We are an international automotive supplier and are looking for a new supplier portal (VMI/SMI, web portal) that communicates with SAP and enables the following:
We currently use a technically outdated web portal (based on SAP Netviewer technology) that can no longer be further developed.
The process involves transferring delivery schedules and stock levels from SAP ERP to the web portal on a daily basis for the connected suppliers. The supplier uses the delivery schedules for production capacity planning.
The core of the VMI logic is that min/max limits are defined in the portal for each product we purchase from a supplier. Based on the daily transferred inventories, the supplier can react when the min limit is approached and/or fallen below and deliver to us again. VMI control runs with a graphical representation of the inventory situation.
The supplier has the advantage of being able to supply us relatively freely within the defined min/max limits. We have the advantage of not having to send individual orders to the supplier.
Upon delivery, the supplier creates a delivery notification via the portal, which our SAP system can receive, thus simplifying the goods receipt posting in SAP.
The portal should run in English as well as German. Spanish and Chinese would be possible as additional languages.
The system runs in an MS Windows environment.
A maximum of seven software workstations is planned for the five production sites. Approximately 50 external suppliers should be able to use the portal.
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