realize savings in procure-to-pay processes with sap srm

8/2/2019 Realize Savings in Procure-To-Pay Processes With SAP SRM

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Te SAP SppierReatisip Maaemet(SAP SRM) appiatispprts y iterateprre-t-pay pressesr s a servies.Wit te appiati, ya ptimie te eiiey yr prremet

presses a etraiesri a tratmaaemet ativities.SAP SRM prvies rstiterati t yrmpays stware aa et t reevatata a presses i yr

SAP ERP appiati. Iteaes y t t stsa imprve te maae-met a perrmae

yr prremetperatis; empwer sers

wit eie, re-aseaess a eiitis;

a prvie ear isitit spe a sppier ata.

Realize SavingS in PRocuRe-to-Pay PRoceSSeS with SaP SRMEnAblE STRATEgIc PRocuREMEnT ToAdd VAluE To YouR coMPAnY

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4 Slashing Costs and Saving Time4 Atmate Prremet Presses

wit SAP SRM

5 Eiciency in OperationalProcurement

6 Se-Servie Prremet6 Sppi carts7 Sppier Seeti a

cmmiati7 bet, I-Stk, a Rea-Time

Avaiaiity ceks7 Apprvi r Rejeti Sppi

carts8 Servies Prremet8 carative Servie

Reqisitii8 Servies Sri

9 Servie cirmati a Sppiercarati9 Pa-drive Prremet10 Imprve Eiiey, cmpiae,

a Qaity Staars10 Prremet cars11 Prase orer Maaemet11 Reeivi a Retrs12 Ivie a creit-Mem

Pressi12 Paymet a Ati12 operatia Reprti13 cata Maaemet

14 Centralized Sourcing14 bii Press15 live Ati Press15 bi Evaati

16 Centralized Contracts16 ctrat devepmet16 ctrat Eeti a Mitri

18 Eicient Supplier Connectivity18 Sppier carati

18 Sppier Se-Servies19 Sppier Qaiiati a

Evaati

20 Deployment20 cassi depymet20 Etee cassi depymet20 Sta-Ae depymet21 oe-ciet depymet

22 Beneits o User-FriendlyProcurement

22 Ree Press csts,Aeerate cye Times22 deepe a Eri Sppier

Reatisips22 At Strateiay wit data

Visiiity23 Ree Tta cst owersip,

uiy Stis a data23 lear Mre At SAP SRM

24 Quick Facts

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Automate Procurement Processeswith SAP SRM

SAP SRM ers a mpreesivesti r maai prre-t-payperatis i are a misie m-

paies. Rst, ser-riey se-servie tiaity reieves prre-met rm resme amiistrativetasks tat a itte vae t te m-pay. Te appiati makes prre-met presses aster, eaper, amre ser riey. users a sp iitera a sppier-ste atas,reate a maae teir w reqisi-tis, apprve reqests, ek stats,a w p reeivi a iviipresses.

Iterate wit te SAP ERP appiati,SAP SRM eaes etraie tr prremet peratis. Wit SAPSRM, te prremet epartmet amaae etraie sri a -trats arss iret, iiret, a ser-vies spe trt te mpay.Te sti eatres tit ak-eiterati t SAP ERP a persa-ie re-ase ser iteraes tative empyees veiet aess teaty te tiaity tey reqire.

Pwer wrkw tiaity eaestrasparet a mpiat prremetpiies.

cmpaies i a istries are kit prremet peratis t reests, irease eiiey, a makea psitive impat te ttm ie.At te same time, prremet aesiqe aees i spprti ritia

mpay peratis a maki sreyre pe r siess. Prremetepartmet resres are smey sers arss te mpay r rtietasks rm reri ie sppiest maiteae, repair, a perati(MRo) items a servies s asmaie parts a jaitria ar.

Wit traitia prremet pera-tis, paper-ase presses are sw,errr-pre, a sty. Trasati

sts are te etremey i m-pare wit te vae te s aservies prase. Freqet errrsa maverik yi reate ieiiey.Maa a iterate systemsimpee trasparey, preveti r-prate eisi makers rm er-stai te impat prremeties a maki it iit t -siate prremet pwer arsste mpay.

May raiatis ave etraie

prremet peratis t imprveeiiey a perrmae a tsts. bt i prremet is si-ate witt te teia spprteee t atmate a maae pr-esses, siess peratis a eaversey aete. Witt streamieiterati a atmate presses,prremet resres are tae y

ativities s as pressi reqisi-tis a asweri stats qeries.Atmati trasatia a rte pr-esses rees te prremet epart-met t s mre stratei, vae-ae ativities s as timey sri

preres, trat eeti, ate ietiiati a traki ewsppiers.

Te SAP Sppier Reatisip Ma-aemet (SAP SRM) appiati aep raiatis ike yrs t pr-remet sts, imprve eetiveess,a eae te epartmet t makemre vae-ae tritis t tesiess. Part SAP bsiess Sitestware, SAP SRM is a iterate

prre-t-pay sti tat atmatesre prremet presses (seeFire 1). Wit its stmiae seriterae, eie re eiitis, apwer tiaity, SAP SRMprvies ear isit it spe ataa eps ptimie te eiiey yr prremet peratis.

SlaShing coStS and Saving tiMeEMPoWER EMPloYEES And STREAMlInEPRocuRE-To-PAY PRocESSES

Figure 1: SAP Supplier Relationship Management

Requisition andpurchase ordermanagement

Supplierqualiication

andevaluation

Centralizedcontracts

Centralizedsourcing

Spendreporting

Suppliercollabora-

tionSAP SRM

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operatia prremet tiaityi SAP SRM eaes atmate aeiiet prremet presses riret a iiret materias a ser-vies. Wit te appiati, y aree ye times a sts r key

prremet perrmae iiatrss as reqisiti-t-prase rertime. Y a as atmate mpi-ae wit prasi piies a -trats. Te tiaity i SAP SRM

as aiitates prre-t-pay ativitiesa eaes eiieies resti ist savis a triti t yrRoI (see Fire 2).

Se-servie prremet tiaity

empwers every empyee i te m-pay t reate a maae teir wreqisitis wit a ser-riey, spis-tiate rwser-ase iterae.

Servie prremet tiaityaiitates a rae ativities, rm teprremet rtie maiteaeservies t mre mpe prjetservies. Fr eampe, wit SAP SRM,y a perrm arative reqire-

mets eiiti wit sppiers; reatesri, time, a eivery-aseprase rers; a se reeipt aivie maaemet tis.

efficiency in oPeRationalPRocuReMentExcEllEncE In PRocuRE To PAY

Procurement

Employee

Suppliers

Procure-to-pay management

Supplierqualiica-

tion

Source-o-supplytracing

Demandaggrega-

tion

Deinitiono

sourcingguidance

Contractcreation

Contractdistribu-

tion

Contractcompli-

ance

Opera-tional

reporting

Supplieronboard-

ing

Supplierevaluation

Catalogmanage-

ment

Sourceassign-ment

RFx*process-ing and

awarding

Contractexecution

Central-ized

contractrepository

Sourceassign-ment

Purchaseorder pro-cessing

Policyauto-

mation

Supplierreview

eedback

Demandcreation

Trackingo demand

satis-action

Goodsand ser-

vices con-irmation

Demandplanning

andcreation

Shoppingcart

creation

Goodsand ser-

vices con-irmation

Returnsmanage-

ment

Sel-registra-

tion

Ordercollabora-

tion

Bidcreation

andsubmittal

Ordercollabora-

tion

Serviceentry

Invoicecollabora-

tion

*Request or inormation, request or quote, or request or proposal

Figure 2: Comprehensive Procure-to-Pay Automation with SAP SRM

Chie procurement oicer

Supplier evaluation andcollaboration Centralized sourcing

Centralized contractmanagement

Requisition and purchaseorder management

Supplier manager Sourcing proessional Contract manager Proessional buyer

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Pa-rive prremet tiaityeaes te traser ema eer-ate rm pai, maiteae,a prjet systems t SAP SRM reiiet a streamie presses.Te appiati aiitates a eaes

etraie sri, trattiiati, a prremet presses.

Sel-Service Procurement

Te se-servie prremet ti-aity i SAP SRM empwers a m-pay empyees t reate a maaeteir w reqisitis wit a ser-riey We iterae (see Fire 3).SAP SRM eps esre tat empyeetrasatis mpy wit prasi

piies a triers itera trsvia a pwer re-ase wrkw.Tis press rees te prremetepartmets amiistrative rea eivers eiiey a mpiaey streamii a staarii tepress arss te e.

Wit te appiati, sers a searr s a servies i a ie at-a wit preetiate a trateitems, a tem t te sppi art,

a iitiate apprva wrkw. Teapprva wrkw rests i a apprveprase rer ei eetriay sett te sppier.

creati reqisitis a prase

rers wit SAP SRM is straitrwara eiiet. Ater te sers a itemst a sppi art, te sti atmat-iay eerates reqisitis a rtestem tr te apprva press.up apprva SAP SRM reates pr-ase rers a ispates tem tsppiers ver te Iteret, witt teeay r epese aitia seriterveti.

Empyees a maae teir w pr-

ase rers i ie wit mpay res,wit atas te mst reqetyrere servies a materias. Pr-ases a e restrite t apprvesppiers a estaise siessres t ere imits r iiviasa epartmets. Te sti ti-sy mitrs spei, ivi ma-aers a eetives reater visiiity.

Rst wrkw tiaity rtesmets r apprva i mpiae

wit apprve prremet piies,epi esre mpete traspareya atmati verae. Empy-ees a ek te stats teir rersat ay time a irm reeipt rmteir esktps. Maaers a ter

apprvers a review a apprvereqests via e-mai. users a perrmati a et vaiati ativi-ties, mmitmet pates rm teak-e sti appiati, a stkavaiaiity eks rm te ak-eivetry appiati.

Te appiati as aes speiareqests qiky r eampe, e-timeprases a reqiremets etere asree tet a ata reqisitis.

cetivity wit eetri market-paes aws yr mpay t i ewsppiers a tai mre mpetitivepries. A i SAP SRM is iteratewit yr ak-e iaia sti,irmati reeipt a atmati-ay trier te apprpriate iviia ats payae ativities.

Sppi cartsusers start te prasi press yreati a sppi art i SAP SRM.

Figure 3: Sel-Service Procurement

Your company

Supplier

SAPSRM

SAPERP

Createshopping

cart

Approveshopping

cart

Createpurchase

order

Entergoods

receipt

Veriyand approve

invoice

Conirmpurchase

order

Sendadvance

ship notice

Purchaserequest

Processpayment

Shipgoods

Createinvoicerequest



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Y a sear r prts i atas,se preeie sppi art tempatesr repetitive rers, eter a reqestsi esriptive ree tet r -ata items, r eter master prtmers. Amiistrative assistats a

sp ea teir maaers r aspeii rp empyees. Te appi-ati is eie t meet te ees iivia empyees. SAP SRM tesa sers mst mm met rii smeti t y r eampe,reri rm a ata a atmat-iay ers tat met at te et. oe y ave ie yr sp-pi art, y a rer te prtsrit away r te prase rmpeti at a ater time.

Iterate wit yr master-ata s-tis, te appiati imprves pr-tivity a aray wit ata ies pre-ppate rm te irati temaster ata a ata. users aae irmati s as sip-taresses a ati assimets,imprvi eiiey r prremetperatis tat are etraie r aerapiay istrite rp empyees.

SAP SRM aiitates versit atr prremet ativities. I asppi art is impete r taisa ata ree-tet reqest, te artis rte t a pressia yer wrkqee r atteti. Te yer ate i i te missi etais, assia sre sppy ere rterapprva, a eerate a prase rer.Prase rers a e ire treqest a irmati a eiverytie respse rm te sppier.

Limit Shopping CartsSe-servie prremet tiaityi SAP SRM spprts imit sppiarts, wi ave a vae imit avaiity peri. Tis makes sese wey are yi ie sppies r

pai sma servie rers a eet ap sts ari t a et.Reeipt irmatis a ivies ae imite t ep esre st mpi-ae. Y a reate itera asppier-visie attamets t epeitepresses. Fr eampe, y a pr-vie sppiers wit etaie teiaesriptis te item y wat tprase, r ive itera apprversaitia irmati at te reqest.

Sppier Seeti a cmmiatiSAP SRM eaes y t imprve sp-pier arati a se-prremetpresses y mmiati reqireeivery sees t sppiers. Tesesees are etere as eiverysee ies r a item i te pr-ase rer. We verti a sp-pi art t a prase rer, pras-ers a a a veriy a te eessarysppier ata. I a sppier ast eeetermie yet, prasers a sesri eatres a tiaity t

i reiae sppiers qiky reampe, tr te ver ist evaate sppiers. or, prasers aisse ieret kis reqests tsppiers s as reqest r irma-ti (RFI), reqest r qte (RFQ), rreqest r prpsa (RFP). (RF isse t reer eeray t tese treeieret types reqests.) Mtipememers a team a jity reatea maae a sppi art wit team-ase prasi tiaity.

bet, I-Stk, a Rea-TimeAvaiaiity ceksSAP SRM eps y stay witi yret, veriy i items are i stk, averiy avaiaiity wit sppiers i reatime. Fr eampe, te appiati a

ek te ak-e iaias appia-ti r et imits smittearts. I te et is eeee r aitem, SAP SRM ses a messae, ate item a e ae i te sppiart. bet eks a take pae atieret pits i te press: wea sppi art is reate, at teapprva stae, r we te praserer is reate.

We a stkae item is rere,

SAP SRM irst tries t tai it rmstk ere trieri a press tprre it rm a etera sre. WitSAP SRM, sers a ek prtavaiaiity i rea time, maki prre-met iy eiiet a avii stsr items tat are areay stke.

Apprvi r Rejeti Sppi cartsWe a ser reeases a sppi artr reri, SAP SRM eks wetera apprva is eee. Te appiatitriers a wrkw ase te ata

i te sppi art w is yiwat a te preire settistat ere te prasi piy aapprva imits. dieret riteria aiitiate a apprva wrkw, iiprt atery r te tta vae a sppi art.

Maaers a review sppi arta et etais, apprve r rejetsppi arts, a a mmets. I



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e r mre maaers ee t apprvea sppi art, te appiati s-mits te art r apprva atmatiay.Atmate wrk item tiiatis ae set t empyees t aert tem sppi art smissi isses.

Spervisrs a apprve sppi artsie via e-mai, PdAs, a bakberryevies, a wit esktp apprvawiets. Y a ae te apprv-ers, a aitia apprvers, a areviewers t yr apprva presssi te apprva preview area tesppi art, te sppi art statsarea, r te i-. Y a a rae apprvers t ver r ma-aers vaati, epi esre tat

presses tie witt iterrptia aeerati te prremet ye.

Services Procurement

Servies prremet a e ae-i e t te mpeities ivve ieii te qatity, rati, aprie servies t e sme. SAPSRM eps y maae prremetresres a mitr sts r a wie

rae servies mmy searss majr istries s as time-ase a eiverae-ase servies.Tis ies servie ema tatriiates i yr ak-e SAP ERPappiati. Wit sppier eaemet,

sri, trat maaemet, aprremet tiaity, te appia-ti eaes y t imprve serviesprremet ativities a estaisst-savi measres.

SAP SRM eps aiitate a ri-ate servies-sppier arati:eie a prie servies a i rte est sppier ase st, avai-aiity, a ter terms (see Fire 4).Te rest is a irease i te spee

a visiiity te servies prre-met press. Wit te appiati, ya rive siess vae arss tempay a streamie te prre-met servies wit eae RFtiaity.

carative Servie ReqisitiiWit servie reqisitii, a serviereqiremet is rive y te pat mai-teae r prjet system. Te servie

esripti is take rm te meservie speiiati, a mpaiesa as speiy a imit r paeservies. Te servie reqisitis arete atmatiay traserre rmSAP ERP it te sri kpit i

SAP SRM. Te ieraria strtres reqisitis i SAP ERP are mai-taie i SAP SRM.

Servies SriI te sri kpit, prasipressias a areate ema,assi sres sppy, a tsri evets. A RF is reatease a etera servie reqisitii te SAP ERP appiati. Te ser-riey iterae eaes sers t

aviate te etire ierary r jst aprti it. Y a as miy ri-ia servie ierary strtres yai ies a sies. Item mer-i tiaity is eie, eaiprasi pressias t persaiemeri semes.

We repyi t a RF, iers areae t t epressive iia prpse aterative, sstitte,

Figure 4: Services Procurement

SAPSRM

SAPERP

Your company

Your company Supplier

Work orderrom projectapplications

Sourcingcockpit

RFxSalesorder

Con-irmation

Invoice

Serviceentry

Purchaseorder

InvoiceContractPurchaserequest



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r sppemeta servies. Tistiaity appies t ie items ais tiie y i atrie y teprasi pressia.

Te me servie speiiatis i

SAP ERP a as e sare wit teata r te SAP SRM appiati.Ftiaity r te ata rSAP SRM is prvie y te SAPnetWeaver Master data Maaemet(SAP netWeaver MdM) mpeta ies master ata a atamaaemet tiaity. We mai-taii a RF, te prasi pres-sia trasers ties, ii teetire ieraria strtre, rm teata it te RF. Te ier as

trasers items rm a ata it teRF respse i ai rter items isawe. A aware RF respse iste pae t te ata r SAPSRM. oe a RF as ee awaret a sppier, a prase rer is reatei te ak-e SAP ERP appiati.Tis ies ay items tat a eemiie ri te ii evet.

Servie cirmati a SppiercaratiSAP SRM eaes arati servies-reate mets wit sppierse-servie tiaity, empweriyr sppiers t take a mre ative

re i te press a epi istrer reatisips wit vae si-ess parters. Te appiati eaesy t maitai irmatis, r servieetry seets, r servies perrme.Prase rers taii servieitems, a wit teir ieraries aimits, a e traserre a pressey te appiati. Y a as reateprase rers taii servieitems a teir ieraries a imits.

Sppiers a reate avae sippitiiatis r t servies amaterias. Te appiati atmatiayeerates irmati messaes aservie etry seets t mve te pr-ess a a ep esre traspar-ey. Sppiers a eter paeservies maay r seet rm a at-a ase a imit etere i a SAPERP prase rer. Sppiers a as

maitai ivies r serviesperrme ase a aepteirmati.

Plan-Driven Procurement

Te pa-rive prremet ti-aity i te appiati eaes mpaiest iterate peratia prremetptimiati presses wit ak-eSAP r -SAP pai, peratis,a ivetry maaemet stis(see Fire 5). Wit SAP SRM, it ispssie t iterate imi emasias eerate y SAP a -SAPappiatis r pat maiteae,prjet maaemet, a prtipai. Tis ets y etraie pr-

remet presses r ema rii-ati rm mtipe ak-e systems,rivi sppier trasatia eiieya everai etraie trats.

Te SAP SRM appiati takes reqire-mets rm a SAP r -SAP patmaiteae appiati i te rm prase reqisitis a arries tatmati prremet reqiremets.

*I source o supply needs to be determined

Figure 5: Plan-Driven Procurement

RFxSalesorder

Con-irmation

Invoice

Purchaseorder

ContractPurchaserequest

SAPSRM

SAPERP

Your company

Your company Supplier

Demandaggregation

Sourcing*cockpit

Work orderrom projectapplications



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Prasi teams a everae a rae sri tiaity i SAP SRMt eiiety areate ema ai ptima sres sppy. by ite-rati wit re istis peratis,SAP SRM eps mpaies aress

iret materias prremet, wite rms a siiiat prprti vera spe. Fw- metsa eat t a avae sippitiiati.

Imprve Eiiey, cmpiae,a Qaity StaarsWit trat mpiae tiaity,pat maiteae, prti, aqaity paers a prase iretmaterias a MRo s at te a-

tis were ema is eerate a

at rret prii a terms. SAP SRMas ireases eiiey a stsavis r iret materia-reate sptis a sppier seeti ees.

Pa-rive prremet tiaity

eaes y t irease te spe aept mpiae y aptri aatmati eepti sitatis (seeFire 6). Y a erease pries rspt ys y sri a mpetitiveer eve i a rs-rer sitati.Imprve te qaity te e prtwie sri er time pressre ymaitaii qaity staars. Ireaseeivery reiaiity r stmer rersy speei p te sri press(i ase materia srtaes).

Procurement Cards

Prremet ar tiaity simpi-ies te prremet w-st MRoitems a ie sppies, a aseme a mm se-servie prre-

met paymet met. Prremetars a e isse t empyeeseetriay, a a ar py a eprvie as we.

Wit prremet ar tiaity,empyees a make teir w prre-met eisis, sjet t it-i imitsa trs. Tis eimiates te eer a apprva press. A sie ivieis set t te ser raiati at tee ea mt, a SAP SRM

reies te tta amt wit te

*Remote unction call

SAP and Non-SAP Applications

Figure 6: Integration to Multiple Back Ends or Plan-Driven Procurement

RFC* RFC RFC XML

Third-party order processing(r eampe, saes a istri-ti a materias maaemet

tiaity i SAP ERP)

Plant maintenance(r eampe, prjet maaemet

tiaity i SAP ERP)

Project systems(r eampe, prjet systemstiaity i SAP stware)

Planning and materialsmanagement(r eampe,

-SAP appiatis)

SAP SRM

Bidding and auctionsPurchase orders

Purchasers work list (sourcing cockpit)

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ak-e sti i a sie perati.As a rest, iivias i te raia-ti er ee t eter iivias reeipts r ivies.

Te prremet ar tiaity i

SAP SRM makes prremet evemre eiiet. It prvies yr mpaywit tr ver prremet arse, eaes mre eiiet trasatipressi, a prvies a eetiveway t pay r prases mae ie.

Purchase Order Management

up reeivi sppi art apprva,te SAP SRM appiati atmatiayreates a prase rer a trasmits

it t te sppier. Prase rers ae reate i SAP SRM r te ak-e SAP ERP appiati, epei te epymet me seete. Ite item reqire is ikey t e i stk,te ak-e appiati a reatea reservati. Fr items tat ee te sre eteray, te ak-eappiati verts te prasereqisiti it a prase rer atrasmits it t te sppier. Empyeesare aerte we a prase reras ee set t te sppier.

Y a ek te stats a rer atay time i te wrkw press. orerstats eampes ie sppi artreate, sppi art apprve, sp-pi art apprve wit aps r errrsa set t prremet epartmet,

a rer pste. Y a ispay asietais te rer y aviati iretyrm te reqisiti.

Receiving and Returns

SAP SRM eaes a rae pwerreeivi a retr tiaity. Ya aw mre iivia tr ristea, etraie presses arit te reqiremets yr raia-ti. We s are eivere rservies reere, te sti reatesa irmati. desktp-reeivi -tiaity atmatiay ses irma-ti reeipts t empyees. Iiviasa reate irmatis r items iteir sppi arts a ispay a

press irmatis. We irm-i servies perrme, empyees areer t imit prase rers.

A itera ispater r reeiviepartmet a reeive s areate irmatis r tem etray.Fr eampe, a amiistrative assis-tat a press irmatis r aetire epartmet.

Te appiati ets y pt irma-tis r temprary r im-

pete rers a ives y te pti atmatiay reati a w-met we y irm. I esire,sppiers r servie prviers a asirm te eivery s r per-rmae servies.

SAP SRM as eps y at mistakesmae ri te reati a ir-mati a make rretis wit

partia aeatis iivia ie-item eves. I items are eivere ewqaity staars, te appiati etsy retr te items wit a epa-ati te reas r retr aspeii istrtis t te sppierr resvi te isse.

Te SAP SRM appi-ati a ep rai-atis ike yrs t

prremet sts,imprve eetiveess,a eae te epart-met t make mre

vae-ae tri-tis t te siess.Part SAP bsiessSite stware, SAP

SRM is a iterateprre-t-pay s-ti tat atmatesre prremetpresses.



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Invoice and Credit-MemoProcessing

deetraii ivie a reit-memai ativities rees te wrk-a r ati a ter epart-mets. Wit te SAP SRM appiati,empyees, ats payae erks,sppiers, a servie prviers aispay a press ivies a reit

mems. I sppiers se t t aveivies reate atmatiay y aeetri messae, tey a reateivies maay, ase sreeipt r servie etry. Wit teappiati, prasers a apprve

ivies si a wrkw press.

SAP SRM tiaity spprts tawiti, a wit maki aest ivie psti ates a rreies.Te sti aws te simati a iaia ivie a te reati sseqet eits a reits ra ivie tat reqires rreti aterit as pste. users a eter aivii party i te ivie was setrm a ieret party ta te sppier.

Y a as eter ivies tat tave rrespi prase rersa reit mems tat t reereea prase rer r eampe, iviesr s wit a w prase vae.A rrespi prase reqisitir irmati is t reqire.

SAP SRM spprts te evaatereeipts settemet press, a at-mati settemet prere ase irmatis. Te prremet ra-

iati mst ave a areemet witte sppier er wi te sppieres t reate a ivie r earer trasati. Istea, te stiatmatiay psts a ivie metase te prase rer a -irmati a ses te met t tesppier eetriay. Tis eimiatesivie variaes a mmiatierrrs, a spees te mpeti

trasatis. Wit te evaatereeipts settemet press, te s-ti a as atmatiay eeratereit mems i s are retre.

Payment and Accounting

oe a sppier apprves a ivie,te paymet press eis a ismpete ari t te areep terms, eiter tr a at-mate remittae r i te traitiamaer wit a paper-ase remittae.Ats payae pressi takespae i te SAP ERP appiati, witrasers te paymet irmati tte ats payae r eera eer.SAP ERP eks te amts a

etermies te ats t e pste,a te reates ati a -tri mets a reesmmitmets.

Operational Reporting

Wrki wit te SAP netWeaverbsiess Warese (SAPnetWeaver bW) mpet, a atawarese sti, SAP SRMprvies spistiate reprtitiaity. SAP netWeaver bW is

part te SAP netWeavertey patrm, wi pwersSAP SRM. operatia prremetaaysis eps aaye prasi atar prremet presses. Tisies reprts tat et st etermaaers mitr prases i teirepartmets, mitr ettiiati, aaye maverik yi,a s .

SAP SRM ersa mpreesivesti r maai

prre-t-pay pera-tis i are amisie mpaies.Rst, ser-rieyse-servie ti-aity reieves prre-met rm re-sme amiistrative

tasks tat a ittevae t te mpay.Te appiatimakes prremetpresses aster,eaper, a mreser riey.

12 SAP Solution in Detail Reaie Savis i Prre-t-Pay Presses wit SAP SRM12


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Te SAP SRM appiati eaesirease visiiity a trasparey,r etter versit a tr prasi ativities. Wit te reprts,sers at ieret eves a mitrprasi, ri w t etais r

iivia sppi arts, a are-ate ata y atery, prt, rreqester. SAP SRM ets y makeperatia eks iivia pr-remet eavirs a strateievaatis spe ata.

Pwer qery tiaity eaessers t sear a aess trasa-tia mets. Te appiati pr-vies re-ase aess wit a ser-riey iterae t qery a aess

mets arss te SAP SRM

appiati a ter iterate m-pay appiatis. Avae sers areate stm qeries r reqetytrake trasatis.

Catalog Management

Eetri atas a sppi arttiaity rive ser apti ymaki avaiae a ri, ser-rieyrepsitry prts. Iterate witSAP bsiess Site, SAP SRM wrkswit te ata r SAP SRM, wiis pwere y SAP netWeaver MdM,t er spistiate master ata aata maaemet tiaity(see Fire 7).

Rst amiistrati tiaityeaes ata maaers t st-eetivey a, review, a maaeaess t sppier atas. Sppiersmay prvie atas i xMl r simpeMirst Ee spreaseets. cata

maaers a imprt ata ataa se spistiate ata maae-met ts t map te ata items ta mpays prt sema. Staarsemas s as te uite natisStaar Prts a Servies ce(unSPSc) a ec@ss are spprte,as are stm semas. Avae -tiaity aws mpe ata mappi ata items wit mtipe prtsemas witi SAP SRM a ite-rate ak-e stis r ata

armiati.

Prt irmati a e erie witimaes, attamets s as etaieprt speiiatis, a rres,rter erai ser apti.Wrkw apprva aws tr verata ativati a sae r pr-ase trasatis. oter sres sppy s as trats a rersa e imprte a ere t sersr a e-stp sppi eperiee.

cata maaers a tr empy-ee aess t atas wit re-asepermissis a ata views tata e restrite t atrie sers.Maaers a rmat ata searies a ire te ser iteraet srt a ispay ies s as itemetais. Wit pe ata iteraetiaity, aess t atas ae prvie rm mtipe stis.Figure 7: Catalog or SAP SRM (Powered by SAP NetWeaver Master Data Management)

Source o Inormation Procurement System

ocI*iterae

Search itemsin catalog

Use catalog itemsin procurement, orexample, transer to

shopping cart

Ordering items rom thecatalog or SAP SRMcreates purchase orderitems (and updates the

SRM contract)

cata

Mapping andenriching im-

ported productcontent

Catalogs, products,and hierarchies rom

suppliers

Products, contracts,and suppliers rom

SRM back-end system

Purchasing inormationrecords and contracts

rom ERP back-endsystem

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centRalized SouRcingIncREASE EFFIcIEncY WITh onlInEnEgoTIATIng

netiati etter prase terms is tererste t eiveri st savis.T imprve etraie sri eiie-y, SAP SRM eps areate ema,erease ye time, a irease visi-iity via eiiet ie ii, atis,

a RF. Eetri RF a reverseatis ep y aieve savis airease sppier partiipati a tras-parey. Y a assess te apaiityeves sppiers, ersta marketprii, arate eetivey, aseet te est sppiers r yr ees.Te e rest is imprve sppy asemaaemet a sppier arati.

SAP SRM spprts iterate sppieretiati a awar presses.

dema ata rm SAP SRM amtipe SAP ERP appiatis areareate a sre r w-trat a prase rer eeti.Te appiati eaes iitia i prepa-rati, eetri RF a reverseatis, i evaati a sppierseeti, a te reati amaaemet etraie trats.

Tit iterati etwee sria peratia prremet i aeterees appiati asape

eaes y t simpiy sri arsste mpay y areati emasrm mtipe SAP ERP appiatis.Wit te SAP SRM, y a etiateetra trats r peratia se ia eterees appiati asape.

Wit SAP SRM, y a imprvesppier evaati a stats visiiity,rive ae si arati ts,

a make awars ase a m-iati prie a prie variaes.Te appiati spprts mtir pr-essi, ie a ie mitria maiteae, weiti a sri,tti, versii, a ii i ier-

et rreies. Te wi setisesrie te sri kpit ti-aity i SAP SRM i reater etai.

Bidding Process

SAP SRM eps mpaies aievesavis y ti ie iievets a issi RF. usi teappiatis RF tiaity, m-paies a ivite qaiie sppierst smit prpsas r sppyi

s a servies per te speiiereqiremets.

Prremet pressias a sete sri kpit t view prasereqisitis riiati rm SAP SRMa ter iterate appiatis, sas SAP ERP. Y a ire SAPSRM t spprt atmate sriwitt te ee r prremet pr-essias t press te reqiremeti te sri kpit. Fr eampe,a RFQ is atmatiay reate rm

a prase reqisiti i SAP ERP.

A RFQ a e reate r areqisiti tat es t avea sre sppy ietiie r rma epiri trat. Prremetpressias a areate reqire-mets, ietiy sres sppy,maae qta arraemets amsppiers, a ivite sppiers t



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reister a partiipate. Sppiersa se-reister ie, iiateateries tey are itereste i,a prvie aitia atery-speii irmati.

We reati a RF, te prre-met team a eae mtipe rs ii. Y a permit sppierst irm teir partiipati i teevet a miy teir respses ais, ii aes t t ieitems. Srrate ii tiaityis avaiae r ases were tesppier at i irety witi teSAP SRM appiati. Te stias spprts ii i ateraterreies.

users a arate wit sppiersri te ii press t iaiespeiiatis a prepare mets.Fr eampe, te appiati spprtsesi arati tr iteratiwit te carati Fersappiati.

Live Auction Process

uike a RF, were is are ierm ter iers, a ive ati ever-aes market yamis t rive wsts tr iret mpetiti. I tis

press, seete sppiers reeive ae-mai ivitati t partiipate trte ii eie tiaity SAPSRM. biers a eter te ive atikpit a partiipate i a syrsive ati.

Te prremet team a ireirmati r iers si a variety ati types, s as dt a-tis r atis wit rak-y r iii. Y a aw pry a sr-

rate ii a a eae sppierst t is, prvie is i ateraterreies, a prvie atre-stii.

Te appiati aws iers t m-itr ii ativity, t ive atwit sppiers, a pae is. Te pr-

remet pressia a see rea-timeirmati te sri kpit.new i irmati is immeiateypate i ser-iterae ispays sas arts a rret prie taes.

Bid Evaluation

Ater a RF r a ive atirs, SAP SRM spprts rsti evaati, ii tiaityr weite sre aaysis. Teappiati eaes sie-y-siemparis is t evaateprpsas ase prie as we aseivery times, eperiee wit tesppier, epeaiity, a aiity teiver. Te mpeti te sri

press rests i te reati etraie trats r praserers r prremet eeti(see Fire 8).

Figure 8: Centralized Sourcing

SAP

SRM

SAPERP

Your company

Your company

Purchaserequest

AuctionRFxRequestaggregation Supplieraward

ContractPurchase

order



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centRalized contRactSdRIVE conTRAcT coMPlIAncE AcRoSSThE coMPAnY

SAP SRM spprts etraie -trat maaemet a eetraieimet, eai prremetraiatis t evep etra -trats tat ep rive mpiae arsste mpay. ctrat parameters ae mae avaiae t a siess its,epi sers trt te raia-ti sere te mst avrae termsa itis. A etra repsitryr etra trats is avaiae iSAP SRM a mtipe ak-e SAPstis. Pwer trats tia-ity eps prremet raiatisptimie trat setp a tiiati,wit ts r maai aes t tetrats.

Contract Development

A etra trat i SAP SRM a ese as a sre sppy i parae,i t SAP SRM a SAP ERP, pr-vii te pprtity t attai ettervme ists tr tratreease areati. dri tratreati, prremet pressiasa everae eisti trats, savitime a epi esre mpiaet staarie trat terms a

est praties. Re-ase apprvawrkw a versi tr rivete trat-atriati a trat-reease stratey, wi eaeste prremet epartmets aiityt ere trat mpiae aprmte trat sae.

Wit te appiati, y a set pmpe ist types r prremettrats s as vae ists,qatity stepaer ists, rpists, a reates ase a-mate reease vaes. Y a maae

reetiati terms r trats tatare at t epire. SAP SRM eaeseae a imprve trat istri-ti r etra trats trspistiate a eiiet rpi trat ie items arss ieretatis i te SAP ERP appiati.Make trat pates, ie aie, wit ser-riey mass aetiaity.

Contract Execution and

Monitoringctrat eeti presets serisaees ii te wi: Eri mpiae wit etiate

terms Avaiaiity trats r a pr-

ase raiatis t ree tratreati time a maiteae

Maai ists ase mpay-wie trat sae

Time-smi trat maiteae

SAP SRM streamies te etraietrat eeti press y istri-ti trats rm a etra tratrepsitry t e r mre SAP ERPappiatis (see Fire 9). Te tratata, wi is reevat r a sre--sppy etermiati, is set t SAP

Eetri atasa sppi arttiaity rive serapti y makiavaiae a ri, ser-

riey repsitry prts. Iterate

wit SAP bsiessSite, SAP SRM wrks

wit te ata rSAP SRM, wi ispwere y SAPnetWeaver MdM, t

er spistiatemaster ata a ata- maaemettiaity.



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ERP were it a e se as a sre sppy. base s r serviesreqire, SAP SRM ietiies teptima trat r te reqest, takiit at prie, eivery time,vme, a ati. Ater istriti

a reease, vaes are traserreak t SAP SRM. harmietrats etwee SAP SRM a SAPERP everae trat ieraries,reease-ase reates, a istarss trats.

SAP SRM eaes y t everaeitis arss trat ierariest er te mst ptima isteprie arss a prremet epart-mets. Rea-time reate aatis

a te aiity t immeiatey trasertrat items t te master ata ma-aemet ata ep esre tat aempyees y se trate items,eimiati maverik -trat pr-ases. bere prase rers are

presse i te ak-e appiati,SAP SRM is ae r prie aati.

Y a ptimie trat tiiatia st retis wit SAP SRM,as te appiati siates trat

mpiae amatrs a trakstrat sae a a-s arssSAP SRM a ter appiatis -ete, ii mtipe SAP ERPappiatis. SAP SRM ers eiiityi setti peratia trats aawi paymet terms a rreyat te istriti eve, mtipe aerttress r epirati ates, ataret r reease vaes r qatities.Eae rate tress te -trat eve ep tr a mitiate

rrey tati risk.

Wit its atmate trat mpiaetiaity, te SAP SRM appiatieps raiatis etrat te mstvae rm etiate trats.

Figure 9: Centralized Contracts

SAPSRM

SAPERP

Your company

Your company

Purchaserequest

Purchaseorder

Manuacturingresource

planning run

ContractPurchase

order



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efficient SuPPlieR connectivityIMPRoVE SuPPlIER RElATIonShIPS

Imprve etis wit sppiersep y ree erts r prris a servies, a maai atri reatisips wit sppiers.Eai mmiati wit sppi-ers eps y eie reqiremets

mre aratey a ai resres tte reqiremets mre sey. deepersppier reatisips a ea tree sts, aster ye times, aier-qaity materias a wi-wisitati.

Supplier Collaboration

cmpaies itet maimii pera-tia eiiey r prremet tras-atis ee t ete atmati a

eetri presses t te sppierstakeers. SAP SRM eaes -arati etwee empyees, pres-sia prremet sta, a sppiersr a pases prremet press-es ii arati r mpereqisitis, sri, rer maae-met, a ivii. Sppier se-servies tiaity spprts aeaes reatisips wie makiiterati wit sppiers a siesemia a maaeae.

Sppiers a aess rers rmteir stmers wit a We rwseriterae a perrm w- taskss as reati a rer respse,avae sip tie, ivie r reitmem, r reviewi s a servieirmatis. Wit SAP SRM, y

a sare reprts wit sppiers,s as trats e t epire,istries rer vaes, sppierevaati reprts, a ists simet stk at te stmerati.

SAP SRM aiitates arati witsppiers r mpe servie-rereiiti, ii, a atis.Sppier sers a view RF etais,er terprpsas, irm is,a se ie at tiaity rariiatis.

Sppier Se-ServiesSAP SRM eatres sppier se-servie tiaity tat aiitates

sppier arati, streamiesprremet presses, a imprvesvisiiity it rer a sipmet stats.Te tiaity iterates sppiersit te prremet press arees te sts prremetyes y imprvi te eae siess mets a srteite time it takes t press te tet tese mets. Wit teappiati, sppiers t ee teirw stis t sppy s aservies. A tat is eee is iret

Iteret aess t te prasersprremet sti tr a Werwser.

Sppiers a reat rapiy t rertis reeive rm te st.Sppiers reister a prvie ay



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aitia irmati y reqestreari te atery s rservies tey prvie. Sppiers mste apprve ere ei ativatet arate trasatis. Teprremet amiistrati team a

assi avae apaiities t speiisppiers, atrii tem r ativitiess as maai teir w ata asmitti ivies. Sppiers airm y at pakai asipmets jst eete tr aavae sippi tiiati (ASn).

Wit sppier se-servie tiaity,sppiers a view prase rers,se irmatis a a ASn t tepraser, a reate ivies ase

a ASn r rers. Y aarate prase rers witsppier respse tiaity, awatmati i eivery eeratia s reeipt tiiati, aprvie aess t atas a eiverysees. Eae rer maaemetwit respse miiati tiaityt i prase reqisitis. Sppierse-servies as spprt servie itemieraries a imits.

Supplier Qualiication and

Evaluation

SAP SRM eps prremet pera-tia teams maae sppier reati-sips mre eetivey wit ts tassimiate sppier ata, measre

perrmae, a rive ptima sppyase eisis. Y a aess sppierirmati rm sri yes aqatitative ata rm prremettrasatis s as prase rers,s reeipts, a ivies. Perrm

sppier aaysis wit qaitative ir-mati a eeak rm mtipestakeers.

SRM prvies We srvey tiaityt et ata rm sers tr tevaris steps i te prremet pr-ess r eampe, irmati tepakai qaity s ri tes reeipt press. Y a asse We srveys t ater sppierata. Sppier maaers a mitr

srveys, a atmate remiersa e-mai ivitatis make te ataeti press eiiet.

Y a set p key perrmae iia-trs s as prie, servie eve, aqaity i a ierara, weite str-tre. Qatitative a qaitative Wesrvey irmati is iterprete iSAP netWeaver bW, pri -siate sppier evaati sresase te weitis. I esire,y a aw sppiers t aess tis

ata t prmte jit perrmaemaaemet.

operatia prre-met tiaity iSAP SRM eaes

atmate a ei-iet prremetpresses r ireta iiret materiasa servies. Witte appiati, ya ree yetimes a sts r

key prremet per-rmae iiatrsa atmate mpi-ae wit prasipiies a -trats. SAP SRM a-iitates prre-t-pay ativities a

eaes eiieiesresti i st sav-is a tritit yr RoI.



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dePloyMentdEPloY SAP SRM To SuIT YouRoRgAnIzATIonS nEEdS

SAP SRM spprts severa types epymet t sit yr raiatisees. depei yr ie epymet, w- mets arereate i SAP ERP r irety i teSAP SRM appiati.

Classic Deployment

I te assi epymet, a materiasmaaemet mets (s as pr-ase rers, s reeipts, servieetry seets, a ivies) eist i er mre ak-e appiatis. SAPSRM spprts sppi art reatia te preetry irmatis aivies. SAP SRM te mmiateste irmati t SAP ERP, wi

reates te ative mets.

Tis type epymet is apprpriatei yr mpay wats t: Eae a wie ser rp ii

empyees rm ey teprremet epartmet t eterreqiremets epeitisy a witmiima traii reqire

have te prremet epartmetperate sey wit te tiaityi te ak-e appiati, witttraserri prremet ativities

t SAP SRM leverae avae etra trat

istriti tiaity i SAP SRMt maae etra trats

Extended Classic Deployment

I te etee assi epymet, ya reate sppi arts a pr-ase rers irety witi SAP SRMere traserri te ata t e r

mre ak-e appiatis. Te pr-ase rer i SAP SRM is te eaiprase rer. Te irmati tat istraserre t te SAP ERP appiatiis t a eat py te praserer, t a m eaer, rea-y ver-

si. Tis py sppies te reereeeee t reate s reeipts, ser-vie etry seets, a ivies i teak-e appiati. Wit tis epy-met pti, SAP SRM spprts teetry irmatis a iviesa pies tem t SAP ERP. Wit teetee assi epymet, y aeverae etee etra tratmaaemet tiaity as a sre sppy i SAP SRM.

Tis type epymet is apprpriatei yr mpay wats t: use te reat te se-servie

prremet tiaity i SAPSRM

cirm a ivie aaist stkitems

Take avatae te eiiityere y eteri irmatis aivies tr te se-servie pr-remet tiaity i SAP SRM

Stand-Alone Deployment

I te sta-ae epymet, teetire prremet press is aey SAP SRM. Te appiati reates

Te se-servieprremet ti-aity i SAP SRM em-

pwers a mpayempyees t reatea maae teirw reqisitis wita ser-riey Weiterae. SAP SRMeps esre tatempyee trasa-

tis mpy witprasi piiesa triers iteratrs via a pwer- re-ase

wrkw.



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te sppi art a a w-mets ay.

Ati presses (iaiaati a tri) mst stie ae y ak-e appiatis.

hwever, a vaiatis a apprvasare ae irety y SAP SRM. SAPprvies mirati ts t ri mate-rias maaemet ata rm mpayappiatis it te appiati prtmaster. A ae eeit is ireaseperrmae, ease y ee ewerremte ti as t te ak-eappiati.

Tis type epymet is apprpriatei yr mpay:

des t ave a materias maae-met appiati, a y wat tae te etire press witiSAP SRM, iterati y t aati appiati

Preers t se te streamiese-servie prremet tiaityi SAP SRM r speii prt ate-ries (typiay, iiret materias aservies)

des t ee ak-e tiaity,s as pat maiteae r ware-si, r ertai prt ateries,

a y wat t mve te prremetpress r tese ateriesmpetey t te ak-e appi-ati, maki te press qiker

Wats t tie t prre smeitems (s as iret materias aservies) si te materias maae-met tis yr ak-esti

One-Client Deployment

Te e-iet epymet SAPSRM sits mpaies tat w iket impemet te simpe prremettiaity SAP SRM witt aseparate istaati te SAP SRMappiati. Tis epymet pti isse w tta st wersip(Tco) a perates witi yr ak-e SAP ERP appiati. It is yavaiae i y ave a sie istae

SAP ERP a t ave ay past iterate SAP SRM tiaity witmtipe istaes te SAP ERPappiati.

Tis type epymet is apprpriatei yr mpay wats tiaity teae: Servies prremet r etera

stai a RF Se-servie prremet Sppier se-servie prremet

i eti wit servies a

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BenefitS of uSeR-fRiendly PRocuReMentIncREASE EFFIcIEncY, cuT coSTS, And Add VAluE

SAP SRM eps irease te eiiitya eiiey yr mpays pr-remet presses. Wit te appia-ti, y a ree sts aempwer te prremet epartmett take a mre stratei, vae-ae

re i peratis. SAP SRM eaesy t atmate reqisiti a rermaaemet wit ser-riey atatiaity. Y a ree st aye times, rive trat a piympiae wit etraie sri,a irease trasati eiiey witsppier etivity a arati.Y a imprve sppier maaemetwit ts r sppier qaiiati aevaati, a eiver vaae isitt stakeers arss te mpay

wit spistiate spe reprti.Iterate wit yr SAP bsiess Sitestware a SAP ERP, te SAP SRMappiati eps rive eiiey wieweri yr Tco.

Reduce Process Costs, AccelerateCycle Times

SAP SRM prvies a mpreesivesti r maai prre-t-payperatis i are a misie m-paies. Te e rest is prremet

presses tat are aster, eaper, amre ser riey. Rst, ser-rieyse-servie tiaity atmatesprremet presses a reievesprremet rm resme ami-istrative tasks tat a itte vae tte mpay.

Te appiati ers a rae pwer- reeipt a retr tiaity t awmre iivia tr r etraiepresses t mat te reqiremets

yr raiati. Eetri atasa sppi art tiaity rive serapti a prvie a ri ser-rieyrepsitry prts.

by atmati previsy maa pr-

remet tasks s as apprvisppi arts, eerati ivies, apressi paymets y a siii-aty ree trasatia sts. SAPSRM eps esre rapi prremet time-ritia r rerri materia eesy atmati te etire reqisiti-t-pay press, tti prremet yesa rei ea times.

Wit eiiet prremet pressesr iret a iiret materias a

servies, y a ree ye timesa sts r key prremet iia-trs s as reqisiti-t-praserer. Te appiati empwers everyempyee i te mpay t reate amaae teir w reqisitis witse-servie prremet tiaity.

Deepen and Enrich SupplierRelationships

SAP SRM eaes arati e-twee empyees, pressia prre-

met sta, a sppiers r a pases prremet presses. SAP SRMeatres sppier se-servie ti-aity tat aiitates sppier arati,streamies prremet presses,a imprves visiiity it rer asipmet stats. Te appiati eaeseetri trasatis a epsimprve sppier mmiatis ase-prremet presses y sariimprtat sei a prt atawit sppiers.

SAP SRM eps aiitate a ri-ate servies-sppier arati aservies eiiti a prii. Wit teappiati, sers a i r te estsppier ase st, avaiaiity, ater terms ts ireasi te spee

a visiiity te servies prre-met press. Te appiati spprtsiterate sppier etiati aawar presses a eaes iitia ipreparati, eetri RF a reverseatis, i evaati, a te rea-ti a maaemet etraietrats.

Te appiati eps y stay witiyr et, veriy i items are i stk,a ek avaiaiity wit sppiers i

rea time. Y a ek prt avai-aiity i rea time, maki prremetiy eiiet a avii sts ritems tat are areay stke. Rstamiistrati tiaity eaesata maaers t st-eetiveya, review, a maae aess tsppier atas. Y a as eva-ate sppiers a ive ietives apreerees t te iest perrmers.

Act Strategically with DataVisibility

SAP SRM is a iterate, mpre-esive sti tat prvies presstrasparey arss sppiers a teprre-t-pay ye, wit sarp visiiityit prremet a sppier ata. Teappiati eaes irease visiiityr etter versit a tr pr-asi ativities. Wrki wit te SAPnetWeaver bW mpet, SAP SRMprvies ri reprti tiaity.Te appiati as eps y imprve



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prtivity a aray triterati wit master atamaaemet tiaity.

SAP SRM makes pssie te itera-ti peratia prremet pti-miati presses wit ak-e SAPr -SAP pai, peratis, aivetry maaemet stis.

Maaers a spervisrs a reviewsppi art a et etais,apprve r rejet sppi arts, aa mmets, r reater peratiatr a visiiity. Wit te appiati,y a aiitate versit a tr

prremet ativities wit atmatipressia yer wrk-qeetiaity.

Reduce Total Cost o Ownership,Uniy Solutions and Data

bease SAP SRM is part SAPbsiess Site, it wrks wit SAP ERPa yr ter SAP bsiess Siteappiatis t se te p yrprremet presses. SAP SRM

everaes yr mpays master ataa appiatis, rei yr Tcoa imprvi RoI.

SAP SRM spprts etraie tratmaaemet a eetraie i-met, eai prremet raia-tis t evep a trats tatep rive mpiae arss te m-pay. Wit te appiati, y aeverae itis arss tratieraries t er te mst ptimaiste prie arss a prre-

met raiatis. Y a imprveeiiey r prremet peratistat are etraie r a erapiayistrite rp empyees, re-i reay a iyi pressesa irmati.

cetraie sri tiaityprvies reater visiiity it emasias arss te raiati. Teappiati etraies sri aema areati presses,

imprvi eiiey a traspareya ivi y reater tr.

Servies prremet tiaityeps y ptimie sppier a-rati a eaes y t eie a

rer servies. Prremet asri tiaity eaes y tsas te st reqisitii aprri prti s aservies, s as ie sppies aeqipmet repairs.

SAP SRM spprts severa types epymet t sit yr raiatisees. depei yr ie epymet, w- metsare reate i ak-e stis r

irety i te SAP SRM appiati.

Learn More About SAP SRM

T ear w SAP SRM a ep yrmpay strete its prre-t-paypresses a imprve its mpetitivestai, tat yr SAP represe-tative r visit s ie atwww.sap.m/srm.

Te appiatispa-rive prre-met tiaity

eaes mpaies titerate peratiaprremet ptimi-ati presses witak-e SAP r -SAP pai, pera-tis, a ivetrymaaemet s-

tis. Y a etra-ie prremet pr-esses r emariiati rm mti-pe ak-e s-tis, rivi sppiertrasatia eiie-y a everaietraie trats.

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www.sap.com/contactsapQuick factS

50 061 096(09/02)2009 y SAP Ag.

A rits reserve. SAP, R/3, SAP netWeaver, det, ParterEe,

bydesi, SAP bsiess bydesi, a ter SAP prts a

servies metie erei as we as teir respetive s aretraemarks r reistere traemarks SAP Ag i germay ater tries.

bsiess ojets a te bsiess ojets , bsiessojets,crysta Reprts, cr ysta deisis, We Iteiee, xesis, ater bsiess ojets prts a servies metie erei as

we as teir respetive s are traemarks r reistere traemarks bsiess ojets S.A. i te uite States a i ter tries.bsiess ojets is a SAP mpay.

A ter prt a servie ames metie are te traemarks teir respetive mpaies. data taie i tis metserves irmatia prpses y. natia prt speiatismay vary.

Tese materias are sjet t ae witt tie. Tese materiasare prvie y SAP Ag a its afiate mpaies (SAP grp)r irmatia prpses y, witt represetati r warraty ay ki, a SAP grp sa t e iae r errrs r missis witrespet t te materias. Te y warraties r SAP grp prtsa servies are tse tat are set rt i te epress warratystatemets ampayi s prts a servies, i ay. ntierei s e stre as stitti a aitia warraty.

SummaryTe SAP Sppier Reatisip Maaemet appiati eps streamie a maaeprre-t-pay presses r s a servies.

Business Challenges Ree prremet sts a irease eiiey Eae prremet t make a psitive impat te ttm ie wie spprti ritia

siess presses Prvie teia spprt eee t siate, streamie, a etraie prremet

peratis

Key FeaturesSel-service procurement let empyees maae teir w prases wit sppi

arts a sear r s a servies i a ie ataServices procurement Maae prremet resres a sts r mmy se

servies s as time-ase a eiverae-ase serviesPlan-driven procurement Iterate peratia prremet ptimiati presses

wit ak-e SAP r -SAP stisCentralized sourcing Areate ema, erease ye time, a irease visiiity

via eiiet ie ii, atis, a reqests t sppiersCentralized contracts Maitai etra trats tat rive mpiae a ree

-trat prremetSupplier connectivity Eae sppier arati, sppier se-servies, a

qaiiati a evaati

Business BeneftsAutomate requisition and order management a empwer prremet t take a mre

vae-ae re i peratisIncrease the speed and visibility te servies prremet press a ptimie

sppier aratiIntegrate operational procurement optimization processes wit ak-e SAP r -

SAP pai, peratis, a ivetry maaemet stisGain greater visibility it ema sias arss te raiati, aptre mre savis

y rei sppier pries, a srte sri ye timesDevelop global contracts tat ep rive mpiae arss te mpay a imprve

eiiey r etraie prremet peratis r a erapiay istrite rp empyees

Improve supplier management wit ts r sppier qaiiati a evaati

Find Out MoreFr mre irmati, a yr SAP represetative r visit s ie atwww.sap.m/srm.
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