This book presents a comprehensive introduction to Integrated Business Planning (IBP), building on practitioner’s experience and showcasing the value gains when moving from disconnected planning to IBP. It also proposes a road map for the transformation of planning, including technological...

This book provides comprehensive guidance on leveraging SAP IBP technology to connect strategic, tactical and operational planning into one coherent process framework, presenting experience shared by practitioners in workshops, customer presentations, business, and IT transformation projects. It...

Introduction -- Building Demand Planning Organization and Competencies -- Efficient and Effective Usage of Out of the Box Statistical Forecasting -- Custom Method to Forecast Seasonal Products -- Custom Method to Forecast Intermittent Products -- Value of Forecasting with Custom Methods --...