SAP E-Sourcing

Introduction

SAP E-Sourcing combines the best and most frequently used technologies in one single application, providing Category Managers with one place to carry out all of their strategic sourcing activities, project management and contract management.

Key features include:

A single place for everything – SAP E-Sourcing provides the Category Manager with the ability to conduct all their sourcing events, project management, RFx’s, eAuctions and contract management activities in a single place, using established best practice.

Easy to use/navigate – Standard templates, question libraries and electronic contract generation makes E-Sourcing easy to use and leverage best practice. A workbench type view provides an overview of all current activities and sourcing events, providing an ‘at a glance’ overview of activities.

Visibility and control – The use of electronic templates allowing the Category Manager and organisation to comply with sourcing processes and precedures, reducing risk and ensuring that all sourcing or contract management activities have full visibility across the organisation.

The SAP E-Sourcing application allows organisations to maximise their savings by managing all sourcing activities electronically in a single place, through the use of smart, easy to use templates, repeatable technology and best in class procurement practices.

Key Features

Project Management provides the Category Manager with the ability to:

• Manage all sourcing projects in a single place
• Manage risks and issues in a consistent manner
• Provide enhanced control through workflow integration
• Use standard project templates

Sourcing Event Management allows the Category Manager to use standard templates and libraries to host and run all sourcing events (RFx’s), including:

• The ability to apply easy to use templates and question libraries
• The ability to apply complex lotting and weighting strategies
• Accesss to enhanced collaborative functionality allowing key stakeholders to work closely with procurement
• Optimisation and bid analysis functionality

eAuction functionality provides the Category Manager with the ability to:

• Run different types of auctions
• Use auction templates allowing for quick and easy set of events
• Accelerated return on investment through quick implementation

Contract Management allows the Category Manager to:

• Manage all of their contracts in one single place
• Access advanced pipeline reporting and contract status analysis reporting
• Generate contracts electronically
• Share contracts with key stakeholders
• Integrate simple scorecards and KPI’s

How can Xoomworks help ?

• Review of benchmarking best practice and capability assessment
• Design and delivery of specific templates to support RFx’s, Project Management and Contract Management
• Paper to electronic RFx conversion and set up
• Full event support including building event (RFx, eAuction), category manager and stakeholder training and event hosting
• Change management and post go live support
• Supplier enablement, support and training
• Ongoing system development and technical support