By consolidating and anticipating supply needs, analyzing historical buying patterns, and tracking current market trends, electronics manufacturing services (EMS) providers can evaluate the capacity of suppliers worldwide to deliver high-quality goods that match specific needs.

SAP for High Tech covers the key activities involved in strategic sourcing and procurement, enabling you to:

• Implement a systematic approach for formulating and optimizing a global sourcing strategy
• Use live auctions to streamline the bidding process
• Analyze spend based on aggregates of suppliers, volumes, and parts in commodity families
• Gain visibility into global spend and supply-base data
• Manage supplier performance

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