Outlining Central Purchasing Analytics

• Consumption visibility across various connected system contracts
• The KPI identifies the released amount and target amounts of all contracts in connected system in a given time frame
• Consumption % is also a measure
• Standard drill down capabilities

• Existing Contracts Expiry & Unused contracts KPIs enhanced
• View by Purchase Document Category

• Review Central Contract Consumption across different connected systems
• Visualize consumption details by various dimensions like Supplier, Validity status
• Navigation to Manage Central Purchase contracts app

Monitoring the changes in price and conditions for Central Purchase Contract Items

• Increased transparency into price volatility in central purchase contract items
• Improved analytical insights into the price trends in central purchase contract items

• Price trends in central contract line items, ranging from the causes of time down to price-condition levels
• Differentiation by plant-independent and plant-specific price conditions
• Reasons for price changes on the price-condition level stored within the line-item history of the central contract

• Visibility to Spend details across different connected systems
• Analyze Spend details by various dimensions such as Supplier, Material Group, Purchasing Org.
• Navigation to Manage Central Purchase contracts app

• Review Purchase Order Items across different connected systems
• Visualize details by various dimensions like Supplier, Material Group, Delivery status, and total value in various dimensions.
• Choose between compact and visual filters to influence the search result in the table.
• Monitor discrepancies between ordered value, delivered value, and invoiced value.
• Navigation to Manage Purchase Orders Centrally app

• Provides visibility to different PR Item types existing across different connected systems well within the hub system
• Possibility to compare number of item types for specific attributes such as purchasing groups, suppliers, material groups
• Navigation to apps Manage Purchase Requisitions Centrally, Supplier Object Page and Monitor Purchase Requisition Items Centrally

• Review Purchase Requisition items extracted from various connected systems, centrally in the hub system
• Visualize PR details by various dimensions like Supplier, material group, status
• Monitor the total value of the Purchase Requisitions
• Navigation to Manage Central Purchase contracts app

Monitoring the processing status of Central Purchase Requisitions in combination with expected delivery date

Effective processing of purchase requisitions items by filtering according to account assignment responsibility

• Use account assignment category and accounting object as input parameter to filter out respective purchase requisition items.

• View purchase requisition items based on the filter criteria: Asset, Cost Center, G/L account, Network, and WBS Element.

• View Account Assignment Objects for each purchase requisition item.

• View Account Assignment Details, for example: Distribution (%), of purchase requisition items with multiple account assignments.

• See single or multiple accounting object details, such as distribution, object details, and quantity requested. You can view the Account Assignment Details of purchase requisition items with multiple account assignments. Choose Multiple in the Accounting Object column to view the following account assignment details:

  • Serial No. Account Assignment

  • Distribution (%)

  • Cost Center

  • G/L Account

  • Network

  • Asset

  • WBS Element

  • Quantity requested