Strategic Procurement Planning App

Strategic Procurement Planning App is a SAP BTP-based solution for managing the procurement planning cycle in a single environment.

It helps procurement teams manage demand, assign responsibilities, coordinate approvals, and consolidate planning data across departments — reducing manual coordination and improving visibility throughout the process.

The solution can be extended to integrate with SAP Ariba and ERP systems, enabling users to initiate and approve sourcing events in SAP Ariba and automatically create and manage RFQs in the ERP system based on approved sourcing plans.

Key capabilities

Gain real-time visibility across procurement data

Access planning data across departments, planning years, and demand items from a single interface. Track submission status and review procurement requirements in real time.

Centralize procurement demand management

Create, edit, copy, upload, and manage demand items in one application. Maintain consistent planning data while reducing duplicate work and manual coordination.

Enforce structured approval workflows

Route planning records through sequential approval workflows with dedicated review screens, inline comments, and clear approval and rejection actions.

Assign responsibilities by department

Define Executors and Approvers for each department before the planning cycle begins, ensuring that only authorized users can create, submit, and approve records within their scope.

Capture complete procurement data

Record key demand information, including activity description, FPAL code, quantity, contract duration, estimated value, contract owner, and required award date.

Analyze and export consolidated reports

Review cross-department planning data using filters, configurable columns, saved layouts, and comment logs. Export data to Excel for further analysis and reporting.

Key features

• Assign responsible and accountable users at each stage of the planning process

• Launch new procurement planning periods and update plans regularly

• Support both short-term and long-term planning

• Specify commodity codes and proposed tendering strategies

• Maintain data consistency between procurement planning and purchase requisitions

• Involve subject matter experts and key stakeholders in the approval process

SAP Ariba and ERP integration

The solution can be extended to connect procurement planning with downstream sourcing and purchasing processes.

Approved plans can be used to initiate sourcing events in SAP Ariba and automatically create and manage RFQs in ERP systems, helping maintain data consistency across the procurement lifecycle.

Technical layer

• Service levels above 99.5%

• Multi-tenant architecture with data isolation and encryption

• Auditable logging and tracing

• High availability and disaster recovery

• Encrypted communication channels

• Protection against software vulnerabilities

• Secure SDLC

• Configurable authentication policies

• Open-source attribution

• Functional correctness

• SAP Store-recommended service and support levels