In central purchasing, the central purchaser frequently handles self-service free-text purchase requisitions from various subsidiaries. A significant challenge lies in accurately identifying the correct material group for these purchase requisitions. This feature analyzes the free text that is entered in a centrally managed purchase requisition and suggests the most relevant material groups based on purchase orders to the central purchaser.

Benefits

• Reduce efforts for exception handling in follow-on processes
• Enable faster decision-making through proactive decision support
• Increase end-to-end efficiency
• Safeguard information flow by eliminating erroneous data
• Reduces the complexity of dealing with unharmonized master data from each subsidiary