Business Content for SAP TPM (SAP BI-BPS) 

Transfer Planning Objects to Production Clients

If you want to implement the SAP BI-BPS Business Content that is delivered specifically for the SAP Trade Promotion Management Business Scenario, you must first transfer the relevant planning objects for the Trade Promotion Management planning application to the production clients

For more information, see the SAP library under Strategic Enterprise Management ® Business Planning and Simulation ® Planning Applications ® Generating Sample Data.

Business Content for Trade Promotion Management

You can use the SAP BI-BPS Business Content for different purposes within the Business Scenario.

Key Figure Planning

Key figure planning in SAP CRM Marketing is closely integrated with SAP BI-BPS: Under Trade Spends/Volumes, you can plan your trade promotions in detail using enhanced planning layouts for SAP BI-BPS.

For more information, see Settings for Key Figure Planning (SAP SEM).

Traffic Lights

In SAP CRM Marketing  you can display the status of a planned trade promotion using red, amber or green traffic light icons. To do this, you can use the predefined alerts in SAP BI-BPS.  You can also modify existing alerts or define your own.

For more information, see KPI Evaluation for an Alert and Example: Traffic Lights for Trade Promotions.

Baseline Sales Quantity

If you plan the uplift quantity for a trade promotion in key figure planning, you need the baseline sales quantity as a planning basis. You can use SAP BI-BPS to obtain this data from SAP SCM, and display it in an enhanced planning layout that is embedded in SAP CRM Marketing.

For more information, see Baseline Sales Quantity.

Demand Planning and Supply Network Planning

If you want to use SAP SCM Demand Planning and Supply Network Planning, you must transfer the planned uplift quantities from SAP CRM to SAP SCM. To do this, you can use the following standard content in SAP BI-BPS:

●      Planning Profile CP: Promotion Planning (APO Selection) (4TPM0006)

○       Planning Level Account Manager – Promotions (APO Selection) (4TPM9610)

●      Planning Profile CP: Promotion Free Goods (APO Selection) (4TPM0007)

○       Planning Level Acc. Mgr. – Free Goods (APO Selection) (4TPM9620)

For more information, see Demand Planning and Supply Network Planning.

Planning for Key Accounts Using SAP BI

As of BI Content 3.52 Add-On, planning content is provided for Planning for Key Accounts.  

For more information on the required settings, see Settings for Planning for Key Accounts.

Account Planning with Mobile Sales

The following planning layouts are available for Account Planning with Mobile Sales:

●      MSA Account Planning BP Hierarchy (4TPM9435)

●      MSA Account Planning Business Partner (4TPM9433)

●      MSA Selection BP Hierarchy (4TPM9423)

●      MSA Selection Business Partner (4TPM9421)

●      MSA Objective BP Hierarchy (4TPM9431)

●      MSA Objective Business Partner (4TPM9429)

For more information, see Account Planning with Mobile Sales.