Extended planning and analysis (xP&A)
Plan smarter with xP&A
Adapting quickly to change helps you stay ahead
xP&A helps you bring your people and plans together to increase agility and performance, no matter what events unfold. We deliver xP&A infused with trusted AI and smooth integration between your plans, SAP applications, and mission-critical business data.
Transform planning across the organization
Enhance business performance with an integrated plan across departments
Accelerate execution of cross departmental planning with pre-built use case packages
Plan with confidence using trusted data
Improve security and reduce human error with live connectivity to source data providing a single source of truth
Achieve faster time to value with a business data fabric built with SAP ERP semantics effortlessly aligned with third party data
Drive agile decisions with planning and analysis combined
Amplify speed and accuracy with Generative AI and ML to enable a conversation with your data
Improve productivity with 360 degree analysis in the hands of all stakeholders
Extended planning across lines of business
By unifying financial, commercial, supply chain, and workforce planning you can generate a cohesive strategy mitigating hidden risks and accelerating business performance.
ERP centric approach to Planning & Analysis
Together, SAP S/4HANA Cloud, SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP Datasphere improve financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting by applying Business AI to trusted data
- Maximize group performance with an integrated plan across departments & divisions
- Achieve faster time to value with a business data fabric built with SAP ERP semantics
- Amplify speed and accuracy with Business AI to enable a conversation with your data without sacrificing context
- Supports sustainability objectives
Supply chain planning: strengthen supply chain resilience with SAP
Maintain business continuity by synchronizing supply chain planning in real time across the business with SAP Integrated Business Planning for Supply Chain.
- Generate supply chain insights with advanced machine learning and planning capabilities
- Extend supply chain planning with powerful analytics, simulations, and alerts
- Simulate outcomes based on supply chain and financial drivers
Workforce planning: change work for good
Powered by AI, SAP SuccessFactors and SAP Analytics Cloud help you analyze forecasts and workforce supply and demand to put the right people in the right place at the right time.
- Create forecasts, analyze risk, develop strategies, see impacts, build cost models, and assign action and accountability
- Refine headcount plans and gain visibility into workforce plans
- Identify trends and simulate outcomes for flight risks, workforce diversity, budgets, and more
Commercial planning: Maximize revenue with aligned planning
Transform Sales and Marketing strategy with SAP Analytics Cloud by seamlessly integrating value-driven budgets from Finance with demand forecasts from Supply Chain.
- Confidently set prices and understand their direct impact on your bottom line.
- Maximize Sales Performance to align with your revenue goals, ensuring every action drives growth.
- Refine Demand Forecasts with streamlined marketing campaigns that hit the mark.
- Create marketing budget planning integrated with SAP ERP
Business Data Fabric as a foundation for planning
Ensure planners spend their valuable time planning and not collecting & reworking data using SAP Datasphere to provide critical business data keeping source semantics intact.
- Access authoritative data Accelerate your time to value by automatically reusing semantic definitions and associations from SAP applications.
- Enrich all data projects Harmonize heterogeneous data into a business semantic model of your diverse data landscape.
- Simplify the data landscape Access all your data across hybrid and cloud environments no matter where it resides.
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SAP recognized as a leader
SAP is recognized as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Financial Planning Software 2024.
Extend the power of financial planning and analysis (FP&A)
Discover how xP&A augments FP&A so you can integrate planning, align people and plans, and enhance cross-functional visibility.
FP&A’s role in business transformation
Hear from early adopters as they recommend practical steps on how to start the journey toward FP&A and xP&A.