The supply chain covers all stages a product goes through from raw material to the end customer. The faster, more transparent, and more integrated this process is, the stronger the company’s competitive edge becomes. Today, many SAP-using companies are experiencing that managing supply relationship management and supplier relationships through manual methods (e.g., email, phone, Excel, etc.) leads to significant problems in terms of time, cost, and quality.
The main challenges of non-digitalized procurement processes include:
- Delays in order and delivery processes,
- Purchasing agreements,
- Invoicing and analysis,
- Late detection of quality issues,
- Inadequate reporting,
- Non-transparent communication with suppliers,
- Supplier evaluation.
These and other challenges lead to poor strategic decisions due to lack of data. The JetSRM SAP Supplier Portal offers a comprehensive ERP supply chain management solution to help businesses overcome the obstacles they face in procurement operations.
What Challenges Do SAP Users Face in Supply Chain Management?
Before exploring how JetSRM contributes to supplier processes, let’s take a look at the key challenges SAP users encounter when managing supplier relationships.
- Fragmented Supplier Data
“My supplier called again—he can’t see his invoice.”
This is a situation many procurement managers are all too familiar with. Many businesses still manage their supplier relationships via phone and email. This makes it difficult to report on, monitor, and manage processes effectively—and nearly impossible to track them accurately.
- Reporting Difficulties
Understanding why a supplier hasn’t received a purchase order or how their delivery performance has changed over time can require hours of manual data analysis.
- Supplier Confusion
Collecting new supplier applications, evaluating them, and creating vendor records in the system can be time-consuming. Worse still, it often takes too long to identify suppliers who don’t comply with corporate standards.
How Can I Manage My Supply Chain Processes in SAP?
JetSRM is a solution developed specifically for SAP-based supply chain management. It operates directly within your SAP environment—without the need for additional integration costs or risks. By overcoming the limitations of traditional SAP SRM solutions, it offers a modern, user-friendly, and modular alternative.
So, what makes JetSRM so effective?
End-to-End Supply Chain Management in SAP
JetSRM digitizes the entire supply chain process—from production to the end consumer. All stages, from supplier onboarding and order tracking to quality control and performance analysis, are managed digitally and made easily traceable.
For example, with the onboarding module, you can identify the right suppliers; through quotation collection, price analysis, and approval management, you can compare offers; and with order management, you can monitor every step of the supply chain.
Supplier Portal Integrated with SAP
JetSRM is a supplier portal that operates within the SAP ERP system without requiring external integration. It ensures real-time, bidirectional data exchange between SAP and the supplier portal. It eliminates problems like “The CAP data hasn’t been transferred—I can’t see it in SAP.” Automatic data synchronization between the portal and the ERP system ensures seamless operation.
All data maintained on the supplier portal is also stored within SAP. As a result, the information available on the portal is fully compatible with SAP’s standard processes.
Reporting Dashboards
Through our portal, which communicates in real time with SAP, suppliers can instantly view reports such as invoice status and payment details within SAP.
While SAP offers basic reports for created purchase orders, it does not provide insights into non-preferred suppliers. JetSRM fills this gap, allowing you to analyze why certain suppliers were not selected and access that data when needed.
Benefits of Digital Supply Chain Management
- Accelerates supplier-related processes for procurement departments.
- Provides real-time visibility between systems.
- Enhances decision-making and reduces risk through automation and data analytics.
- Enables centralized, holistic management of all critical processes—such as ordering, planning, finance, contracts, maintenance, and quality documentation—on a single platform.
- Increases operational efficiency.
- Delivers cost savings.
- Ensures transparent communication with suppliers.
- To learn more about JetSRM, the supplier portal developed specifically for SAP users, feel free to contact us.
To learn more about JetSRM, the supplier portal developed specifically for SAP users, feel free to contact us.
