This document discusses building a best-in-class planning technology stack strategy. It emphasizes aligning the data landscape to required capabilities and using best-of-breed solutions. It also notes that successful APS implementations often require a technology stack to fully deliver capabilities, including additional analytics, collaboration tools, and reporting beyond the APS. The stack should balance integrated solutions with best-of-breed capabilities tailored to specific planning needs.

3. Digital planning:
How to shape your Planning Processes
capitalize on digital opportunities
Part 4 – Building a best-in-class planning technology
stack strategy

4. Nice to meet you!
Anneleen Tronquo
Managing Partner Consulting
Cédric Van Helleputte
Head of Planning Life Sciences

5. A digital wave is going on…
Thinking POC Decision Time Implementation CI phase
#OnAJourney
APS
Lots of companies are on the way to fundamentally revise their landscape –
implementing APS solutions replacing APO, moving to S/4, …
AI capability S/4

6. Remember…

7. Succesful APS implementations often take a technology stack to best
deliver on their potential..
IT INVESTMENT PLANNING TRANSFORMATION
APS DATA REPORT COLLAB. ANALYTICS NICHE PLAN
APS.
DATA.
REPORT. NICHE PLAN.
ANALYTICS.
COLLABORATION.

8. ALIGN DATA IT LANDSCAPE TO YOUR REQUIRED CAPABILITIES
Importance of data
strategy & governance
capabilities.
Use
of
best-of-breed
solutions
Integrated
model
Core-satellite
model
Honeycomb
model
Layered stack
model

9. Often there is a need for outside of APS reporting to fit in the
broader company picture
APS based
reporting
Non- APS
based
reporting
Plan Enterprise-wide

10. Best-of-breed solutions bring strong functional optimization, but
hamper cross-functional collaboration
CROSS-FUNCTIONAL COLLABORATION LAYER
PRESCRIPTIVE
ANALYTICS
ACTIONABLE
WORKFLOWS
AVOIDANCE
APS
PLAN
…
CRM
COMMERCIAL
WMS
WAREHOUSE
TMS
TRANSPORTATION

11. APS solution results can be augmented with additional analytics at
the input and on the output side.
EXECUTION
• Orders
• Inventory
PLAN ORCHESTRATION
• End-to-end planning
• Inventory optimization
SC ANALYTICS
• Input analytics e.g. Parameters
• Output analytics

12. Strategic capacity planning
Transport planning
MRP
APS solutions have an undisputed core – for niche planning it
becomes a balance between integration & optimization.
HORIZON
Downstream
Upstream
Supplier Manufacturing Distribution
Executional
Operational
Tactical
Strategic
Scheduling
Deployment
Operational supply plan
S&OP / tactical supply planning
Distribution
requirements planning
Demand
planning
Strategic
demand
planning
APS Undisputed
core
Potential niche
areas
LEGEND:
Supplier
collaboration

13. Balance integrated solutions with best-
of-breed capabilities
FIT FOR PURPOSE PLANNING TECHNOLOGY STACK
DEFINE
SCOPE
Pitch the positioning of E2E planning &
understand where the benefits come from.
Acknowledge the breadth of a successful PLAN
transformation beyond the APS.

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