Purchasing in SAP S/4HANA [S4520]

OVERVIEW

This course is a deep dive into purchasing in SAP S/4HANA. You learn how to configure and use specific purchasing capabilities and apply the relevant master data.

OBJECTIVES

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

AUDIENCE

• Application consultants
• Power/key users

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