
SAP’s powerful supply chain planning solution, IBP, provides ever more AI-powered assistance to planners and the planning process. Join us as we begin by pointing out the surprisingly sophisticated machine learning and data science features that the platform offers as standard, show how we ask Joule, the built-in chatbot, to join us in our everyday planning tasks, and finish on the latest “Premium AI” tasks that Joule can take on (and which almost feel like cheating).
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Key takeaways.
Explore standard machine learning and data science features of SAP IBP
Learn about Joule, the built-in chatbot, and how to use it
Understand “Premium AI” functionalities and the key business challenges they solve
Agenda.
Overview of the key machine learning functionalities
Why you should be using machine learning
How to use the built-in chatbot, Joule, to support your work
Introduction to next-generation “Premium AI” that takes business planning to the next level
Speakers.

Dr. Russell Sadd
Russell is a partner at Westernacher Consulting and a highly experienced solution architect for SAP-based planning, forecasting and analytics solutions with almost two and a half decades of major project implementations behind him. He considers himself a planning generalist covering supply chain, financial, retail and personnel planning solutions.
Planning Practice Director UKI, Westernacher Consulting

Ingmar Kat
Ingmar Kat is Global Lead for Enterprise Architecture and Business Transformation Management at Westernacher Consulting, where he helps multinational organizations design and execute large-scale digital transformation programs built on SAP’s cloud portfolio. Drawing on deep experience in enterprise architecture, business process design, and SAP S/4HANA and Cloud ERP roadmaps, Ingmar partners with C-level stakeholders to translate strategic ambition into pragmatic, value-driven transformation journeys. He is known for connecting business strategy, operating models, and technology architecture into one coherent story; making him uniquely positioned to share how SAP Cloud ERP is unlocking the next wave of supply chain innovation.
Global Lead Enterprise Architecture, Westernacher Consulting

Anders Geijer
Anders is the Director of our Warehousing practice in the Nordic region. With 20 years of experience in SAP ECC & SCM, Supply Chain and Logistics, Anders has led global teams responsible for implementations in a wide range of warehouses, from manual to highly automated. He is a dedicated supply chain professional with a passion for establishing flexible, intelligent, resilient, and sustainable supply chain solutions.
Warehouse Management, Market Unit Lead Sweden, Westernacher Consulting
