drive savings and streamline strategic sourcing processes (a4)

8/4/2019 Drive Savings and Streamline Strategic Sourcing Processes (A4)

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SAP Solution BrieSAP Busiess Suite

SAP Strateic Sourci ODemad

Uder pressure to support costatproitability i the ace o lobal compe-titio, procuremet oraizatios likeyours must id ways to eerate addi-tioal sais rom the supply base. Mostlikely, your roup strules to meet

sais oals with a oerworked stausi time-cosumi, maual processes.As a procuremet proessioal, you eeda solutio that helps you collaborateacross departmets ad eoraphies,discoer ad qualiy suppliers, adesure a competitie biddi eirometto drie maximum eiciecies ad costreductios across all o your spedcateories.

Helpi to address these cocers, the

SAP Strateic Sourci ODemadsolutio eables you to better maaethe etire sourci process. This icludesperormi essetial processes suchas collaboratie project maaemet,multiroud request or processes,bid aalysis, ad auctios.

With SAP Strateic Sourci ODemad,your sourci iitiaties ca et startedquickly. Whe youre ready, you caaumet your strateic sourci solutioby addi adaced, complemetary

sotware such as the SAP SupplierMaaemet ODemad solutio adthe SAP Cotract Liecycle MaaemetODemad solutio, which are ully ite-rated, while retaii your existiiestmet. I additio, you ca makesure that sais idetiied as a resulto sourci eets are ully realized bycomplyi with eotiated prici termsthrouh key iteratio to operatioalprocuremet processes.

Key Tools or Driving Savings

SAP Strateic Sourci ODemadsupports the complete sourci process,eabli you to perorm the ollowiactios to maximize your sais.

Collaborate Usi Project MaaemetBri iteral stakeholders toetherusi a shared, olie project pla. Keepteam members up-to-date usi statusreports ad alerts. Deie your sourcimethodoloy to help esure cosistecyad repeatability i the oraizatio. Trackopportuities or sais.

Reduce Cycle TimesLeerae precoiured busiess pro-

cesses to create your ow templatesto reduce cycle times ad help esurethat best practices are repeated throuh-out your oraizatio. Use predeiedaalysis reports to quickly comparesupplier resposes ad uderstad whichsuppliers ca best meet your eeds.

Fid the Riht BiddersHelp esure that qualiied suppliers arecompeti or your busiess. Usi thesel-reistratio process ad supplierrepository, you ca readily idetiy which

suppliers should be part o your sourcieets. Suppliers ca maitai their pro-ile iormatio so that you stay curreto their capabilities.

Maae Requests or Iormatio,Proposal, ad QuotatioCoduct simple or complex sourciactiities i direct, idirect, ad sericecateories by automati the creatio orequests or iormatio, proposal, ad

Jump-start eectie

sourci processes withthe SAP Strateic SourciODemad solutio, asubscriptio oeri withsotware, hosti serices,traii, ad user support.Execute sourci projects,competitie biddi, ad

aalysis as the irst stepstoward better maai

your procuremet costs.

Drive SavingS anD StreamlineStrategic Sourcing ProceSSeSSOFTWARE AnD SERvICES TO LAUnCHA STRATEgIC SOURCIng PROgRAM


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actiity by busiess uit, cateory,supplier, ad user. Maaemet dash-boards proide a sile place to accesscritical iormatio. This ies maaersthe iormatio they eed to better rutheir oraizatios, balace workloads,

ad prepare or executie maaemetreiews.

SAP Gives You a Jump Start

There is othi like iitial success toeerate lo-term automated sourciacceptace. You ca leerae SAPsexperiece to help esure the success-ul lauch o your automated sourciproram. Best practices supported bySAP sotware are aailable to you i

umerous ways.

Embedded Templates or Best PracticesLauch your eets usi sample tem-plates with embedded sourci pro-cesses. These tools help you repeatbest practices, reduce cycle times,ad share kowlede amo cateorymaaers. Automated sourci eetsad aalytical uctios help you elimi-ate cumbersome, time-cosumi, adpaper-based supplier eotiatios adawards.

O-Demad AssistaceIcluded i the o-demad solutioare user traii, uided help or usithe solutio, ad help-desk support orsourci eets such as olie auctios,requests or iormatio, proposal adquotatio. These serices help icreaseuser adoptio ad sourci eet suc-cess. I additio, alue-added sericesto proide supplier traii ad supportare aailable.

quotatio. Maae multiroud sourcieets, carryi releat results rom apreious roud to a subsequet oe.Aalyze bids usi automatic scori,collaboratie scori, questio weihtsad preereces, total cost calculatios,

ad side-by-side comparisos, as wellas prici ad sais reports.

Coduct Olie AuctiosCreate competitie biddi eirometsusi a ariety o ormats icludireerse, orward, trasormatioal, adDutch auctios. Iteract with suppliersi real time usi istat messai.Moitor biddi actiities usi thereal-time coutdow clock ad raphi-cal biddi cosole that automatically

rereshes. Maae biddi rules suchas bid isibility, automatic extesios,raked-biddi ormat, weihted-biddiormat, staered start ad ed timesor idiidual items, ad resere prices.Set idiidual start prices or each sup-plier, or set uiorm start prices or eachlie item or all suppliers.

Collaboration Tools That EncourageAdoption

SAP Strateic Sourci ODemad

icludes importat tools that eable youto collaborate both iterally with keystakeholders ad exterally with suppli-ers. Eabli collaboratio is critical todrii adoptio ad supporti chaethrouhout your oraizatio.

Collaboratie ScoriScori eatures that allow you to iiteusers to proide iput ad collabora-tiely score supplier resposes helpto esure that key stakeholders hae

a say i the decisio-maki process.As a result, whe a decisio is made thatioles chae, these key cotributorsare able to help support the decisiobecause o their direct participatio ithe selectio process.

Sourci Eet CollaboratorsYou ca add collaborators with speciicroles that allow them to edit, approe, orsimply iew sourci eets, proidikey stakeholders with access ad isi-bility to importat eets i which theyhae a ested iterest. Key users caoer critical iput o what questiosare asked, how prici is structured,which suppliers are iited, ad whatcriteria should be most heaily weihted.

This establishes a collaboratie eiro-met ad helps esure the ecessarysupport or sourci decisios.

Discussios ad Messae BoardsTimely commuicatios are a key eableri drii chae. Users o SAP StrateicSourci ODemad are able to com-muicate directly withi the solutioto proide importat iormatio, askkey questios, ad help esure timelyresposes. Both iteral ad exteralcommuicatios are made easier ad

maitaied with the sourci eet oruture reerece. Because all participatshae access to the same iormatio,commuicatio is eectie ad eiciet.

Management Visibility and Reporting

Automated sourci proides isibilityto maaemet to help them uderstadthe sourci actiities that are beimaaed i their oraizatios. Summaryreports eable them to uderstad


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Rapid DeploymetYou ca bei usi SAP StrateicSourci ODemad i a matter o days.The sotware is proisioed rapidly withpredeied templates to load key masterdata such as suppliers ad materials.

Ed-user traii is straihtorward adcocise.

Undisputed ROI, Quick Payback

With low iestmet, rapid adoptio, adsupporti expertise rom SAP, youhae all o the irediets to eeratesubstatial sais ad raise the promi-ece o your procuremet team.

greater Sais ad value

Automated sourci actiities resulti better decisios that optimize theoerall alue cotributio rom suppliers.Throuh ready-to-use aalysis tools,you ca ealuate ad compare supplierbids o actors that are most importatto your oraizatio. For example, yourprocuremet team ca aalyze propos-als o the basis o actors such as price,supplier capabilities, deliery optios,ad so o. Usi SAP Strateic SourciODemad, you ca source rom quali-ied suppliers that delier the best alue

to your eterprise.

SAP: Delivering IT-PoweredBusiness Innovation

SAP deliers products ad sericesthat help accelerate busiess ioa-tio or our customers. We beliee thatdoi so will uleash rowth ad createsiiicat ew alue or our customers,SAP, ad ultimately, etire idustries adthe ecoomy at lare. Today, customers

i more tha 120 coutries ru SAPapplicatios, rom distict solutiosaddressi the eeds o small busiessesad midsize compaies to suite oerisor lobal oraizatios. SAP deiesbusiess sotware as comprisi eter-

prise resource plai, busiess itel-liece, ad related applicatios suchas supply chai maaemet, customerrelatioship maaemet, product lie-cycle maaemet, ad supplier rela-tioship maaemet.

Helpi Compaies Become Best-RuBusiessesOur isio is or compaies o all sizesto become best-ru busiesses. Itodays challei busiess eiro-

met, best-ru compaies hae clarityacross all aspects o their busiess,which allows them to act quickly withicreased isiht, eiciecy, ad lexi-bility. By usi SAP solutios, compa-ies o all sizes icludi small busi-esses ad midsize compaies careduce costs, optimize perormace,ad ai the isiht ad aility eededto close the ap betwee stratey adexecutio. To help our customers etthe most out o their IT iestmets sothat they ca maximize their busiess

perormace, our proessioals delierthe hihest leel o serice ad support.

Try It Now

I you would like to kow more aboutthe SAP Strateic Sourci ODemadsolutio ad lear how it ca help yourprocuremet oraizatio improe itsresults, cotact your SAP represeta-tie or isitwww.sap.com/sourciodemad.

SAP Strateic SourciODemad eables

you to better maaeyour etire sourci

proram by perormiessetial processessuch as collaboratieproject maaemet,multiroud request orprocesses, bid aalysis,ad auctios.


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SummaryThe SAP Strateic Sourci ODemad solutio combies sotware, hosti serices,traii, ad user support to help you quickly access the beeits o strateic sourci.You ca execute sourci projects, multiroud request or processes, competitiebiddi, ad aalysis as the irst steps toward more eectiely maai your costsassociated with procured oods ad serices.

Business Challenges Support proitability ad sais oals Collaborate across departmets ad eoraphies Discoer ad qualiy suppliers Create a competitie biddi eiromet to drie eiciecy ad cost reductios

Key FeaturesRapid deployment Use predeied templates to load key master data such as suppliers

ad materials, so youre up ad rui i a matter o days On-demand assistance Leerae user traii ad help desk support or sourci

eets such as olie auctios ad other processes Embedded best practices Lauch your eets usi sample templates with embedded

sourci processes based o best practices Management visibility and reporting gie maaers the iormatio they eed

to best ru their oraizatios, balaci workloads ad prepari or executiemaaemet reiews

Sourcing event collaboration gie collaborators access to ad isibility ito eetsi which they hae a ested iterest

Collaborative scoring Iite users to proide iput ad collaboratiely score supplierresposes so key stakeholders hae a say i decisio maki

Discussions and message boards Commuicate directly withi the solutio to shareimportat iormatio, ask key questios, ad et timely resposes

Business BeneftsFast ROI due to low iestmet, rapid adoptio, ad supporti expertise rom SAP More value or your organization throuh sourci rom qualiied suppliers ad usi

competitie biddi eiromets Better decision making made possible by automated sourci actiities

For More InormationTo lear more, cotact your SAP represetatie or isitwww.sap.com/sourciodemad.

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