TCS SAP Integrated Business Planning

Center of Excellence
Enterprise Solutions

As consumers across various industries demand delivery of customized products and services in real time, the role
of Supply Chain Management (SCM) is undergoing a radical overhaul. To manage the complexity of demand in a
rapidly evolving marketplace, companies need to work in tandem with internal and external stakeholders across
their extended supply chain. Organizations are therefore increasingly looking to adopt SAPs Integrated Business
Planning (IBP) solution to harmonize planning across different corporate functions such as sales, operations,
inventory management and finance.
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) SAP IBP Center of Excellence (CoE) helps businesses rapidly deploy SAPs IBP
solution to ensure an agile, responsive and streamlined supply chain. We provide a range of servicesexpert
reviews, strategy and roadmap advisory, rollout and managed services. By leveraging our robust framework and
mature methodologies, companies reduce time to market and total cost of ownership (TCO) for SAP IBP
implementation.

Overview

Benefits

Supply chains are increasingly evolving into real-time demand

networks as digitally empowered consumers expect companies
to fulfill their urgent requirements for individualized goods and
services. It has therefore become imperative for enterprises to
capture, interpret, plan, and quickly act on real-time information,
in order to achieve supply chain agility. This is the driving factor
for the growing adoption of technology systems such as SAPs IBP
solution that are designed to harmonize planning across different
supply chain processes. However, the risks associated with the
implementation of such SCM offerings are high, given the
complexity of these systems. Moreover, a delayed execution
inevitably leads to higher total cost of ownership, and reduced
return on investment.

TCS SAP IBP CoE enables enterprises to gain on-the-go visibility into
ever evolving demand, and respond accordingly through predictive
demand planning and orchestration of their supply chain network.
This paves the way for real-time supply chain management,
ensuring that the SCM strategy is aligned with strategic business
priorities.

TCS SAP IBP Center of Excellence provides a robust framework,

underpinned by proven methodologies, for quick implementation
of SAPs IBP suite comprising cloud-based SCM applications.
Through our diverse range of services including expert reviews,
strategy and roadmap advisory, and managed serviceswe help
enterprises optimize their SCM-linked business processes in
a timely and cost effective manner. Through stringent governance
and knowledge management, the CoE facilitates rapid
institutionalization of SAP IBP for sales and operations, inventory,
SAP IBP for Supply and the SAP Supply Chain Control Tower.

Our services help businesses reap the following benefits:

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Reduced TCO: With TCS rapid implementation framework

and cost-effective post-deployment support you can reduce

the time to market and TCO of your SAP IBP rollout.
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Minimized implementation risks: Address industry and

organization specific challenges and implementation risks

by leveraging the CoEs ready infrastructure and preconfigured
SAP IBP environment to build proofs of concept (PoC).
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Improved return on IT investments: Leverage our industry

expertise to identify solutions that best address your

organizations needs, and maximize the return on your
IT investment by avoiding budget and time overruns.
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Sustainable and cost-effective support: Gain visibility into

product roadmaps and enhancements through TCS alliance

with SAP. Use this insight in combination with our proven
support model to ensure business continuity and for future
enhancements upgrades and rollouts.

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Knowledge Management
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SCM Processes
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Business Process Mapping
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Overview of TCS SAP IBP Center of Excellence

The TCS Advantage

Contact

By partnering with TCS, you can leverage the following

differentiators:

For more information about TCS' SAP IBP CoE, please write to
Entsol.scm@tcs.com

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Industry specific solutions: Our comprehensive portfolio of

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Long-standing partnership with SAP: Our long-standing

partnership with SAP has helped us develop a deep

understanding of the SAP platform. TCS has invested in dedicated
infrastructure and preconfigured SAP IBP solutions to accelerate
each engagement. Further, our customers benefit from access
to the extended partner ecosystem that enables them to deploy
best practices and realize faster support.
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Rich SCM experience: TCS methodologies have delivered

demonstrable business value across markets and industries.

We help companies effectively drive their supply chain
transformation initiatives with a complete spectrum of services,
spanning consulting, implementation, integration, upgrades,
custom application development and support.

About Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS)

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solutions organization that delivers real results to global business,
ensuring a level of certainty no other firm can match. TCS offers a
consulting-led, integrated portfolio of IT and IT-enabled
infrastructure, engineering and assurance services. This is delivered
through its unique Global Network Delivery ModelTM, recognized as
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Tata Group, Indias largest industrial conglomerate, TCS has a global
footprint and is listed on the National Stock Exchange and Bombay
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