Industry-Specific Offerings
The direct sourcing capabilities provide separate offerings for the following industries:
Process Manufacturing (Product sourcing with a material)
- Total landed cost calculation and governance
- Greater quality through collaboration
- Comprehensive process management
- Material 360
- Cost breakdown analysis
Benefits for Process Manufacturing
- Capture more savings by increasing spend under management and reducing direct spend cost
- Improve the quality of recipes and bills of materials by collaborating with suppliers and external manufacturers
- Accelerate time to market
- Increase average savings by using competitive sourcing methods, such as auctions
- Identify cost reduction opportunities by gaining visibility into supplier cost structures, pricing, and forecasting
Retail Sourcing (Retail sourcing with an article)
- Simplified RFx development
- Retail system integration
- Automation of repetitive processes
- Improved sustainability performance
- Electronic RFQ and bid comparisons
Benefits for Retail Sourcing
- Accelerate time to market for private-label products
- Digitize information from the supplier to the product information management system
- Reduce source-to-contract cycles by up to 50%, as reported by SAP customers
- Automate repetitive sourcing processes for perishable goods, such as produce and dairy, to increase the efficiency of your buyers
Discrete Manufacturing (Product sourcing with a Bill of Materials (BOM) and material)
- Electronic RFx and bid comparisons
- Outsourced manufacturing and BOM collaboration
- 360-degree view of supply
- Integration to PLM systems
Benefits for Discrete Manufacturing
- Capture more savings by increasing spend under management
- Accelerate time to market for new products
- Manage complex bills of materials more effectively with product lifecycle management integration
- Gain greater pricing and forecasting visibility