Complementary Procurement Functions

The scope item covers the usage of complementary functions in sourcing and procurement. By enabling a lightweight process, the scope item enables the user to procure operating supplies as well as batch and serial-number-managed materials. Both processes can be summarized by the three following steps: purchase order creation, posting of a goods receipt, and invoice creation. The scope item focuses on the main process steps but can be enhanced by additional optional steps.

Operating supplies are externally procured materials that are used to manufacture products and comprise auxiliary materials and expendable supplies.

The procurement of batch managed materials enables the user to work with homogeneous partial quantities of a material. This can be leveraged for example to meet legal requirements, to track defects, or to ensure procedural requirements throughout the production process.

In alignment with the batch process, you can also procure serial-number-managed materials.

Key Process Steps Covered

  • Manage purchase orders
  • Manage goods receipts
  • Manage invoices

Benefits

  • Streamline procurement processes in an efficient and cost-effective manner
  • Enable highly automated processes for the procurement of operating supplies
  • Enable highly automated processes for the procurement of batch and serial number managed materials
  • Reduce manual effort greatly
  • Support the user to meet legal requirements and track defects with batch and serial number managed material
  • Ensure procedural requirements throughout the production process with batch and serial number managed material
  • Enable monitoring for batch and serial-number-managed materials