Overview
The purchasing planning scenario describes the processes chain, which includes the processes of purchase requirements analysis, coming from master planning in form of the demand plan (trading products, materials, and so on) and plant-specific production plans. After analyzing the requirements, we evaluate the actual capacities of the vendors to supply necessary materials. Unfeasible purchase requirements is returning back to master planning. Procurement planning also includes the definition of sourcing rules as a guide for purchasing.
Purchasing planning flowchart
- a process group the process belongs to
- a typical business process
- a typical E2E business process scenario
- a typical E2E business process cluster
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- Receive and analyze purchasing requirements
- Assign vendors and terms of purchase for purchasing requirements
- Assess external supply capacity and identify gaps
- Resolve supply capacity gaps by available means
- Create initial feasible purchase plans
- Align purchase plan with master planning decisions
- Align planned supply capacity with capacity requirements updates
- Maintain inventory replenishment parameters
- Release purchase plans