Sales Planning

Accelerate revenue with a focused toolset for sales planning built for SAP S/4HANA. The solution helps FP&A and sales teams plan by customer and product using key drivers like price, volume, discount and COGS. Use current performance trends to prefill plans and keeps planners informed with daily sales insights, all based on SAP best practices and industry expertise. 

What to expect?

The solution includes a powerful combination of dashboards, in-depth reports, and planning-enabled input stories, which is everything you need to analyze, plan, and act with confidence. 

Dashboards

Overview

The Overview gives you a clear view of your sales pipeline by tracking performance against the current budget and projecting the plan run rate through the coming year. With built-in forecasting and prediction, plus four dynamic charts and five key KPIs, you get the insights needed to stay ahead and make informed sales decisions.

Value Driver Tree

The Value Driver Tree helps you visualize how key sales drivers impact your bottom line, offering a clear view of Gross Margin and essential sales KPIs to support smarter, data-driven decisions.

Cluster Bubble Analysis

Cluster Bubble Analysis lets you quickly spot key revenue drivers by visualizing Gross Margin across dimensions like Customer, Product, Company, or Profit Center. Easily analyze Actuals or switch to any other version to gain deeper insight into your performance landscape.

Price-Volume-Mix Variance

Price-Volume-Mix Variance helps you pinpoint what’s impacting your sales by comparing Actual vs. Budget Net Revenue. Variances are clearly attributed to Price, Volume, and Mix, giving you a detailed understanding of what’s driving performance.

Mix Variance

Mix Variance allows you to compare any two versions to analyze shifts in revenue, with Gross Revenue clearly broken down by mix effects—helping you understand what’s driving change beneath the surface.

Reports

Gross Margin & KPI

The Gross Margin & KPI view lets you deep-dive into sales performance with access to P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow, and key KPI metrics. Easily switch between Actuals and any version to get the insights you need—when you need them.

Trend

The Trend view allows you to monitor developments across your sales organization by slicing data by Company, Cost Center, Profit Center, or Functional Area. Analyze trends using your preferred financial view—whether it’s P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow, or KPIs—to uncover insights that drive performance.

Compare Time & Version

The Compare Time & Version view helps you understand how your sales metrics evolve over time. Track variances across key financial statements and KPIs, and compare any version across any time period to reveal performance trends and support better decision-making.

Gross Margin Bridge

The Gross Margin Bridge reveals what’s driving changes in your margin by attributing shifts to Price, Volume, and Mix. Compare any two versions side by side to gain a clear, data-backed understanding of your performance dynamics.

Daily Sales (Live)

Daily Sales (live) delivers real-time insights powered by SAP S/4HANA, giving you daily sales visibility at the customer, product, or regional level. It’s the ideal tool for fast-paced sales environments where timely data drives better decisions.

Planning input stories

Volume Planning

Volume Planning lets you plan by Customer or Product, with volumes pre-filled from the previous year for a faster starting point. Make easy adjustments to tailor future forecasts and ensure alignment with your sales strategy.

Volume Growth Forecasting

Volume Growth Forecasting allows you to project future sales growth with flexibility—input growth as either a percentage or an absolute volume to align with your forecasting approach and business goals.

Rate Planning

Rate Planning helps you fine-tune your pricing and cost assumptions by allowing detailed input of Gross Price per Unit and Sales Discount %—both by Product and Customer. You can also define Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) per base unit, enabling more precise margin and profitability planning.

Let’s Talk About Your Planning Needs

Whether you’re looking to optimize your planning processes, explore new opportunities with SAP Analytics Cloud, or simply learn what’s possible — we’re here to help. Our experienced consultants are ready to discuss your business goals and find the right solution for your organization.

ANDREAS KROON
Senior Manager

RASMUS EBBESEN
Manager

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