SAP Supplier Lifecycle Management

Optimise your entire supplier lifecycle management

Take a holistic approach to managing supplier relationships with SAP Supplier Lifecycle Management. Our software covers the entire supplier lifecycle – from onboarding and supplier evaluation to quality, risk, and vendor management. By managing your supply base as a whole, you can constantly determine the right mix of suppliers.

Why SAP Supplier Lifecycle Management?

Because it delivers the complete supplier lifecycle management process in a single solution – and integrates seamlessly with SAP SRM and SAP ERP. With SAP Supplier Lifecycle Management, you can:

Centralise supplier information and gain full visibility into your supply base
Confidently select the most qualified suppliers – and cultivate valuable relationships
Reduce costs by automating supplier collaboration and administrative tasks
Minimise supply-base risk with a standardised approach to supplier qualification
Achieve fast ROI through low-TCO deployment options

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Functional Capabilities

Onboarding and Registration Streamline supplier onboarding and registration with automated workflows and vendor self-services Qualification Evaluate and monitor vendor qualifications using questionnaires, reusable libraries, and weighted scoring Classification System Create a searchable, collaborative classification system for suppliers Portfolio Management Get better visibility into your global supply base – from industry reports to promotion processes Performance Management Analyse supplier performance based on KPIs – and develop or phase out suppliers based on their value to your business

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What’s new in SAP SLC 2.0?

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Technical Capabilities

Deployment

Buy side (employees in a buying company): Deploy as an add-on to SAP Supplier Relationship Management or SAP ERP, or as a standalone implementation
Sell side (current and potential suppliers): Deploy as an add-on to SAP Supplier Relationship Management or as a standalone implementation

Integration

Connect SAP Supplier Lifecycle Management to an enterprise resource planning system or a master data governance system (SAP ERP or SAP MDG-S)
Integrate to SAP Business Warehouse for analytics

Communication

Communication between sellers and buyers can be based on SOA enterprise services – via WSRM protocol or SAP NetWeaver Process Integration – or on RFC technology
Communications with back-end systems is based on RFC technology

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SAP Supplier Lifecycle Management system requirements

Operating Systems	iPad OS, Linux Client, Mac OS, Windows Client 32-BIT, Windows Client 64-BIT, Windows for X86, Windows for X86_64
Browsers	Apple Safari, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Microsoft Internet Explorer

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SAP Supplier Lifecycle Management

SAP Supplier Lifecycle Management is an on-premise application that is licensed on a perpetual basis. The license is based on your spend volume expressed as a metric and on the number of named users who will be accessing the software. This gives you the flexibility to license and pay for only what your business needs today – and add-on as your needs change. Contact your local SAP account executive for additional licensing and purchasing options.

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Implementation

Ensure a successful implementation and maximise your ROI with implementation services for SAP Supplier Lifecycle Management.

- Plan
- Install
- Operate

Plan your landscape implementation

Consult the Planning Guide for SAP Supplier Lifecycle Management Landscape Implementation to get an overview of the solution and its possible system landscapes.

Plan your software installation

Refer to Master Guide for SAP Supplier Lifecycle Management 2.0 SP02 for an overview of the deployment modes, scenarios, architecture, and more.

Confirm that you have a license key

To request permanent license keys, you need authorisation under myProfile. To extend your authorisation, please contact an SAP user administrator in your company.

Complete the installation steps

Review this Release Information Note (RIN) to learn about the SAP Notes required for installing SAP Supplier Lifecycle Management 2.0.

Configure SAP Supplier Lifecycle Management

Refer to SAP Supplier Lifecycle Management 2.0 Configuration Guide for an overview of the solution’s required configuration settings.

Consider a faster deployment option

Go live even faster with the SAP Supplier Lifecycle Management rapid-deployment solution – a powerful combination of preconfigured software and services.

Manage your SAP application

Refer to Application Operation Guide for SAP Supplier Lifecycle Management 2.0 SP02 for an overview of how to manage, maintain, and run your SAP applications.

Ensure the security of your solution

See Security Guide: SAP Supplier Lifecycle Management 2.0 SPS 2 for information on user admin and authentication, authorisations, and data protection.