SAP APO Transition
- To SAP IBP
- To S4/HANA
- To PP/DS
APO to IBP ready to test in 14 Days: Test and Evaluate Before You Commit 14 Days
With SAP APO reaching end of life, businesses must transition to next-generation planning solutions that offer greater agility, analytics, and cloud-based collaboration. SAP IBP has now reached full feature parity with APO, addressing previous gaps while delivering enhanced scenario modeling, constraint-based planning, and end to end supply chain visibility.
At IBP Ready, we don’t push full scale projects from day one. Instead, we help you test, evaluate, and decide, with minimal IT involvement. In just 14 days, we build a working IBP environment using your existing APO data and a structured methodology, so your key users can plan directly in IBP and get targeted feedback from our experts.
You get a real, usable system, not just a slide deck. From functional mapping to parallel run and business case building, we help you move forward with clarity, confidence, and zero disruption to your ERP.
Why our 14-day IBP migration test?
Minimal IT Involvement
No ERP integration required. We extract data directly from your APO system, so your IT team stays focused, and there’s zero disruption to your backend.
Key User Engagement
Your planners spend time in the new IBP system from day one, planning with real data. This gives your team the chance to test functionalities hands on, while getting direct feedback and guidance from our experts.
What you'll get
Test Before You Commit
Start small, validate value, and scale only if it makes sense
Full Roadmap
Get a full picture of the investment required and time to run productively
No ERP Disruption
Extract data, simulate processes, build your case
14-Day Migration
Go from APO to IBP in weeks, not months
Deep Expertise
60+ years combined experience in SAP Planning
Run in Parallel
Make informed decisions based on real comparisons
Step 1: Understand Your Planning Landscape
We begin by:
- Reviewing your current SAP APO processes
- Mapping functional needs (Demand, Supply, CTM, SNP, PPDS, etc.)
- Identifying key master and transactional data in APO
Step 2: Functional Mapping & Data Preparation
We use predefined template to structure your existing APO data. This ensures fast, clean migration into IBP, including:
- Product hierarchies
- Forecast models
- Supply network (locations, transport lanes, production versions)
- Planning books and data views (Focused on the ones supported by IBP Standard)
Step 3: Rapid Migration into SAP IBP
With our automated extractors and configuration templates, we rapidly migrate your processes to SAP IBP, enabling:
- Demand planning with on par Algorithm and paving the way for AI/ML Models
- Supply planning (unconstrained + constrained)
- Response planning with finite capacity
- Exception-based planning
You’ll be able to simulate and run S&OP scenarios, Demand forecast, heuristic runs in no time, using the standard IBP Functionalities and some advanced features we’ve built at IBP Ready, already incorporated in the “Standard” Templates.
Step 4: Parallel Run (Try Before You Commit)
We help you activate an SAP IBP test tenant with a 3-month Starter Pack. During this period, you can:
- Run APO and IBP in parallel
- Compare planning results and performance
- Assess fit, usability, and business impact, all with minimal licensing and investment
No ERP backend integration is required for this step.
Step 5: Decide & Scale with Confidence
By the end of the 3 months, you’ll have:
- A clear understanding of how SAP IBP matches your business needs
- Real results to justify the business case
- A strategic roadmap for either full or phased migration
We’ll guide you on which SAP IBP modules to use (e.g., Demand, Response & Supply, S&OP), avoiding overinvestment and optimizing licensing based on your actual functional scope and roadmap.
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