SAP S2P S4HANA Solutions


Overview of the Source to Pay Process

What is S2P

Source to pay (S2P) is a business process that starts with finding, negotiating and contracting the supplier for their services or raw materials or goods using strategic sourcing and proceeding in payment for those services or raw materials or goods.


Overview Process of SAP S2P S4 HANA

Source to pay with SAP S4 HANA Cloud Sourcing and Procurement ERP software obtains services or raw materials from suppliers, negotiates and contracts with suppliers for those services or raw materials & processes with the final payment.
The sourcing, contract management, and streamline operational purchasing, commodity procurement done with the SAP S/4HANA Cloud Sourcing and Procurement ERP software.
Annexacc Software Solutions SAP S/4HANA transforms all crucial enterprise functions, allowing businesses to analyze, in-depth purchasing insights, automate sourcing and contract management, centralize procurement processes, transact, and predict in real-time.

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Procurement abilities in SAP S/4HANA

Functional Procurement :

Functional Procurement involves the day-to-day purchasing of goods and services required for a company's operations. Operational Procurement helps organizations achieve greater efficiency, reduce costs, and improve the quality of goods and services procured, leading to improved operational performance and competitive advantage.

Four important tasks completed in Operational Procurement by SAP S2P S4 HANA

Purchase requisition management

SAP S2P S4 HANA allows for the creation, tracking, and management of purchase requisitions, including approvals and budget controls.


Invoice processing

SAP S2P S4 HANA provides tools to automate invoice processing, including matching invoices to purchase orders and goods receipts, and initiating payments.

Purchase order management

The system enables the creation, processing, and tracking of purchase orders, including automated integration with supplier systems.


Supplier management

The system allows for the management of supplier relationships, including supplier onboarding, performance tracking, and contract management. This helps ensure that suppliers meet quality standards, delivery requirements, and other compliance criteria.

Identifying potential suppliers, evaluating their capabilities, negotiating effectively & managing agreements into proper contracts and managing supplier relationships to maximize compliance and total savings. Also improve strategic sourcing with remarkable real-time visibility into your warehouse operations.

  • Supplier identification and evaluation
  • Ensure regulatory compliance
  • Contract negotiation and management
  • Maximize cost savings
  • Strategic sourcing
  • Improve inventory management
  • Spend analytics
  • Streamline procurement processes

Receiving, validating, processing, and paying invoices from suppliers for goods and services provided to an organization with Invoice Management. Managing the entire invoice lifecycle, from receipt to payment, ensuring compliance with procurement policies, and facilitating accurate and timely payments to suppliers with compliance software.SAP software offers a seamless end-to-end solution to customers to handle their invoices more efficiently.

  • View all invoices across all channels
  • Easy invoice upload
  • Intuitive user interface
  • Automated invoice processing

Managing supplier relationships, tracking supplier performance, and optimizing procurement operations through the use of Procurement software applications. With supplier management software managing supplier information, onboarding new suppliers, tracking supplier compliance, and monitoring supplier performance against key performance indicators (KPIs) by tapping into advanced procurement analytics.

The SAP software also provides tools to optimize procurement operations, including spend analysis, strategic sourcing, and contract management.

  • Supplier classification and segmentation
  • Real-time transactional data
  • Spend visibility
  • Supplier onboarding and compliance

Consolidating procurement activities for an entire organization under a single centralized procurement function or team. It involves the coordination of procurement activities across all business units or locations, leveraging economies of scale to reduce costs, and improving procurement efficiency and effectiveness with a single centralized authorized workflow.

Centralized procurement also facilitates better spend management, supplier management, and risk management through the use of standardized procurement policies, processes, and systems by centralizing all procurement information.

  • System integration of SAP S/4HANA hub system with multiple SAP ERP and SAP S/4HANA back-end systems
  • Reduce overall procurement process costs
  • Guided buying and catalog capabilities through SAP Ariba solutions
  • Procurement process optimization.