Requirements Planning involves the determination of each individual site’s merchandise requirements. A number of manual and automatic planning methods are contained in the system.

The actual planning run takes place in Requirements Planning. Here the system determines individual requirements, taking the delivery date/time into account. Purchase requisitions are generated.

The functions in this area enable you to order articles for which requirements were determined in the planning run. It comprises quantity calculation, supply source determination, conversion of purchase requisitions to purchase orders and order monitoring.

Invoice Verification enables vendor invoices to be checked and supplies data for Subsequent Settlement. Invoice receipt by EDI is also supported.

This function facilitates the settlement of volume-based rebates and other arrangements. Conditions are entered in the system, and settled at the end of a period or at the end of an arrangement.

The functions in the Agency Business area allow you to process trading contracts in which your role is agent or payer.