The latest Industry 4.0 barometer from MHP and Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich states that an uncertain future is holding back the development of Industry 4.0 in Germany. Uncertainty about the return on investment is preventing progressive digitization and automation at two-thirds of all companies. Supply chain planning is on the agenda, but operationally there are many gaps.

And then make a second plan, they both won't work! At least that's how Bertolt Brecht sees it in The Threepenny Opera. But with IBP, SAP Integrated Business Planning for Supply Chain, production and supply chain planning should succeed.