SAP IBP for Integrated Planning for Commodity Ops.

    Leverage tech & people to align global stakeholders with a centralized view of goods & services spend in one connected cloud platform.

     SAP IBP's Connected Planning environment lets Finance and Procurement centralize commodities and suppliers, gaining savings insights for global operations.

     The IBP for Commodity Procurement Ops Plan allows importing demand data from various sources, categorizing supplier materials & spend, providing benchmarks, & managing vendor allocations.

 Key Procurement Planning features in the cloud:

• Track purchasing activity across departments, geos, categories, and suppliers.
  
• Align forecasts to Financial Plans.
  
• Conduct reviews with real-time scenarios.
  
• Gain detailed insights into Spend & FX Exposure.
  
• Optimize allocations based on price, capacity, lead times and quality.
  
• Review product/department spend vs. company-wide vendor utilization.
  
• Track Opex, Capex plan vs. actual with material allocations, spend across products.
  
• Review supplier performance on delivery and SLAs.
  
• Identify purchase price variance discrepancies.
  
• Evaluate vendor, price changes for negotiation.