Difference between planning r/3 and BPS

Question

Hello gurus
    Can u please let me know the main difference between planning in R/3 and BW-BPS
komal

Answer 1

Hi,
SAP R/3 planning
1. CO-PA is used to input sales forecasts and production
quantities directly into CO (reporting out of Report Painter
or ABAP)
2. Sales and operational planning can assist with make or buy
planning (reporting out of ABAP or standard SAP R/3 reports)
3. Production planning determines the capacity and your ability
to meet the sales and operational plan (reporting out of ABAP
or LIS)
4. Cost center planning and/or product costing uses planned
activity rates and/or product costs to derive the P&L (reporting
out of standard SAP R/3 reports or ABAP)
5. Possible other plans in PCA, labor in HR, and procurement in
MM (reporting out of various SAP R/3 reporting tools)
BI-IP planning
1. BI-IP is used to input sales forecasts and production quantities
(reporting out of SAP NetWeaver BI)
2. BI-IP can be used for sales and operational planning for make
or buy planning (reporting out of SAP NetWeaver BI)
3. APO’s Demand Planning determines the capacity and your
ability to meet the sales and operational plan (reporting out of
SAP NetWeaver BI)
4. BI-IP performs cost center planning and/or product costing
using planned activity rates and/or product costs to derive the
P&L (reporting out of SAP NetWeaver BI)
5. Possible other plans in BI-IP include profit center, labor, cost
center, and procurement (reporting out of SAP NetWeaver BI)
SAP R/3 pros:
�� Has sophisticated allocation functionality
�� BPS does not
�� Consider retraction of BI-IP data to SAP R/3 for allocation
�� Offers availability control
�� Not available in BI-IP
�� Allows you to use existing Report Painter/Writer SAP R/3
reports in planning
�� BI-IP uses SAP NetWeaver BI reports or must retract
data back to SAP R/3 to use existing Report
Painter/Writer reports
BI-IP pros:
�� Allows you to use master data that does not exist in SAP R/3
�� For SAP R/3 planning, SAP R/3 master data must be used
�� Limits your ability to do “what ifs” with nonexistent
master data or hierarchies
�� Has one interface for all planning and reporting
�� SAP R/3 has different interfaces for each SAP R/3 module,
thus increasing confusion and training costs
�� Easier full integration in BI-IP — harder to achieve in SAP R/3
�� Uses single reporting tool in BI-IP (SAP NetWeaver BI) — SAP
R/3 uses different tools per module
All planning functions are available in BI-IP regardless of
functional area
�� In SAP R/3, planning functions differ by module or don’t
exist at all
�� All planning functions are Web-enabled in BI-IP
�� Some planning functions aren’t Web-enabled in SAP R/3
Regards.