Companies often focus on revenue; Understanding organization spend and removing inefficiencies with machine learning can increase profits by five times. The key to maximizing procurement's success in this critical role is to deliver consistent quality, savings, and compliance over time.
The  Sourcing en Procurement module of S/4HANA consists of the following components:
  • Central Procurement
  • Invoice Management
  • Operational Procurement
  • Procurement Analytics
  • Sourcing and Contract Management
  • Supplier Management

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Articles in S/4HANA Sourcing & Procurement Scope Items

Activity Management in Procurement (19C)
This scope item enables you to use Activity Management within procurement...
Analytics - Purchase Order Visibility and Procurement Spend (2QU)
This scope item provides a prebuilt set of Key Performance Indicators for the...
Automation of Central Procurement Quotes with Ariba Network (5JT)
The SAP S/4HANA Central Procurement offers a centralized RFQ process with...
Automation of Source-to-Pay with Ariba Network (42K)
Automation of purchase order to payment processing in the Ariba Network with SAP...
Batch Management (BLF)
Batch Management incorporates the entire logistics process, from procurement to...
Blockchain-Verified RFQ Processing (3DT)
Strengthen the fairness and efficiency of your business transactions by...
Central Procurement with SAP Ariba Sourcing (4QN)
The SAP S/4HANA Hub system offers a centralized RFQ process with a deep...
Central Purchase Contracts (2ME)
Central contracts are global long-term agreements negotiated between an...
Central Purchasing (2XT)
Central Purchasing provides centralized access and visibility to processes...
Central Requisitioning (1XI)
Central Processing of Purchase Requisitions offers a centralized requisitioning...
Central Sourcing (3ZF)
Central Sourcing provides centralized access and visibility into sourcing...
Contract for Central Procurement with SAP Ariba Contracts (4B0)
In this scope item, you can integrate value and quantity contracts. These are...
Contract Management with SAP Ariba Contracts (4AZ)
In this scope item, you can integrate value and quantity contracts, which are...
Direct Material Sourcing (4RD)
Direct material sourcing process allows the central purchaser to get an overview...
External Workforce Procurement via SAP Fieldglass (22K)
Activate the integration of SAP Fieldglass with SAP S/4HANA to support,...
Guided Buying Capability with SAP Ariba Buying (2NV)
The guided buying capability creates a simple, smart, and elegant purchasing...
Guided Buying for Central Procurement with SAP Ariba Buying (3EN)
Guided buying in SAP Ariba Buying creates a simple, smart, and elegant...
Image-Based Buying (3UH)
This scope item covers the process to order and procure an item based on an...
Intelligent Approval Workflow (43E)
Analyze the approval pattern history for the purchase requisitions based on...
Prediction of Delivery Date for Purchase Order Items (3FY)
Materials required for production are supplied by multiple suppliers. A delay in...
Predictive Analytics for Purchase Contract Quantity Consumption (1QR)
The Purchaser can analyze a high-level overview of important information, such...
Preferred Supplier List (4RI)
This process allows a central purchaser to create a preferred list of suppliers...
Procurement of Pipeline Materials (41F)
The pipeline process begins with the creation of a pipeline info record and is...
Procurement of Services (22Z)
This scope item contains the creation and approval of purchase orders for...
Proposal of Options for Materials Without Purchase Contract (30W)
This scope items deals with providing options for the purchaser to create an RFQ...
Propose Creation of Catalog Items based on Free-Text Purchase Orders (2XW)
During purchase requisition creation, free text item entry can be interpreted as...
Propose Material Group in Free-Text Purchase Requisitions (2XV)
During the purchase requisition process using the shopping cart scenario, the...
Propose Resolution for Invoice Payment Block (2XX)
When a supplier has a quantity blocking reason at the item level, the cash...
Purchase Contract (BMD)
Quantity contracts are agreements for a company to order a certain quantity of a...
Purchasing Rebate Processing (2R7)
This scope item covers the subsequent settlement of rebate conditions agreed on...
Real-Time Reporting and Monitoring for Procurement (1JI)
At a glance, the Procurement Overview Page displays the most important...
Request for Price (1XF)
With this scope item, you can create requests for quotations in the SAP S/4HANA...
Requisitioning (18J)
This scope item describes employee requisitioning activities. An employee...
SAP Central Invoice Management Backend Enablement (4N6)
SAP Central Invoice Management allows the centralized display and processing of...
SAP S/4HANA for Enterprise Contract Management (1XV)
SAP S/4HANA for enterprise contract management connects processes, content,...
Scheduling Agreement for Consignment Procurement (2NY)
The use of scheduling agreements can shorten processing times and reduce...
Scheduling Agreement for Subcontracting Procurement (2NX)
The use of scheduling agreements can shorten processing times and reduce the...
Scheduling Agreements in Procurement (BMR)
The use of scheduling agreements can shorten processing times and reduce the...
Serial Number Management (BLL)
This scope item enables you to serialize and thus differentiate between...
Service Procurement with Ariba Network and SAP Fieldglass (4R2)
This scope item covers the creation and approval of purchase orders for...
Sourcing with SAP Ariba Sourcing (4BL)
Connect your SAP S/4HANA digital core for Sourcing and Procurement to...
Supplier Classification and Segmentation (19E)
This scope item helps you gain a portfolio-level view of your supplier...
Supplier Evaluation and Performance Monitoring (SL4)
You can evaluate your company’s suppliers to obtain a basis for your business...