SAP IBP sneak preview of 2405 release is out on April 2 2024. Although the Sneak preview has disappointed in certain areas like Time Series Supply Planning there are still interesting developments coming possibly. Let’s walkthrough them together –
- Improved Key Figure Selection in Version Operators – you will now be able to use key figure grouping in certain copy or deletion operations like Copy or Delete Version. This is very handy as in current state you have to explicitly choose specific key figures which you want to copy or delete data. Having this would simplify the selection process a lot
- Enhancements for the Master Data Workbook – there are some small enhancements done to Master data workbook like ability to display non-root attributes, and display/change planning objects of time-independent key figures
- Total and Periods Displayed for Time Periods in Planning Views – this was previously also possible by setting up two time horizons in planning view settings but with this enhancement it would be easier to just define one time horizon and it will display Total of Key figure first followed by individual periods
- Changed Planning Start Determination for OBP Finite Heuristic – this is not really a new functionality but rather a bug fix. With this enhancement OBP finite heuristic will be able to consider time zones properly for planning and will not propose a receipt in the past
- Ignoring Production and Transportation Demand in Safety Stock – this is a new and exciting feature, previously IO engine proposed recommended safety stock to cover both independent and dependent demand but with the introduction of this parameter it will now be possible to control if we want to consider component and location dependent demand in safety stock calculation or not. There is already similar feature available in form of 2 attributes on Location Product level for Supply Planning
- Enhancement to Transportation Load Building – there are several small improvements made to TLB namely ability to create stock transfer requisitions at source location, this is very handy as lot of times the Deployment planners have to change the deployment fit in order to make it workable according to truck sizes or equipment restrictions. Other improvements are ability to move items from one load to another and ability to change multiple distribution/deployment orders at once
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SAP IBP Sneak Preview 2405 Release