Here is a graphical overview of the external procurement process in SAP: SAP Procure to Pay Process Diagram. The process ends when the payment to the vendor is booked. To start the process, it is necessary to create a Purchase Requisition (PR), a document that allows people working in various departments of a company to specify the goods or resources that have to be purchased.

Other procurement needs coming from departments of a company.

Plant Maintenance materials, tools, external resources, services plans to procure all the resources needed to manage Plant Maintenance in a proper way.

Material requirement planning (MRP) from Warehouse Management to ensure minimum material stock and tools quantities in the warehouse.The events that determine the start of this process are related to: This process includes all the business tasks starting from a purchase requisition (PR) and finishing with payment to the vendor. SAP Procure to Pay process is required when we need to purchase materials/services from an external vendor for our company.

This process is also known as an External Procurement Process. We continue our SAP MM training course and this tutorial will provide an introduction and detailed overview of one of the most fundamental processes in procurement and in SAP MM module: SAP Procure to Pay Process.

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