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SAP IBP 2311 is scheduled for release on Oct 28, 2023, for test and demo systems and Nov 11, 2023, for production systems. Here are the five top new improvements for IBP 2311.
In addition to these top enhancements, there are several other notable improvements across various functionalities, including Planning UIs (both IBP Excel Add-in and Planner Workspace) and Transportation Load Building.
IBP analytics stories: support for order-based planning area.
You can now create analytics stories for order-based planning areas with flexible master data and display external key figures in your charts and tables.
Keyboard shortcuts for IBP Excel add-in and Planner Workspace.
Keyboard shortcuts enable you to navigate the user interface and access functions efficiently. The following table gives an overview of the most important keyboard shortcuts. Further details can be found in the SAP Help Portal.
UI element
Action
Keyboard shortcut
Refresh
Refresh the data for all of the components in an Excel add-in Planning View or Planner Workspace and discard any unsaved key figure data.
Microsoft Windows: Ctrl + Alt + R
Mac OS: control + R
Simulate
Simulate the effect that changes to key figure values will have on all of the components in a Planner Workspace.
Microsoft Windows: Ctrl + Alt + B
Mac OS: control + B
Save
Save changes you have made to key figure values.
Microsoft Windows: Ctrl + Alt + S
Mac OS: control + S
Edit
Edit the appearance settings that you have created.
Microsoft Windows: Ctrl + Alt + T
Mac OS: control + shift + T
The keyboard shortcuts perform the same actions done as selecting the respective functions in the SAP IBP ribbon. Please note: The keyboard shortcuts do not work for master data workbooks.
Real-time forecast consumption.
User is enabled to view Open Forecast that is calculated based on simplified key figure function “IBP_CONSUMPTION”. Forecasts are consumed/reduced by integrated sales order items to avoid duplicated planning on both forecast and sales order requirements.
- Real-time forecast consumption execution
- Possibility to assign different forecast consumption modes to different planning objects (e.g. different location products use a different consumption mode)
- Possibility to define forecast consumption on a flexible demand level
Time-series-based supply planning supports fixed capacity consumption/fixed production costs for production sources and production group planning.
This function optimizes the planning results by limiting the number of products and/or types of products (e.g., size, flavor, pack, color etc.) planned on a resource within a given planning period to minimize setup times. This feature is exclusively supported by time-series-based optimization.
Value proposition
- Improved planning results and visibility by accurately considering the impact of fixed capacity consumption
- Influence the optimizer to limit the number of products and/or types of products (e.g., size, flavor, pack, color etc.) planned on a resource within a given planning period to minimize setup times
Capabilities
- Ability to specify fixed capacity consumption at the production resource level per production source
- Ability to specify fixed capacity consumption at the product group level
Visualize the capacity usage by fixed and variable consumption at production source resource and at the product group level
Master Data Checks app.
SAP IBP ensures basic data correctness from a technical perspective. However, each company is different and so is their master data. With Master Data Checks, you can define additional validations that are unique to your business.
- Find incorrect records based on flexible conditions
- Check data during data entry or periodically
- Inform users so that they learn from mistakes
Now, we have introduced the key highlights of the new SAP IBP 2311 release. If you wish to delve deeper into any of these highlights or explore the entire release in detail, please don’t hesitate to reach out to Westernacher planning experts.
For a detailed description of each change, please refer to the “What’s New Viewer.”
