- Introduction to SAP Connector
- SAP Input
- Checking the Data in the SAP Connector
- Adding Process Specific Tags to the SAP Connector for AppOne
- Adding Process Specific Due Dates to the SAP Connector for AppOne
- Adding Automation Estimates to the SAP Connector for AppOne
- Adding Attributes to the SAP Connector for AppOne
- Adding Activities to the SAP Connector for AppOne
- Adding Entities to the SAP Connector for AppOne
- Roles in the Purchase-to-Pay Process
- Input Data of the SAP Purchase-to-Pay Connector for AppOne
- Other Settings
- Purchase-to-Pay Tags
- Purchase-to-Pay Due Dates
- Introduction to SQL Connectors
- Setting up a SQL Connector
- CData Sync Extractions
- Running a SQL Connector
- Editing Transformations
- Releasing a SQL Connector
- Scheduling Data Extraction
- Structure of Transformations
- Using SQL Connectors for Released Apps
- Generating a Cache With Scripts
- Setting up a Local Test Environment
- Separate Development and Production Environments
Roles in the Purchase-to-Pay Process
Stakeholders in the Purchase-to-Pay process can be divided into three different groups.
External Stakeholders
Below is an overview of the key roles defined for the Purchase-to-Pay process.
Supplier
A supplier is a person or a business that sells or provides the purchased goods.
Requestor
A requestor initiates the Purchase-to-Pay process. The work focuses on getting their goods as quickly as possible and will find any loopholes to speed up the process.
Internal Operational Stakeholders
Purchaser
The Procurement department is responsible of ensuring the buyer receives goods, services, or works at the best possible price when aspects such as quality, quantity, time and location are compared. They are also responsible for finding and negotiating with vendors to setup contracts. A purchaser is concerned with negotiating deals with suppliers and spending as little working capital. The work focuses primarily on the Purchase order activities.
- Strategic purchasers are responsible for long-term relationships with vendors and are involved in negotiating (large) contracts.
- Operational purchasers focus on the day-to-day operations, making sure purchase requisitions are handled from start to end.
Warehouse/Inventory Management
Warehouse and Inventory management both are responsible for the operations within a warehouse.
- The warehouse manager is focused on outbound activities; picking, packing and shipping deliveries.
- The inventory manager is focused on inbound activities; receiving and putting away incoming goods.
Internal Management Support Stakeholders
Business/Automation Managers
Business and automation managers are concerned with throughput times and efficiency of the process. The focus can be on parts or the entire Purchase-to-Pay process.
Auditors
Auditors are concerned with the risks and controls. Many checks are commonly already in the system and they want to test the effectiveness and efficiency of the controls. The work focuses on all the cases and from start to end. They are primarily interested in high-risk cases with high values.
