Strategic Procurment

Direct Material Sourcing

Straight from the source

BeNeering Direct Materials Sourcing covers the complete end-to-end from Material Planning through Sourcing event (Tender) to Contract creation process from raw material demand through tendering to contract creation in SAP ERP, bridging the gap between MRP-driven demand and strategic supplier selection.

BeNeering Direct Sourcing Process

1/ Material Planning

Planning managers can view and adjust SAP Purchase Requisitions in real time directly within BeNeering – with no data replication required — ensuring that demand signals from SAP MRP are immediately actionable.

2/ Sourcing event (Tender)

Category buyers can then consolidate and bundle open PRs from multiple plants into a single sourcing event, enabling volume aggregation and reducing the fragmentation that typically limits savings potential in direct procurement. Large-scale tenders are fully supported, accommodating high line-item counts, document attachments, and supplier invitations for both SAP-registered vendors and new external suppliers, all through a free supplier portal that removes barriers to participation.

AI is embedded throughout the supplier selection and award process to increase both speed and quality of decisions. Supplier allocation recommendations are generated automatically, enriched with historical PO data covering prices, quantities, and supplier performance, so buyers enter negotiations with a clear, data-backed starting position.

3/ Contract Creation

Upon award, the winning offer data transfers directly into the SAP contract form, enabling instant contract creation in SAP ERP without any manual re-entry. This tight integration between the sourcing event and the resulting SAP contract ensures a complete, auditable procurement record while eliminating the process gaps that typically occur between sourcing decisions and their execution in the ERP system.

Benefits

Scoring Matrix

Supplier offer allocation based on SAP ERP historic data and calculation types

Events template management & Bidding rules customization engine

Bidding rules allow buyers to structure events as per strategic needs of exact category

Demand bundling and consolidation

The planning manager works with real-time demand documents displayed from SAP ERP and can make adjustments to generated requirements

Supplier Portal & One-off access

A free-of-charge supplier portal to track events and submit offers. Invitations can be sent to both SAP ERP suppliers and new external suppliers

Scalability

Large scale tenders with many line items and attachments

REAL TIME SAP ERP DATA EXCHANGE

Native, real-time data and document exchange with SAP S/4HANA – error-proof architecture