provide a structured approach to strategically migrate from SAP APO to SAP IBP, leveraging your existing investments while capitalizing on the advanced capabilities of SAP’s next-generation planning platform.
• Demand Planning (APO-DP): We optimize your demand forecasting processes within APO-DP or facilitate a smooth transition to SAP IBP Demand.
• Supply Network Planning (APO-SNP): We help you design and optimize your supply network within APO-SNP or leverage the advanced supply planning capabilities of SAP IBP Response & Supply.
• Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling (APO-PP/DS): We optimize your production planning and scheduling processes within APO-PP/DS and explore the enhanced capabilities within SAP IBP for Response & Supply.
• Global Available-to-Promise (APO-GATP): We ensure accurate and reliable ATP checks within APO-GATP or leverage the enhanced order promising features in SAP IBP.

Infosight Consulting offers a comprehensive suite of services to seamlessly integrate SAP PP/DS into your IBP framework and optimize your production planning processes:

• Current State Analysis: We analyze your existing production planning processes, identify pain points, and assess your readiness for SAP PP/DS implementation or optimization.
• Solution Design: We design a tailored SAP PP/DS solution that aligns with your specific manufacturing environment, production strategies, and IBP objectives.
• Integration Strategy: We develop a comprehensive strategy to seamlessly integrate SAP PP/DS with your overall IBP framework, ensuring data consistency and collaborative planning.

• System Configuration: Our experienced SAP PP/DS consultants expertly configure the system to match your specific production processes, master data, and planning parameters.
• Master Data Setup: We ensure the accuracy and consistency of your production-related master data, which is crucial for effective PP/DS planning.
• Planning Strategies Implementation: We implement appropriate planning strategies, such as make-to-stock, make-to-order, and configure-to-order, within SAP PP/DS.
• Detailed Scheduling Configuration: We configure detailed scheduling parameters, including finite capacity scheduling, sequence optimization, and campaign planning.
• Integration with Shop Floor Execution: We establish seamless integration between SAP PP/DS and your shop floor execution systems.

• Performance Tuning: We analyze and optimize the performance of your SAP PP/DS system to ensure efficient planning runs and responsiveness.
• Advanced Planning Techniques: We implement advanced planning techniques, such as constraint-based planning and optimization algorithms, to improve schedule efficiency.
• Alert Management Configuration: We configure intelligent alert management to proactively identify and address potential production issues.
• User Training and Knowledge Transfer: We provide comprehensive training programs to empower your planning and production teams to effectively utilize SAP PP/DS.

• Demand-Driven Planning: We ensure that the demand signals from your IBP demand planning processes seamlessly flow into SAP PP/DS to drive production plans.
• Supply Chain Visibility: We integrate PP/DS with other IBP modules to provide a holistic view of your supply chain, enabling better decision-making.
• Scenario Planning for Production: We leverage the scenario planning
  capabilities within IBP to simulate different production scenarios and assess their impact.
• Performance Monitoring of Production Plans: We establish KPIs and dashboards within your IBP framework to monitor the effectiveness of your SAP PP/DS-driven production plans.

• Deep SAP PP/DS Expertise: Our consultants possess in-depth knowledge and practical experience in implementing and optimizing SAP PP/DS across diverse manufacturing industries.
• IBP Integration Focus: We understand the critical importance of integrating PP/DS within a broader IBP framework to achieve true end-to-end planning visibility and alignment.
• Manufacturing Process Knowledge: Our team has a strong understanding of various manufacturing processes and can tailor SAP PP/DS to your specific needs.
• Results-Oriented Approach: We are committed to delivering tangible improvements in production efficiency, on-time delivery, and cost reduction through effective SAP PP/DS implementation and integration.
• Collaborative Partnership: We work closely with your planning and production teams to ensure successful adoption and long-term value from your SAP PP/DS investment.

• Deep Planning Expertise: Our consultants possess extensive experience in Sales & Operations Planning, SAP IBP, and SAP APO across various industries.
• Holistic Approach: We understand that IBP is more than just technology; we focus on transforming your people, processes, and technology for sustainable results.
• Technology Agnostic Guidance: We provide objective advice on the best-fit planning solutions for your specific needs, whether it’s optimizing existing APO, implementing SAP IBP, or a hybrid approach.
• Results-Oriented Delivery: We are committed to delivering tangible improvements in forecast accuracy, inventory optimization, and overall supply chain efficiency.
• Collaborative Partnership: We work closely with your teams to build internal capabilities and ensure long-term success.