{ "license": { "name": "CC BY 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" }, "cite_as": "Newsprint, \"SAP Integrated Business Planning: what it sells, price and AI features\", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/sap-integrated-business-planning/, updated 2026-11-11", "updated_at": "2026-11-11", "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/sap-integrated-business-planning/", "markdown_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/sap-integrated-business-planning.md", "title": "SAP Integrated Business Planning: what it sells, price and AI features", "opening_answer": "SAP Integrated Business Planning is on the AI supply chain planning software map. We record 4 dated launches and events for it. 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SAP says it has over 30 specialized agents and more than 2,500 Joule Skills across its portfolio.)", "founded": null, "founded_source": null, "fate": null, "sources": [ { "name": "news.sap.com", "url": "https://news.sap.com/2026/04/sap-business-ai-release-highlights-q1-2026/" }, { "name": "news.sap.com", "url": "https://news.sap.com/2026/01/sap-business-ai-release-highlights-q4-2025/" }, { "name": "news.sap.com", "url": "https://news.sap.com/2025/10/sap-business-ai-release-highlights-q3-2025/" }, { "name": "news.sap.com", "url": "https://news.sap.com/2025/07/sap-business-ai-release-highlights-q2-2025/" }, { "name": "learning.sap.com", "url": "https://learning.sap.com/courses/discovering-ai-in-sap-integrated-business-planning/summarizing-the-four-primary-focus-areas-for-ai-agents-within-ibp-1" } ], "more_sources": 0, "cross_listed": false } ], "off_map_url": null, "timeline": [ { "id": "event-1", "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/sap-integrated-business-planning/#event-1", "on": "2026-04-14", "date_precision": "day", "title": "SAP adds MRO inventory analysis and an AI planning add-in to IBP", "summary": "SAP lists generally available AI-assisted MRO inventory analysis, with plain-language drivers behind safety stock and reorder points, and an Excel add-in that writes formulas from natural language.", "kind": "Launch", "from": { "name": "The AI supply chain planning software map", "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/supply-chain-planning-software/#co-sap-integrated-business-planning" }, "source": { "name": "SAP News Center", "url": "https://news.sap.com/2026/04/sap-business-ai-release-highlights-q1-2026/" } }, { "id": "event-2", "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/sap-integrated-business-planning/#event-2", "on": "2026-01-14", "date_precision": "day", "title": "SAP makes Joule explain IBP supply optimization runs", "summary": "Joule explains why an optimizer run left demand unmet or inventory targets missed, and planners can ask it questions about the run. SAP lists it as generally available.", "kind": "Launch", "from": { "name": "The AI supply chain planning software map", "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/supply-chain-planning-software/#co-sap-integrated-business-planning" }, "source": { "name": "SAP News Center", "url": "https://news.sap.com/2026/01/sap-business-ai-release-highlights-q4-2025/" } }, { "id": "event-3", "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/sap-integrated-business-planning/#event-3", "on": "2025-10-22", "date_precision": "day", "title": "SAP adds AI-assisted forecast results analysis to IBP", "summary": "A generative AI summary inside the planning interface explains why the best-fit algorithm was chosen and recommends ways to improve accuracy. SAP lists it as an Early Adopter Care release and cites 25 percent faster forecast analysis.", "kind": "Launch", "from": { "name": "The AI supply chain planning software map", "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/supply-chain-planning-software/#co-sap-integrated-business-planning" }, "source": { "name": "SAP News Center", "url": "https://news.sap.com/2025/10/sap-business-ai-release-highlights-q3-2025/" } }, { "id": "event-4", "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/sap-integrated-business-planning/#event-4", "on": "2025-07-24", "date_precision": "day", "title": "SAP adds an AI-assisted Excel add-in to IBP", "summary": "The SAP IBP add-in for Microsoft Excel lets planners generate IBP formulas from natural-language input. SAP lists it in its Q2 2025 release highlights as an Early Adopter Care release.", "kind": "Launch", "from": { "name": "The AI supply chain planning software map", "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/supply-chain-planning-software/#co-sap-integrated-business-planning" }, "source": { "name": "SAP News Center", "url": "https://news.sap.com/2025/07/sap-business-ai-release-highlights-q2-2025/" } } ] }