SAP Planning & Consolidations


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  1. Assess and Prioritize for Optimal Resource Allocation with SAP xRPM

    Reading time: 10 mins

    Consider how portfolios, projects, and operations for IT, product development, and other areas are managed in your organization. Do they share resources? Are they aligned with current business objectives? What are the criteria used to fund projects? Learn how to use SAP xApp Resource and Portfolio Management (SAP xRPM) to answer those and similar questions....…

  2. Indivior Becomes Independent

    Reading time: 12 mins

    Indivior PLC, a specialty pharmaceutical company that manufactures products for the treatment of opioid dependence, is dedicated to helping patients transform their lives. Recently, the organization had to transform itself when it demerged with its parent company. Separated from the IT services of its parent, Indivior had to set up an entirely new IT platform.…

  3. How the Cloud Helps Midsize Companies Grow and Compete

    Reading time: 3 mins

    Cloud computing isn’t only for large corporations — it is just as well suited to small and midsize enterprises (SMEs), which can use it to take advantage of robust technologies, such as SAP Integrated Business Planning, without having to invest heavily in IT infrastructure or increasing headcount. Read this article to learn how a cloud-based…

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    Working with SAP Group Reporting S/4HANA Finance 2022/2021

    Reading time: 21 mins

    Solutions like Group Reporting are long-term investments on which improvements are continuously made, unlike products that are in support mode and receive no maintenance support when they reach the end of their life cycle. In this article, you will explore the key functionalities of SAP Group Reporting and the recent new additions to it. Membership…

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    Leverage SAP Integrated Business Planning for Forecasting

    Reading time: 9 mins

    Robust is a difficult term to define. It’s something that is useful for the organization, something that makes sense. A robust demand forecasting process must be able to handle variances in demand and enable control your supply chain — with the intent of avoiding situations where you have 1,000 days of inventory or are missing…

  6. Best Practices for Optimizing Enterprise-wide Planning and Analysis

    Best Practices for Optimizing Enterprise-wide Planning and Analysis

    July 27, 2022

    As organizations become more dependent on data to make decisions, the role of finance and particularly the Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team has risen to move decisions forward. To evolve into a best-in-class finance function, FP&A needs to change their approach to that of extended Planning & Analysis (xP&A) where plans across the enterprise…

  7. ifm Supply Chain for Planning and Execution Transformation

    Reading time: 6 mins

    Extending the core ERP capabilities with additional solution functionality can be approached in two ways, namely "add-on" and "add-in" solutions. When it comes to add-on solutions, integration of data, people, and processes is required, which can be a costly and time-consuming process. On the other hand, add-in solutions are natively embedded in the ERP system,…

  8. What is Extended Planning and Analysis (xP&A)?

    Reading time: 2 mins

    Financial professionals have taken on an increased role in the planning process, as many companies face difficult economic conditions and changing consumer preferences. One powerful tool that many of these businesses rely on is Extended Planning & Analysis (xP&A). xP&A provides a unified platform for data access facilitating the real-time flow of information and empowers…

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    Making the Journey to SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP)

    Reading time: 3 mins

    At this year’s Mastering SAP Gold Coast conference, Cornelia Boonstra, leader of integrated business planning at ANSTO, shared the story of how the organization evolved from supply chain planning solely with Excel spreadsheets to a cloud-based model leveraging SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP). In this highlight from the presentation, you will learn how ANSTO was…

  10. The Future Operational Planning Landscape Is Here: Time to Transition from APO to SAP S/4 and SAP IBP

    Click Here to View the Session Deck. As industries evolve, the need for advanced operational planning tools becomes imperative. This session explores the paradigm shift from Advanced Planning and Optimization (APO) to Production Planning and Scheduling in SAP S/4HANA (ePPDS) and Integrated Business Planning (IBP). By delving into the roadmap, migration strategies, and system landscape,...…