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DMS-14942
This features gives buyers the ability to import material volume data into product sourcing. Buyers can transfer the imported material volume data, along with historic prices, quantity, supplier specific prices, and terms, to sourcing events. Volume data enables buyers to collect material pricing by volume scale, time periods, and plant.
Customers who are not using a bill of materials (BOM) feature can’t use this volume forecast feature for competitive bidding to better negotiate with suppliers. Customers must enter the forecast manually.
This feature gives buyers the ability to import material volume data into SAP Ariba for direct materials. Buyers can transfer the imported material volume data, along with historic prices, quantity, supplier specific prices, and terms, to sourcing events. Volume data enables buyers to collect material pricing by volume scale, time periods, and plant.
Buyer and Supplier
Automatically On
SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing Suite
This feature has the following prerequisites:
- This feature is supported in the classic SAP Ariba Sourcing user interface and the guided sourcing user interface. To use this feature in the guided sourcing user interface, your site must have guided sourcing enabled and you must be a member of the Category Buyer group.
- You must be a member of one of the following groups:
- Category Manager
- Commodity Manager
- Customer Administrator (access to this group must be approved by SAP Ariba)
- Event Administrator (access to this group must be approved by the SAP Ariba Market Coordination Team)
- Junior Procurement Agent
- Junior Sourcing Agent
- Limited Event Administrator (access to this group must be approved by the SAP Ariba Market Coordination Team)
- Procurement Agent
- Sourcing Agent
- Sourcing Approver
- Sourcing Project Administrator (access to this group must be approved by the SAP Ariba Market Coordination Team)
None identified
Strategic Sourcing 2202