SAP IBP for CPG Volume and Innovation Planning

The CPG Volume and Innovation Planning solution allows all stakeholders (corporate planning, demand planning, marketing, account teams, and distributors) access to real-time information to ensure that the Financial and Sales Volume plans associated with new item launches are accurate and timely. The solution allows these stakeholders to operate with velocity and level of granularity that would be impossible using traditional planning software or spreadsheets and positions CPGs for success despite the volatility of marketplace dynamics.

• Ability to create a new item as a starting point prior to being in the ERP product master.
• Benchmark new item forecast based on historical data of one or more existing SKUs.
• Plan at aggregate levels while making granular adjustments to market or customer plans that are based localized market dynamics.
• Complete flexibility to make adjustments to volume assumptions at all levels.
• Ability to forecast sales, profit, and margin.
• Direct linkage to demand plans that ensure adequate supply for meeting new item launch promotions and demand generation activities