Discovering SAP IBP Harmonized Planning Area

This course will prepare you to: 

• ​Apply the Harmonized Planning Area (HPA) concept in SAP IBP to integrate demand, supply, inventory, and financial planning into a unified data model, ensuring consistency across planning functions.
• Analyze planning processes to identify fragmentation and data silos, and determine how transforming to an HPA enables concurrent planning and improves cross-functional collaboration with real-time visibility.
• Evaluate the use of HPA within SAP IBP scenarios to support integrated business planning decisions, demonstrating how HPA capabilities enhance alignment across project managers, process architects, and planning teams.