Procurement

Rethink the procurement experience to streamline the process and guide users to the best choices in the least amount of time.
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Cut costs, drive compliance, and gain visibility with e-procurement solutions

Move faster and spend better when you link all spend categories worldwide and use intelligent technology to facilitate search and approvals.

Transform procure-to-pay processes

  • Guided buying

  • Spot Buy

  • Procurement operations desk

  • Global market adaptability

  • Invoice management

Automate procure-to-order processes

  • Guided buying

  • Spot Buy

  • Procurement operations desk

  • Global market adaptability

  • ERP integration for invoice management

Control costs with catalogs

  • Catalog enablement

  • Rich content

  • API integration

  • Intuitive user experience

Centralize organization-wide purchasing management

  • All-in-one command center

  • Unified requisitioning experience

  • Central demand aggregation

  • Enterprise contract orchestration

  • Central analytics

Elevate the value of procurement

Connect all spend to actions and outcomes with SAP Business Technology Platform.

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Product overview

Manage direct, indirect, and services spending for every market in one place, while automatically adapting to individual market requirements.

Invoice management Enjoy touchless invoice processing with built-in rules that require suppliers to resolve errors before submission.

Guided buying Guide employees to buy from preferred suppliers while complying with your procurement processes and policies.

Spot Buy Enable users to make one-off purchases from vetted suppliers while you get built-in control over a custom B2B marketplace.

Procurement operations desk Give your procurement team a scalable and collaborative way to validate, source, and approve special purchase requests.

Global market adaptability Mitigate the complexity involved in managing procurement processes across multiple cultures and countries.

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ERP integration for invoice management Optimize your front-end procure-to-order processes while integrating with your ERP to support invoice and payment processing.

Guided buying Guide employees to buy from preferred suppliers while complying with your procurement processes and policies.

Spot Buy Enable users to make one-off purchases from vetted suppliers while you get built-in control over a custom B2B marketplace.

Procurement operations desk Give your procurement team a scalable and collaborative way to validate, source, and approve special purchase requests.

Global market adaptability Mitigate the complexity involved in managing procurement processes across multiple cultures and countries.

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Catalog enablement Employ full catalog enablement capabilities, including collection, validation, enrichment, classification, and approval.

Rich content Deliver rich content by increasing the number and quality of filters users can apply to searches to improve search results.

API integration Use open API integration and catalog APIs to automate tasks, such as lookup data uploads and enterprise software system updates.

Intuitive user experience Drive adoption with a user-friendly interface that helps simplify both purchasing and the catalog creation process.

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All-in-one command center Centralize compliance, process control, approval workflows, and document output using a single procurement command center.

Unified requisitioning experience Harmonize workflows and create requisitions centrally using the guided buying capability in SAP Ariba solutions.

Central demand aggregation Bundle requisitions to take advantage of better volume pricing and create and publish central RFQs from external PRs.

Enterprise contract orchestration Orchestrate global contracts for company-wide operations and distribute details to back-end ERPs for local execution.

Central analytics Monitor the health of procurement processes by tracking global spend and drilling down to access operational details.

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Resources

Dive deeper into how innovative SAP procurement solutions can help you recreate and improve the buying experience for your organization.

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Six priorities for procurement leaders in 2024

Be a force for change using fresh insights from procurement executives and the latest research.

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Five ways procurement can be a vital growth engine for your business

Get the agility, transparency, and c-suite support you need to drive revenue across the business.

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Are you a procurement manager or miracle worker?

Your job’s never been more vital, but do you have what you need to meet new priorities and pressures?