Technical name: com.sap.pct.erp.ess.area_purchasing
In the Procurement area, employees can create and manage their own ordering transactions. In this way, the extensive administrative tasks of the purchasing department are reduced and the procurement process is accelerated.
The applications in this area enable you employees to perform the following tasks:
· Purchase goods and services
Every employee can purchase individually the goods and services he or she requires for his or her work area.
· Confirm goods and services
Every employee can confirm individually the goods and services that he or she has ordered.
· Check Status
In this application, your employees can check the overall status of the shopping cart or the status of the individual items it contains. Your employees can use various search criteria to find shopping carts including:
¡ Name of the shopping cart
¡ Creation period
¡ Status of shopping cart
You implement SAP Supplier Relationship Management.
To enable your employees to use the applications in the Procurement area, you implement the business scenario, Self-Service Procurement.
For more information about Self-Service Procurement, see the SAP Library, under SAP Supplier Relationship Management ® Self-Service Procurement.
The Procurement area of Employee Self-Service comprises the following applications:
Application |
Service Key |
Additional Information |
Shop |
EMPLOYEE_PURCHASING_SHOP |
For more information about the Shop application, see the documentation for Self-Service Procurement under Shop (Self-Service). |
Confirm Goods/Services |
EMPLOYEE_PURCHASING_CONFIRMGOODS |
For more information about the Confirm Goods/Services application, see the documentation for Self-Service Procurement under Confirming Goods, Services, and Times. |
Check Status |
EMPLOYEE_PURCHASING_CHECKSTATUS |
For more information about the Check Status application, see the documentation for Self-Service Procurement under Approval and Check Status ® Shopping Cart: Check Status. |