PLANNING COMPARISON / SAP IBP

SAP IBP and SOBERAN: where does the plan become action?

S↔SAP IBP

SAP IBP spans enterprise demand, inventory, supply, and S&OP planning. Compare the actual operating handoff: a shortage, its options, the approval, and the system-of-record update.

Compare one planning workflow See materials planning

THE BUYING DECISION / 01

Evaluate SAP IBP for an established, multilevel enterprise planning model. Evaluate SOBERAN when the near-term requirement is a bounded planning-to-execution workflow spanning ERP data, owners, approvals, and operational exceptions. The systems may also coexist.

01 / SOBERAN

Evaluate SOBERAN when…

A specific buy, make, or transfer decision gets stuck after the planning signal.
Teams need one visible owner, approval path, and outcome across existing systems.
You want to start with one controlled workflow while keeping the ERP of record.

02 / SAP IBP

Evaluate SAP IBP when…

You need a broad enterprise planning model across demand, inventory, supply, and S&OP.
Multilevel networks, constrained planning, and scenario analysis are core evaluation criteria.
Your organization already runs an SAP-centered planning program.

COMPARE THE WORK, NOT THE LOGO / 02

Five questions to put in both demos.

Criterion	SOBERAN	SAP IBP
Demand signal	Show the SKU and warehouse signal that starts the workflow.	Show demand planning, sensing, and consensus inputs.
Materials & constraints	Validate BOM, open supply, lead times, and capacity for the scoped use case.	Validate multilevel BOM, constrained supply, and capacity planning.
Decision	Trace the proposed buy, make, or transfer action to its source record.	Trace the supply response, scenario, and allocation decision.
Approval & execution	Show policy, reviewer, approved action, ERP writeback, and audit trail.	Show the configured integration and execution handoff into SAP or other systems.
Rollout boundary	Define one workflow, owners, integration objects, and acceptance criteria.	Define planning model scope, SAP landscape, data and integration requirements.

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THE DEMO SCRIPT / 03

Ask both teams to solve the same shortage.

Use one real SKU or a sanitized equivalent. A demand spike creates a component shortage and a customer commitment at risk. Watch the entire decision, including the human approval and the record that changes.

Compare one planning workflow

Show the demand and BOM inputs
Expose the material and capacity constraint
Compare buy, make, transfer, or re-promise
Approve the chosen response
Show the ERP update and exception history

FAQ / 05

SAP IBP alternative questions

Does SAP IBP support multilevel BOM and supply planning?

Yes. SAP describes multilevel bills of material, constrained supply planning, inventory optimization, and S&OP. Compare the exact configured workflow and its handoff to execution.

Does SOBERAN require replacing SAP IBP or SAP ERP?

No. SOBERAN can be evaluated for a bounded workflow while SAP remains the planning or financial system of record. The integration, permissions, approvals, and writeback must be scoped.

What is the fairest proof of fit?

Run the same shortage scenario through both options and inspect the inputs, feasible alternatives, approval, resulting ERP record, and exception history.

DECISION / 05

Compare your real planning handoff.

Bring one SKU, its BOM or inventory position, the exception, and your SAP landscape. We will map where each system should own the decision.

Compare one planning workflow See materials planning