SAP for Mining solutions help you maximize the return on relationships with suppliers across all categories of spend. The solutions enable:

• Strategic sourcing – With SAP for Mining, you can formulate a global sourcing strategy and evaluate the capacity of suppliers to deliver high-quality goods according to schedules that match your specific needs. You can also consolidate and anticipate supply needs, analyze historical buying patterns, and track current market trends.
• MRO and service procurement – SAP for Mining supports both direct procurement, where planned requirements for materials and services are converted automatically to purchase orders, and indirect procurement, which supports the purchasing of indirect materials, services, and subcontracting. You can also implement self-service buying to enable employees to create and manage their own requisitions, making the procurement process faster and more responsive.

Supply management is enabled with SAP applications such as SAP Supplier Relationship Management and SAP ERP. To find out how these applications can help you improve your supply management, please complete the "Contact SAP" form and request information about supplier relationship management or enterprise resource planning.