Includes functions that are important for the negotiation phase, administration and monitoring of contracts, and scheduling agreements. Links to source determination.

Plans source determination and scheduling for externally procured materials. Supports restricted capacities for transport and schedules on the basis of planning calendars. Links directly to bidding process and plans the inbound transportation process.

Provides dedicated processes for purchasing direct materials, indirect materials, and services such as subcontracting for components and Internet-based employee-centered MROs. Includes functions that tell the purchasing department: about required materials and services (with or without material master); to release a requisition, to assign the source of supply to a requisition, to convert the requisitions to purchase orders, and to control the follow-on activities. Functions for transportation management and foreign trade are available for the inbound side as well as for the outbound side. Provides reporting functions for purchasing.

Handles all follow-on activity for a purchase order. It updates accounting-modules, stock situation, and valuation. Invokes warehouse management and quality management processes.

Includes comparison of conditions and quantities between purchase order, goods receipt and invoice. Basis for updates of accounts payables. Can be followed by release process for invoices. Basis for payment run.

Provides an e-commerce component that allows procurement via vendor catalogs by generating an enterprise-specific search engine.

Informs vendors and logistics providers, via standardized interfaces, about the result of your planning for externally procured materials. Enables vendor feedback such as communication on planning books, transportation planning, and bids/auctions.

Provides special master data and functions for services that are procured externally, such as model service specifications, maintenance, and release of service entry sheets.