Is there any future for SAP?
There’s no future in legacy SAP ERP past 2025. SAP won’t be releasing new patches or addressing vulnerabilities on that platform. Expertise will start to dry up as the previous generation of functional and technical support resources either retire or move to the new platform.
What is the use of SAP APO?
SAP APO stands for Advanced Planner and Optimizer. SAP APO is a supply chain planning tool; that helps organizations manage their supply chain. SAP APO had primarily four modules DP (Demand Planning), SNP (Supply Network Planning),PPDS (Production Planning and Detail Scheduling), GATP (Global Available to Promise).
What is the future of Apo in SAP SCM?
New version of SAP SCM Powered by SAP HANA will replace SAP SCM 7.0. So, APO will not change much, though it will have added capabilities because of new SAP HANA platform. Though SAP IBP is not a substitute SAP APO currently, it will have SAP APO capabilities as well in future and will eventually replace SAP APO.
Is SAP IBP going to replace SAP Apo?
Though SAP IBP is not a substitute SAP APO currently, it will have SAP APO capabilities as well in future and will eventually replace SAP APO. SAP IBP will replace both SAP APO and SAP HANA based APO. Even SAP didn’t plant that yet. It has not released a plan or road map yet.
What is the future SAP landscape for APO DP and SNP?
It is also now apparent that the future SAP landscape for customers using APO DP and SNP will need to be Hybrid i.e a mix of On-premise (Core ERP or S/4HANA) and Cloud (IBP). IBP has been launched few years and many customers have started using it or migrated to it.
What are the sub-modules of sap Apo?
(SAP IBP)”. APO has mainly 4 sub-modules – DP. SNP. GATP and PPDS. Below figure shows the high-level functionalities of each sub-module and SAP’s roadmap for these functionalities to the successor products. DP and SNP will be succeeded by IBP, GATP & PPDS will be succeeded by similar functionalities in S/4HANA.