mySAP SRM offers a lean yet powerful tool within mySAP BI to consolidate and harmonize master data (vendors, products, product categories) for reporting purposes. This local master data alignment allows you to identify and group duplicate vendors or products coming from the various procurement systems. In the spend analysis reporting, such a group will appear only as one consolidated entry instead of multiple entries (that is, one for each original item).

A huge variety of analyses are available, ranging from "Top Suppliers", "Number of suppliers per product category" to "Purchasing Volume per quarter" and many more.

You can use this business process to process all your requirements and optimize your source of supply for each individual item. You can identify saving opportunities and evaluate suppliers in their ability to provide materials and services at low cost, high quality, and according to schedule.

Once you have determined the best source of supply (e.g. via RFXs or auctions) for your requirements, you can collaborate in project teams both internally and with your suppliers, and establish on-going relationships based, for example, on contracts and global outline agreements.

You use this business process to create, maintain, and publish a product catalog to use in your business-to-business (B2B) or business-to-consumer (B2C) Web shop. You can create a wide range of catalogs using different variants, layouts, and views.