SAP for Automotive gives you the functionality you need to manage the supply base and automate strategic sourcing processes, including spend analysis, bid processing, and contract negotiations. You can also handle critical readiness functions involving the quality assurance and approval processes required for series production.

With SAP for Automotive, you can manage key sourcing activities, including:

• Source-of-supply management – SAP for Automotive solutions enable you to conduct spend analysis, establish sourcing pipelines, execute sourcing activities, and aggregate suppliers, volumes, and parts into commodity families.
• Production part approval – SAP solutions cover the quality assurance and approval processes required before a part can be used in production.

Strategic sourcing is enabled with applications such as SAP Supplier Relationship Management (SAP SRM). To find out how SAP SRM can help you improve your strategic sourcing, please complete the "Contact SAP" form and request information about supplier relationship management.