# SAP Integrated Business Planning: what it sells, price and AI features URL: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/sap-integrated-business-planning/ Covers: July 24, 2025 to April 14, 2026 Updated: 2026-11-11 License: CC BY 4.0, 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 > SAP Integrated Business Planning is on the AI supply chain planning software map. We record 4 dated launches and events for it. The latest is dated April 14, 2026. SAP Integrated Business Planning (SAP IBP) is SAP's cloud suite for demand, supply, inventory and S&OP planning. Supply chain planners use it with SAP and non-SAP data. Its AI is Joule, SAP's assistant, plus embedded generative AI that explains forecasts, optimizer runs and safety stock. SAP's learning site describes planning agents as the product direction. Source: [news.sap.com](https://news.sap.com/2026/04/sap-business-ai-release-highlights-q1-2026/). ## Facts - Site: [sap.com](https://www.sap.com/products/scm/integrated-business-planning.html) - Category: Supply chain planning suites - Status: Active ## On the research maps ### [The AI supply chain planning software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/supply-chain-planning-software/#co-sap-integrated-business-planning) SAP Integrated Business Planning (SAP IBP) is SAP's cloud suite for demand, supply, inventory and S&OP planning. Supply chain planners use it with SAP and non-SAP data. Its AI is Joule, SAP's assistant, plus embedded generative AI that explains forecasts, optimizer runs and safety stock. SAP's learning site describes planning agents as the product direction. Source: [news.sap.com](https://news.sap.com/2026/04/sap-business-ai-release-highlights-q1-2026/). - Category: Supply chain planning suites - Price: Not published; sales-led. - AI capabilities: Planning analytics, Assistant, AI demand forecasting, Inventory optimization, Scenario planning, S&OP and IBP and Supply planning - Scale: Enterprise incumbent: a public company or nine-figure revenue (Product line of SAP, a public enterprise software company. SAP says it has over 30 specialized agents and more than 2,500 Joule Skills across its portfolio.) Sources: [news.sap.com](https://news.sap.com/2026/04/sap-business-ai-release-highlights-q1-2026/), [news.sap.com](https://news.sap.com/2026/01/sap-business-ai-release-highlights-q4-2025/), [news.sap.com](https://news.sap.com/2025/10/sap-business-ai-release-highlights-q3-2025/), [news.sap.com](https://news.sap.com/2025/07/sap-business-ai-release-highlights-q2-2025/) and [learning.sap.com](https://learning.sap.com/courses/discovering-ai-in-sap-integrated-business-planning/summarizing-the-four-primary-focus-areas-for-ai-agents-within-ibp-1). ## Launches and dated events, newest first ### SAP adds MRO inventory analysis and an AI planning add-in to IBP Launch, April 14, 2026. 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. Source: [SAP News Center](https://news.sap.com/2026/04/sap-business-ai-release-highlights-q1-2026/). From [the AI supply chain planning software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/supply-chain-planning-software/#co-sap-integrated-business-planning). ### SAP makes Joule explain IBP supply optimization runs Launch, Jan. 14, 2026. 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. Source: [SAP News Center](https://news.sap.com/2026/01/sap-business-ai-release-highlights-q4-2025/). From [the AI supply chain planning software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/supply-chain-planning-software/#co-sap-integrated-business-planning). ### SAP adds AI-assisted forecast results analysis to IBP Launch, Oct. 22, 2025. 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. Source: [SAP News Center](https://news.sap.com/2025/10/sap-business-ai-release-highlights-q3-2025/). From [the AI supply chain planning software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/supply-chain-planning-software/#co-sap-integrated-business-planning). ### SAP adds an AI-assisted Excel add-in to IBP Launch, July 24, 2025. 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. Source: [SAP News Center](https://news.sap.com/2025/07/sap-business-ai-release-highlights-q2-2025/). From [the AI supply chain planning software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/supply-chain-planning-software/#co-sap-integrated-business-planning). ## Methodology and corrections How we track launches, and how to report an error: https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology