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.
RELEASE
2605
PUBLISHED
May 2025
DOMAIN
Supply Chain Planning
AUTHOR
Straveo · SAP Practice
In this brief · 4 areas · 7 developments
- Integration Developments
- Supply Planning Enhancements
- AI Capabilities
- General Announcements
Integration Developments
oData APIs & Real-Time Integration
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.
Provided oData 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.
Implementation note
Supply Planning Enhancements
VMI · Sources of Supply · Telescopic
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.
Takeaway
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.
Takeaway
AI Capabilities
Safety Stock · Working Capital Insights
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.
Takeaway
General Announcements
CI-DS Sunset · RTI Direction
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.
Advisory
