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SAP ECC Supply Chain

End-to-end supply chain visibility including demand planning, supply planning, logistics, supplier management, and supply chain analytics.

Supply Chain is a core strength for SAP ECC — a primary capability included in standard deployments. The product is best suited to existing sap ecc customers planning s/4hana migration.

What’s in it13 documented capabilities

The supply chain scope SAP ECC ships, grouped as the product itself organises it.

Long-Term Planning (PP-MP-LTP)3

Runs simulated MRP against planned independent requirements to test capacity and material feasibility before committing to operative planning.

Capabilities
  • Long-Term Planning EvaluationCompares simulated capacity and material requirements results across long-term planning scenarios.
  • Copying Long-Term Planning Results to Operative PlanningTransfers approved simulative planning results such as planned orders into live operative production planning.

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Other capabilities10
Capabilities
  • Container and Voyage TrackingTracks container assignments and voyage status for ocean and multi-modal shipments.

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The SAP ECC Evaluation Kit

An independent assessment of SAP ECC — strengths, gaps and real pricing — plus a requirements template you can score its supply chain against alongside every other system on your shortlist.

SAP ECC Evaluation Kit

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  • Structured by module, so supply chain sits alongside the rest of your scope
  • The questions to put to the vendor and to implementation partners
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SAP ECC add-ons & integrations

Extend SAP ECC with best-of-breed software that integrates with it:

SAP procurement softwareSource-to-pay and spend management connected to your ERP.+12 more →
SAP transportation managementCarrier management, freight rating and shipping for your ERP.+12 more →
EDI for SAPTrading-partner EDI integrated with your ERP.+9 more →
Supplier management softwareSupplier onboarding, qualification and risk synced to your ERP vendor master.+10 more →
Inventory optimization softwareSafety stock, reorder points and replenishment tuned to ERP inventory data.+10 more →
Distribution ERP add-onsRebates, pricing, counter sales and replenishment for your distribution ERP.+11 more →
ESG softwareCarbon accounting and ESG disclosure tools fed by your ERP activity data.+12 more →

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Supply Chain — strength by vendor

VendorStrengthBest forStarting priceImplementationActions
SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud logo
SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud
★★★ strongLarge, complex enterprises needing deep customisation and controlled upgradesCustom6–18 months
Oracle NetSuite logo
Oracle NetSuite
★★★ strongFast-growing mid-market companies wanting unified cloud ERP$99/user/mo4–9 months
Oracle ERP Cloud logo
Oracle ERP Cloud
★★★ strongLarge enterprises moving from on-premise Oracle to cloudCustom9–18 months
Microsoft Dynamics 365 logo
Microsoft Dynamics 365
★★★ strongMid-to-large companies in the Microsoft ecosystem$50/user/mo6–14 months
Epicor Kinetic logo
Epicor Kinetic
★★★ strongDiscrete and mixed-mode manufacturers$100/user/mo5–10 months
Sage X3 logo
Sage X3
★★★ strongMidsize process manufacturers and distributors$100/user/mo4–9 months
Infor CloudSuite logo
Infor CloudSuite
★★★ strongLarge enterprises wanting industry-specific cloud ERPCustom9–18 months
Infor M3 logo
Infor M3
★★★ strongProcess manufacturers (food, chemicals, pharma) needing batch/formula controlCustom8–15 months

Evaluating supply chain on SAP ECC

What to put in front of the vendor before you commit.

  1. 1Demand forecasting accuracy and methods
  2. 2Multi-site planning capabilities
  3. 3Supplier collaboration and portal features
  4. 4Integration with logistics and 3PL providers
  5. 5Real-time supply chain visibility

SAP ECC starts at a custom quote with a typical total cost of $1M–$50M+ and a 12–36 months implementation.

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SAP ECC implementation partners

Firms with proven SAP ECC delivery experience — start here rather than an open RFP.

delaware

Platinum

London, United Kingdom

SAP Platinum Partner and Platinum Reseller. 2024 SAP Pinnacle Award winner for SAP BTP customer value. SAP's leading Digital Supply Chain partner in EMEA. Present in 19 countries.

ConsultingImplementerReseller

Products: SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud, SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud, SAP S/4HANA On-Premise

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Birchman

Platinum

Bracknell, United Kingdom

Birchman is a UK founded business transformation and IT consultancy specialising in SAP and ERP solutions. We're a Global SAP Platinum Partner and the primary UK member of United VARs, the world's largest alliance of SAP solution providers, giving us access to local expertise and delivery capability in 80+ countries. We help organisations plan, migrate to and thrive on SAP Cloud ERP (S/4HANA), whether that's moving off legacy ECC6, running a phased cloud migration or optimising an existing SAP landscape. Our services cover the full transformation lifecycle: strategy and target operating model design, ERP implementation, data analytics, cloud infrastructure, application development, and IT governance. We back this with industry specific accelerator packages for Mining, CPG, and Professional Services, drawing on 20+ years of sector experience. Over that time, we've built a reputation not just for delivering transformation projects but for steadying them. Brought in when a project needs a safe pair of hands to see it through to a successful outcome. It's why so many customers trust us with their most critical digital transformation and SAP work. We measure our success by our customers', helping them get the most out of their SAP investment, not just at go-live but for years afterwards. Our Application Management Services and ongoing consultancy keep that relationship going, with continuous improvement built in as standard. We're big enough to lead complex, global transformation projects and boutique enough to still care about every client we work with.

ConsultingImplementerLicense Reseller

Products: SAP Cloud ERP (S/4HANA) Public & Private, Business Technology Platform, Implementation

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TEKROI PRIVATE LIMITED

Platinum

Hyderabad, India

TEKROI Private Limited is a Hyderabad-based SAP Business One partner operating under SAP PartnerEdge (Sell & Service). Founded in 2020 by Venkata Siva Reddy Polu and Anitha Vennapusa, the firm rests on a founding team whose first SAP Business One go-lives date back to 2005 — more than 20 years of practice and over 350 implementations delivered across roughly 30 countries, spanning India, Nepal, East and Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Africa, the UK and Europe, and the Americas. A team of 60+ consultants, developers and support engineers works from the company's Innovation Hub in Bowenpally, Hyderabad, with a second office in Kathmandu, Nepal. Services cover new SAP Business One implementations on both SQL Server and HANA, SQL-to-HANA migration, cloud subscriptions, post go-live support and AMC, analytics, and IoT integration. Delivery is organised into 32 industry-specific solutions — 25 of them manufacturing verticals — including pharmaceutical API and formulation, chemicals and blending, food and confectionery, cement, steel and natural stone, cables and LED, automotive and two-wheeler CKD assembly, aerospace and defence components, medical devices, pre-engineered buildings, construction and EPC projects, trading and distribution, retail, healthcare services, agri warehousing and logistics, and technology services. TEKROI also develops TEKAI, an AI layer that connects assistants such as Claude, ChatGPT and Perplexity to live SAP Business One data. SAP featured TEKAI in its global AI Partner Innovations playbook as one of only four Generative AI solutions for SAP Business One worldwide, and the only one from an Asia-based partner. The company name captures its approach: TEK for technology, ROI for return on investment.

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Products: SAP Business One, SAP Business One AI MCP Connector, SAP Business One on HANA

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LeverX

Platinum

Miami, United States

LeverX is an SAP Gold Partner with SAP as its core area of expertise. Since 2003, we have grown alongside SAP through every major technology shift, from ERP modernization and in-memory computing to Cloud ERP, data-driven architectures, and enterprise AI. Today, our team of 2,200+ professionals has delivered more than 1,500 SAP projects worldwide. We support the full SAP lifecycle, from advisory and implementation to product engineering, managed services, and continuous innovation, across SAP Cloud ERP, SAP Business AI Platform, and other SAP solutions. We contribute to the SAP ecosystem through proprietary accelerators, including SAP IPS, SAP IPD Formulation, BMAX, and LeverX Data Management Platform. AI is embedded throughout our delivery, combining SAP Business AI, Joule, and leading enterprise AI platforms under a governed framework.

ConsultingImplementerSell

Products: SAP Cloud ERP, SAP Cloud ERP Private, SAP Business AI Platform

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SAP ECC Supply Chain FAQ

What supply chain functions does SAP ECC's core logistics cover?

Beyond inventory and warehousing, SAP ECC's Logistics Execution component handles transportation planning and shipping — carrier selection, freight cost calculation, and shipment tracking — plus trading/intercompany stock transfer processes for multi-entity supply chains.

Does SAP ECC include demand planning or S&OP tools?

Not natively at an advanced level — ECC's core modules handle transactional planning like MRP and consumption-based replenishment, while statistical forecasting and sales & operations planning traditionally relied on the separate SAP APO add-on, now succeeded by SAP IBP.

Can SAP ECC manage transportation across multiple carriers?

Yes, through Transportation Master Data and Planning, which supports carrier and route assignment, shipment costing, and vehicle scheduling, though many large shippers layer a dedicated Transportation Management System on top for rate shopping and load optimization.

Does SAP ECC support intercompany and cross-border stock transfers?

Yes — Trading Integration and standard stock transport orders handle intercompany transfers with automatic billing between entities, which is important for multinational manufacturers moving goods between plants in different countries.

How does supply chain planning change moving from ECC to S/4HANA?

S/4HANA embeds more real-time MRP and analytics directly in the core, and SAP's broader supply chain roadmap points toward Integrated Business Planning (IBP) for demand/supply planning rather than the legacy APO add-on that many ECC customers still run.

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