What’s New in
SAP IBP 2605
The 2605 release is measured rather than monumental — but beneath the surface it delivers meaningful progress in supply planning flexibility, integration openness, and AI-assisted decision-making.
Integration Developments
oData API — Key Figure & Master Data Extract/Load
SAP IBP 2605 formalises direct integration into the SAPIBP2 planning area via a set of oData APIs. For consultants and architects managing hybrid landscapes, this is a welcome shift toward standardisation — replacing bespoke integration patterns with sanctioned, documented endpoints.
- /IBP/PLANNING_DATA_API_SRV
- /IBP/MASTER_DATA_API_SRV
- /IBP/EXTRACT_ODATA_SRV
These APIs open significant flexibility for organisations exchanging data with third-party systems, data lakes, or custom analytics platforms — without relying solely on SAP-native middleware.
Real-Time Integration — Outbound Pegging Data
SAP IBP can now export pegging information from Order Based Planning areas to SAP ECC or S/4HANA. Activation requires setting global parameter RTI_OUTBOUND_PEGGING_EXTRACTION to YES.
Downstream systems such as ECC or S/4HANA do not natively recognise pegging data — it must be handled, stored, and reported separately. However, this integration bridges planning to execution and can meaningfully support order confirmation and ATP processes.
Supply Planning Enhancements
VMI — Vendor Managed Inventory Planning
The headline feature of this release for supply planning practitioners. SAP has extended Order Based Planning to natively support VMI processes — enabling organisations to plan VMI locations and output VMI Sales Orders to downstream systems.
This capability is exclusive to Order Based Planning (SAPIBP2). Time-series planning remains unsupported, meaning mid-to-long-term VMI replenishment will still require workarounds in the interim.
Multiple Validity Periods for Sources of Supply
A long-overdue enhancement: IBP now supports validity periods for Sources of Supply. SAPIBP2 covers both PDS and Transportation Lane validity, while SAP7F supports PDS validity only.
Previously, customers were forced into workarounds to manage source-of-supply validity in Order Based Planning. This brings the system in line with standard supply chain practice and reduces custom configuration overhead.
Telescopic Planning — Now Available for SAPIBP2
Telescopic planning — which allows different granularity across different time horizons — is now available for SAPIBP2. Previously accessible only in SAPIBP1 and SAP7(F), this closes a meaningful capability gap for customers on the newer planning area.
Customers can now plan at weekly granularity in the near term and monthly in the extended horizon — within the same planning run and area.
AI Capabilities
Financial Impact Insights — AI-Assisted Inventory Optimisation
A small but meaningful addition to the AI-assisted inventory optimisation module. Users can now view working capital insights correlated with changes in AI-recommended safety stock levels — providing a financial lens alongside the operational recommendation.
This creates a clearer business case for safety stock decisions — bridging supply chain planning and finance stakeholders, a recurring friction point in large-scale IBP implementations.
General Announcements
CI-DS — No Longer Available for New Clients
SAP has announced that CI-DS (Cloud Integration for Data Services) will no longer be available to new IBP clients. Going forward, any organisation procuring SAP IBP licenses must adopt Real-Time Integration (RTI) as the foundational integration layer alongside CI.
Existing clients on CI-DS should evaluate their integration roadmap in light of this deprecation signal. New implementations should architect around RTI from day one to avoid costly rework.