Academy · Supply Chain Planning & Logistics · 300 Professional
From APO to IBP: Transition Design, Parallel Planning Runs and Planning-Result Testing
Plans the replacement of SAP APO (SCM 7.0 mainstream maintenance ends December 31, 2027) with SAP IBP and PP/DS embedded in SAP S/4HANA, while avoiding the lift-and-shift trap. Teaches how to test planning outputs that differ by design: frozen snapshots, parallel runs, tolerance tables and difference classes, then the integration cutover and the planner acceptance that decides go-live. Follows Contoso Motor Co.'s staged move off its APO system.
- 61 minutes
- 6 lessons + quiz
- Supply Chain Planner, Test Lead / Test Manager, Solution Architect, Program / PMO Lead
What you’ll be able to do
- Map APO modules to IBP and S/4HANA PP/DS
- Recognize lift-and-shift anti-patterns
- Design parallel planning runs and tolerance-based comparisons
- Test integration of plans back to S/4HANA
- Define planner acceptance and cutover criteria
Sources and further reading
- SAP APO PP/DS migration to SAP S/4HANA embedded PP/DS · LeverX
- Avoiding the pitfalls of a lift-and-shift from APO to IBP · Argano
- SAP APO Is Sunsetting in 2027: What to Know Before Choosing SAP IBP · Arkieva
- The Future Operational Planning Landscape Is Here: Time to Transition from APO to SAP S/4 and SAP IBP · SAPinsider
- Real-Time Integration (order-based supply planning) · SAP Learning
- S/4HANA with embedded PP/DS functionality · SAP Community
- Future of APO and its migration · SAP Community