Goals

• Explain, configure and apply purchasing master data
• Define and use specific purchasing functions and their customizing

Audience

• Application consultants
• Power/key users

Prerequisites

Essential

• Basic knowledge of business processes in SAP S/4HANA Sourcing & Procurement (e.g. S4500)

Recommended

• None

Course based on software release

• SAP S/4HANA 1709

Content

• Purchasing master data
  • Material master record
  • Business partner
  • Partner functions
• Sources of supply and conditions
  • Price determination basics
  • Purchasing and special info records
  • Central contracts and contracts for material groups
  • Scheduling agreements
• Source determination
  • Source determination with source lists
  • Source determination with quota arrangements
  • Additional aspects of source determination
  • Blocking sources of supply
  • Self service requisitioning with catalog
• Optimized purchasing
  • Processing unassigned and assigned purchase requisitions
  • Monitoring purchase orders
• Document release procedure
  • Releasing purchasing documents
  • Converting released purchase requisitions
  • Configuring and creating release procedures
• Specific procurement processes
  • Creating invoices using invoice plans
  • Creating blanket purchase orders
  • Deploying subcontracting
  • Purchasing with manufacturer part numbers
  • Deploying additional special procurement processes
• Vendor evaluation
  • Evaluating vendors
  • Setting up vendor evaluation
  • Setting up vendor evaluation by purchasing category
• Purchasing document types
  • Customizing document types
  • Setting up field selection
  • Deploying version management
  • Analyzing special aspects in customizing
  • Defining function authorizations for buyers