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Independent, reasoning-first practice for the SAP® C_IBP Integrated Business Planning certification, built for the 2026 System-Based Assessment format.
Who it's for: Supply chain planning consultants — and analysts or business users stepping into an SAP Integrated Business Planning role — who want an entry-level associate credential proving they can set up and run core IBP planning processes, from demand and inventory through supply, control tower, and configuration, as a guided member of an implementation team.
The SAP® C_IBP certification confirms that you hold the foundational skills to plan supply chains in SAP Integrated Business Planning and can apply them on projects under an experienced consultant's guidance. Its scope reaches across the IBP planning suite — demand planning and demand sensing, inventory planning and optimization, sales and operations planning, response and supply planning in both time-series and order-based modes, the Supply Chain Control Tower for alerts and visibility, the Microsoft Excel add-in and web UI, and the underlying model configuration of planning areas, time profiles, key figures, and master data. Because it is delivered as a System-Based Assessment, the exam rewards applied work in a live system rather than isolated recall, and it is positioned as an entry-level qualification for the consultant profile at project-participation depth.
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The blueprint areas to focus your preparation on.
Building statistical forecasts and refining them with business judgment, running the forecasting process with its key figures and algorithms, handling planning adjustments and consensus, and applying demand sensing to sharpen short-horizon daily forecasts.
Distinguishing inventory planning from inventory optimization, understanding the value multi-stage optimization adds to integrated planning, and configuring the tools — scenario simulation, alerts, and collaboration — that support better stocking decisions across the network.
Coordinating demand and supply through the S&OP process, applying time-series-based supply planning, and improving planning efficiency by aligning forecasting, demand, and supply capabilities within a single integrated cycle.
Balancing supply against demand using both the time-series optimizer and finite heuristic and the order-based approach tied to real customer orders — evaluating the available planning algorithms, planning operators, and synchronized planning with embedded PP/DS.
Enhancing decision-making with the control tower — configuring custom alerts, navigating case management, using intelligent visibility, and enabling business-network collaboration to monitor and respond to supply chain events.
Setting up the planning model — attributes, master data types, time profiles, planning areas and levels, key figures and their calculations, versions, and reason codes — then activating the model and managing supply-planning master data such as sourcing rules and multilevel production.
Working across the SAP IBP web UI and the Microsoft Excel add-in — data integration, key figure functions and disaggregation, planning views and templates, change history, dashboards and drill-down analytics, plus advanced configuration such as currency and UOM conversion and planning operators.
The SAP learning-journey courses this certification draws on.
Discovering SAP IBP for Demand
An introduction to demand planning in SAP IBP — generating statistical forecasts and adjusting them intelligently, working with key figures, exploring forecasting algorithms, and using demand sensing to optimize short-term daily forecasts.
Discovering SAP IBP for Inventory Planning and Optimization
Explores inventory planning and optimization within SAP IBP, including scenario simulation, custom alerts, case management, and business-network collaboration, and highlights the differentiators of the inventory solution for better stocking decisions.
Discovering SAP IBP for S&OP
Covers the sales and operations planning capabilities of SAP IBP — improving supply chain planning efficiency, applying time-series-based supply planning, and coordinating demand and supply planning within the S&OP cycle.
Discovering Response & Supply for SAP IBP – time-series planning
Focuses on response and supply planning using the time-series optimizer and finite heuristic — balancing supply and demand across horizons while accounting for inventory, lead times, and capacity to build a more resilient plan.
Discovering Response & Supply for SAP IBP – order-based planning
Introduces order-based planning in SAP IBP for response and supply, using historical and real-time order data to create supply plans tied directly to customer orders, order priorities, inventory, lead times, and available resources.
Discovering SAP IBP for Supply Chain Control Tower
Introduces the Supply Chain Control Tower — scenario simulation, custom alerts, case management, intelligent visibility, and business-network collaboration — to strengthen decision-making and monitor supply chain operations.
Discovering the Planning Capabilities within SAP IBP, Add-In for Microsoft Excel
Builds command of the SAP IBP Excel add-in — its interface, building planning templates from scratch, adapting sample views, report-editor functions, formulas, performance tuning, and extensibility through VBA.
Mastering the Core Functions in SAP IBP
Develops fluency with the most-used IBP features — navigating the web UI and Fiori launchpad, data integration and import, key figure functions and disaggregation, change history, and building analytics dashboards and drill-down charts.
Mastering the main features in infinite time-series Network Planning
A deep dive into time-series-based infinite-heuristic supply planning — deploying and navigating IBP, modeling supply master data and key figures, lot sizing, in-transit and downstream figures, and advanced supply-planning topics.
Discovering the Main Configuration for SAP IBP
Covers core configuration tasks — defining and managing planning areas, attributes, master data types, time profiles, planning levels, and key figures with calculations, then activating the model and managing active objects.
Mastering the Advanced Configuration in SAP IBP
Targets advanced configuration for experienced users — data integration, planning-area copy/merge and download/upload, key figure functions, currency and unit-of-measure conversion, simplified calculations, planning operators, application jobs, and alerts.
Discovering SAP IBP Harmonized Planning Area
Teaches how to work with the harmonized planning area, unifying demand, supply, inventory, and finance in a single data model to remove silos, enable concurrent planning, and support cross-functional collaboration with real-time visibility.
Reading is step one — the 2026 System-Based Assessment rewards hands-on fluency. Train with original, performance-style scenarios and skill drills built for this exam.
