Schedule PO Delivery Reminders from SAP

This iPro Skill enables a systematic process to send reminders for imminent and delayed deliveries to vendors on SAP

Key components

• Gather a list of vendors with deliveries that are either delayed or approaching deadline. (the list could also be sourced from a SharePoint folder)
• Sort the list and aggregate by vendor. Eliminate the vendors who are in an exclusion list.
• Send an email to the vendors with a customizable template – separate versions for delayed and imminent deliveries
• Customized report on delivery status of reminders sent (bounced, out-of-office etc)

Larger enterprises typically procure from a variety of suppliers with timely shipment being critical to managing low inventories and having smooth business functioning. This might requires follow-up with vendors on shipmen- and this needs to be managed efficienctly. Key benefits from this skill include:

• Ability to save manual effort entailed in gathering the required information and sending out reminders.
• Structured report on delivery status helps procurement teams try alternate contacts in case of email delivery failures

Overall, the skill should help the procurement team streamline the overall delivery process

• SAP
• Microsoft Exchange
• Excel