The Procurement Process in SAP®
Procurement management software
Company procurement processes can frequently be easily optimized. Purchasing should be effective – but there are many small processes within procurement management which can cause issues. Paper-based processes which are often carried out by different departments can cause a lack of transparency across the whole process. This could result in maverick buying.

All sub-processes digitally under control
Does your company already use SAP® (SAP® MM, SAP® SRM or SAP® Ariba)? If the answer is yes – fantastic, you have taken the first step towards improving efficiency. Now take the next step and find out more about EASY Procurement Management for SAP Solutions. We take the SAP® ERP system and refine and optimize some crucial components. We use the entire SAP® document flow and, where necessary, enhance it, with approval workflows and an integration of documents. Move forward now and increase transparency and efficiency with digital procurement management in SAP.
EASY Procurement Management for SAP Solutions supports the complete procure-to-pay process in SAP® – from purchase requisition, purchase order, goods receipt, invoice receipt and then on to contract management.
Advantages: EASY Procurement Management for SAP Solutions
Reduce process efforts
The digital procurement process replaces complex approval and authorization processes with automated approval processes. Approvers in all subprocesses automatically receive notification of the task to be approved. This minimizes process cycle times and reduces your process costs overall – a significant advantage for both single and multiple location companies.
Effizienterer Einkauf
Wettbewerbsvorteile entstehen im digitalen Procurement-Management durch Kosteneinsparungen aufgrund besserer Zusammenarbeit mit Lieferanten und durch Einsparungen bei Transaktions- und Prozesskosten infolge automatisierter Beschaffung.
Minimize risks
Electronic contract management supports the goal of the digitization of procurement management. Overall, departments benefit from the simple and intuitive operation of contract management, the instant access to all company contracts and the reliable adherence to the compliance guidelines. Every deadline is completely transparent – it is no problem to maintain and increase compliance when you use EASY Procurement Management for SAP Solutions.
More efficient purchasing
Digital procurement management produces competitive advantages through cost savings as a result of stronger collaboration with suppliers and savings in transaction and process costs. This is due to automated procurement during the electronic procurement process.
Our solutions at a glance
Purchasing faces many challenges such as growing cost pressure, rapidly changing procurement markets and increasing globalization. This is the time for digital procurement management. With EASY Procurement Management for SAP Solutions, you are setting out on the right path towards achieving transparency and efficiency.
Contract management
In digital contract management, all information from SAP® is brought together with the digital or analogue documents. You can avoid the typical stumbling blocks of paper-based contracts by using EASY Contract Management for SAP Solutions.
Order and order confirmation
EASY Order Confirmation handles automated order confirmation capture, extracting quantities, prices, delivery dates, and other data. Through seamless integration with SAP ERP systems, EASY Order Confirmation for SAP Solutions provides a crucial link for the digital purchase-to-pay process.
Incoming goods inspection
EASY for Delivery Notes for SAP Solutions is one of the smart solutions for efficiently capturing and assigning delivery bills as an important building block for the end-to-end purchase-to-pay process. Fully integrated with SAP®, digital goods receipt provides you with simple and secure entry of delivery bills.
Accounts Payable Automation
What would a digital procurement process be without automated incoming invoice processing? The simple answer: It would not work without it. We make this central subprocess available with EASY Accounts Payable for SAP Solutions.
Resources
Discover useful white papers, webinar recordings, guides and checklists on procurement.
Whitepaper: Smart incoming invoice processing in SAP®
Learn in our whitepaper how to avoid stumbling blocks and optimize the incoming invoice process in a short time with digital incoming invoice processing in SAP® .
Webinar: The Paradox of Choice
Finding Meaningful Differentiation in a World of Technological Parity. As is the case with many digitization and process optimization initiatives, implementing an A/P automation solution is very rarely a ‘one-and-done’ event… far from it!
Whitepaper: The Purchase-to-Pay Process in SAP
Learn about the benefits of digital purchase-to-pay processes in SAP compared to traditional procurement in the whitepaper.
To maximise the benefits of SAP, the Council simultaneously introduced EASY for SAP, on the recommendation of one of the IT contractors.
Bei Verkaufstransaktionen oder im Falle von Rechtsangelegenheiten ist es ein immenser Vorteil, wenn die Papiere nicht landesweit in den Forstbetrieben verteilt sind, sondern zentral vorliegen.
Amey first implemented SAP as its finance and resource management system, it invested in EASY Software’s SAP Packaged Services to capture and manage incoming Accounts Payable documents electronically.