SAP Supply Chain
SAP IBP enables companies to leverage its in-memory capability in the cloud to rapidly address end-to-end supply chain planning and execution and provides industry leading capability in sales and operations planning (S&OP), forecasting and demand planning, inventory optimization, supply optimization, and analytics and insights.
Since the launch of SAP IBP in 2014, our leadership and team at CloudPaths has helped over 40 different IBP customers transform their supply chains and enable the journey to the cloud.
Whether you are looking at SAP IBP for the first time, considering migrating from SAP APO, another supply chain planning application, or considering a move to S/4; our team has the expertise and experience to help you build a roadmap that addresses your needs.Â
Benefits
- Increase real-time supply chain visibility
- Insights from across your supply chain to understand impacts and execute adjustments in a timely way
- Detect and manage exceptions rapidly with automation
- Collaborate with suppliers and outsourcing manufacturers for easier and faster planning
- Enable rapid planning decisions in real-time
- Enable top-down and bottom-up forecasts with a statistical baseline
- Establish inventory targets using multi-echelon inventory optimization technology
- Enable multi level response and supply planning using gating analysis
IBP Platform Integration
- The IBP Platform integration in the cloud is enabled for the time-series model and the order-based model to all back-end data sources
- Each data model consists of the master data integrated to SAP, non-SAP ERP, and any other data source
- IBP will consume your master data and any additional data elements and configurations via key figures, rows, calculations and are shared between IBP and the ERP execution systems
- The architectures and integration to support the time-series and order-based data models are provided with IBP in the cloud
SAP APO has a rich heritage as the legacy supply chain planning application with thousands of implementations.
At CloudPaths, our team has extensive APO and SAP ECC/ERP experience and expertise to guide you through an evaluation, implementation, or enhancement. In developing your supply chain roadmap, we also provide our opinion and perspective on where APO fits your business processes and in the context of SAP IBP and your journey to the cloud.
Benefits
- Improve your demand and supply balance across your internal and external supply chain
- Integration to SAP ECC/ERP to create optimal production plans for all of your manufacturing plants
- Improve your forecast accuracy and inventory planning to provide reliable order confirmation dates to your customers
Demand Planning (DP)
- Â Â Comprehensive Demand Forecasting
- Â Â Configurable planning books with macro functionality
- Â Â Collaborative demand planning, life-cycle, and promotions
Supply Network Planning (SNP)
- Â Â Manufacturing, distribution, purchasing, and transportation integration
- Â Â Constraint and penalty-based product flow planning across the entire supply
- Â Â Planning for different levels of detail including aggregated planning
- Â Â Heuristic, rule or optimization-based algorithm options
- Â Â Safety stock planning algorithms
Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling (PP/DS)(DP)
- Â Â Multi-level production planning and detailed scheduling
- Â Â Supports multiple manufacturing strategies; MTS, MTO, CTP and others
- Â Â Order pegging
- Â Â Choice of existing or custom heuristics
Global Available-to-Promise
- Â Â Global availability checks on defined documents within a defined scope
- Â Â Rules-based ATP using product or location substitution strategies
- Â Â Product allocation for controlling commitments to key customers
- Â Â Backorder processing
- Â Â Multi-level ATP for triggering BOM explosion and performing component checks
IBP Platform Integration
- The IBP Platform integration in the cloud is enabled for the time-series model and the order-based model to all back-end data sources
- Each data model consists of the master data integrated to SAP, non-SAP ERP, and any other data source
- IBP will consume your master data and any additional data elements and configurations via key figures, rows, calculations are shared between IBP and the ERP execution systems
- The architectures and integration to support the time-series and order-based data models are provided with IBP in the cloud
- The illustrations below provide a common standard approach to cloud integration
CPI-DS Key Integration Scenarios for IBP
- Planner Exception Management
- User-Defined Alerts
- Forecast Segmentation using Noodle.AI
- Forecast Sensing using Noodle.AI
- Lead Time Variability assessment using Noodle.AI
- Inventory Buffer constraint assessment using Noodle.AI
- Customer service level scenarios and simulation
- Inventory Monitoring
- Inventory Capital Assessment
CASE STUDY
- Entegris
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TESTIMONIALS
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CloudPaths was engaged to enable a major go to market transformation for Azuga, by launching a channel partner program to expand our market penetration and reach. CloudPaths team was very proactive from day 1 and made our decisions very easy by building a custom demo of the Partner Communities. They were involved with us in the whole journey by helping us craft the portal, buildout the training and partner onboarding processes as well as customizing the portal to our branding and marketing needs. The Azuga team loved CloudPaths collaborative style, expertise with Salesforce and commitment to Azuga’s success. Great going team CloudPaths, thank you for your diligence.
Yield Engineering Services is a rapidly growing global business. CloudPaths has been an integral part of designing, building and building our CRM systems. Our CRM platform provides us granular level of pipeline visibility and enables collaboration through our multitier distribution network. CloudPaths helped with migration of our customer service platform to Salesforce. Thanks to CloudPaths leadership, guidance and support we now have 100% adoption on the CRM applications. As we expand globally, YES will continue to work with CloudPaths and their leverage their services to architect and build systems for our business.
Entegris partnered with CloudPaths because of their expertise in IBP and ability to understand our business model and constraints. CloudPaths team helped Entegris with Demand Planning, Inventory Optimization and Supply Planning rollouts, adoption and has been supporting the application for more than a year. They delivered very effective solutions for improving Forecast Accuracy on three dimensions including Sales, Business Unit and Customer sales forecast. Because of their flexible engagement models, experienced domain experts and partnership with SAP, CloudPaths is my go to partner for any SAP IBP engagements in the future.
We have a complicated business model. CloudPaths has been able to configure Salesforce to support our unique business model. They have also brought in significant improvements in usability and content to provide an unparalleled and personalized user experience to our demanding consumers. Over the last three years and multiple projects with CloudPaths their entire team has always been responsive, flexible and a delight to work with.
CloudPaths and Confluent recently closed our joint customer win at Strategic Education. CloudPaths identified the need for Real Time Streaming Data to help SEI transform their core Learning Management System integration strategies. The solution helps SEI gain better insights and will enable better customer value for managing student activity. CloudPaths led the project strategy and was able to design the new data architecture that would include Confluent and demonstrate data streaming based transformation of student experience.
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CloudPaths committed team and continued engagement has helped our team gain full visibility to the sales funnel. CloudPaths effective roll out strategy ensured adoption and acceptance from our sales team as well as channel partners globally. I would definitely recommend reaching out to CloudPaths to solve your pressing Salesforce challenges.
Ice has engaged with CloudPaths for more than a year. The CloudPaths team has consistently demonstrated a strong ability to understand our specific requirements and bring strong talent to our engagements. Thank you CloudPaths team for your flexibility, patience, and strong partnership. We look forward to continuing our engagements in the coming years.
We engaged CloudPaths to review and improve our customer service operations. CloudPaths team improved our agent productivity and knowledge management system, as well as significantly improved customer experience by building live agent capabilities tailored to our unique needs. They also brought in exceptional Salesforce expertise and a very effective Project Governance model to ensure timely delivery of the project. We were impressed with the team's domain knowledge as well as the commitment to our success. Azuga will continue to engage with CloudPaths for similar transformational programs in the future.
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