SAP APO Insights

What is SAP APO?

SAP APO (Advanced Planning and Optimization) is a supply chain planning software from SAP. It is used for demand planning, supply network planning, production planning, and transportation planning. Businesses use it to optimize their supply chain processes, improve efficiency, and reduce costs by forecasting demand, managing inventory, and scheduling production.

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SAP APO Competitor Technologies

SAP IBP

SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP) is a cloud-based supply chain planning solution that competes directly with SAP APO, offering similar functionalities for demand planning, supply planning, and S&OP.

mentioned alongside SAP APO in 15% (1.3k) of relevant job posts

OMP

OMP offers supply chain planning solutions that compete with SAP APO, providing functionalities for demand planning, supply planning, and production planning.

mentioned alongside SAP APO in 12% (438) of relevant job posts

i2 Supply Chain Planner

i2 Supply Chain Planner (now Blue Yonder) offers comprehensive supply chain planning solutions, competing with SAP APO in areas like demand planning, supply planning, and inventory optimization.

mentioned alongside SAP APO in 81% (54) of relevant job posts

Oracle Demantra

Oracle Demantra is a demand management solution that competes with the demand planning module of SAP APO.

mentioned alongside SAP APO in 32% (132) of relevant job posts

Kinaxis

Kinaxis RapidResponse is a concurrent planning platform that competes with SAP APO, offering end-to-end supply chain planning capabilities.

mentioned alongside SAP APO in 7% (539) of relevant job posts

Manugistics

Manugistics (now Blue Yonder) was a supply chain planning software provider whose solutions competed with SAP APO in various planning areas.

mentioned alongside SAP APO in 18% (185) of relevant job posts

JDA S&OP

JDA S&OP (now Blue Yonder) offers sales and operations planning capabilities that compete with SAP APO's S&OP functionality.

mentioned alongside SAP APO in 59% (52) of relevant job posts

Oracle Demand Planning

Oracle Demand Planning is a module within Oracle's supply chain management suite that competes with SAP APO's demand planning capabilities.

mentioned alongside SAP APO in 41% (71) of relevant job posts

SAP APO Complementary Technologies

CIF

Core Interface (CIF) is used to integrate SAP APO with SAP ECC, enabling data transfer between the systems. It's essential for APO to function effectively with the transactional data in ECC.

mentioned alongside SAP APO in 24% (225) of relevant job posts

GATP

Global Available-to-Promise (GATP) is a function within SAP APO used for order promising and availability checks. It works closely with other APO modules like SNP and PP/DS.

mentioned alongside SAP APO in 39% (129) of relevant job posts

SNP

Supply Network Planning (SNP) is a key module in SAP APO used for strategic and tactical supply chain planning, including distribution planning and capacity planning.

mentioned alongside SAP APO in 23% (189) of relevant job posts