Purchasing 
Use
The functions available in Purchasing support the daily operations involved in the procurement of merchandise and settling up with vendors. The purchasing functionality can be used both centrally in head office and locally in stores.
Integration
Purchasing comprises the following areas:
Purchasing is divided into the following areas: Replenishment 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 is Requirements Planning. Here the system determines individual requirements, taking the delivery point into account. Purchase requisitions are generated.
AllocationDuring allocation you can centrally distribute merchandise among a large number of recipients (for example, stores). The allocation documentation is available in the Merchandise Logistics and Merchandise Distribution area.
· Ordering
The functions in this area are used to order articles for which requirements were determined in the planning run. It comprises quantity optimizing, supply source determination, conversion of purchase requisitions to purchase orders and purchase order monitoring.
Invoice Verification enables vendor invoices to be checked and supplies data for Rebate Processing. 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 of 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.
Seasonal procurement is a user-friendly, end-to-end, controllable order process, for example, for the area of fashion. Purchasing budget and date management functions are integrated.
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