SAP solutions help to manage critical purchasing processes, including:

• Vendor relationship management – SAP for Retail solutions support you in the variety of ways you select suppliers, capturing supplier information, and tracking supplier performance against key metrics.
• Vendor collaboration – With SAP for Retail, you and your vendors can work more effectively together developing products, forecasting and replenishing items, and planning and executing promotions.
• Purchase order management – SAP for Retail helps you manage purchase orders through their entire life cycle – from initial creation to supplier payment and dispute resolution.
• Foreign trade management – The SAP Global Trade Services solution, coupled with other SAP solutions such as SAP ERP Financials, provide all the capabilities needed to manage importing foreign goods.

Purchasing is enabled with SAP applications such as SAP ERP, SAP Supplier Relationship Management, and SAP GRC Global Trade Services. To find out how these applications can improve your purchasing, please complete the "Contact SAP" form and request information about enterprise resource planning, supplier relationship management, or industry applications.