Signed terms. Stale prices.
Thousands of production-part agreements covered metals, resin and plating. The terms lived in SAP Ariba, purchasing records in SAP ECC and supplier price letters in email.
When material indexes fell, prices did not always follow. Missed decreases and approved changes that never reached purchasing records left plants paying above the signed formula.
Signed agreements
SAP Ariba annexes and index formulas
Purchasing records
SAP ECC prices, receipts and invoices
Supplier correspondence
Price letters and requested changes
Keep contract prices current.
The Digital Worker reads each agreement and turns its pricing terms into a rule a buyer can validate. It checks prices and prepares corrections, with approval required before changes reach SAP ECC.
Each buyer-validated rule is keyed by
Supplier + partPlantContract versionEffective date
At each pricing periodCalculate the contract price
Apply the agreed index and timing to calculate the price due.
Across transactionsFind prices that diverge
Check purchasing records, receipts and invoices. Flag exceptions for review.
In the supplier inboxCheck supplier requests
Compare price letters with the agreement and prepare the proposed correction.
Buyer approvesReview the evidence and proposed change.
Worker updates SAP ECCApply the approved pricing conditions.
Verify downstream pricingCheck the applicable purchasing records.
Approval and change records are retained.