SuiteProcurement Overview
The SuiteProcurement SuiteApp lets you streamline and automate indirect procurement processes, from procuring items to creating purchase requests, managing approvals, and processing bills. Indirect procurement involves purchase of goods and services required to operate a business.
Using the SuiteApp, you can select and purchase items from trading partner stores, view purchase order acknowledgment and shipping details, and receive vendor bills.
The SuiteProcurement features are compatible with accounts without SuiteTax.
The SuiteProcurement SuiteApp lets you do the following:
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Set procurement preferences at the subsidiary level.
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Sync trading partner data with NetSuite vendors.
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Browse and shop items from trading partner stores.
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Automatically create purchase requests for items being purchased.
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Send approved purchase requests to trading partners.
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Receive purchase request confirmation details, shipment details, and bills from trading partners.
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Generate an item receipt after receiving all items in a purchase request.
The SuiteProcurement SuiteApp works together with Oracle Business Network (OBN) and NetSuite Electronic Business (NSEB) SuiteApp to provide the indirect procurement features.
The SuiteApp supports the following curated vendors:
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Amazon United States
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Staples Contract & Commercial, Inc.
If you want to procure items from Amazon United States, see Procuring Items from Amazon Using the SuiteProcurement SuiteApp.
For all other trading partners, see Prerequisites for the SuiteProcurement SuiteApp.
Supported Items
The SuiteProcurement SuiteApp supports the following items:
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Non-inventory item for purchase
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Non-inventory item for resale
Before using the SuiteProcurement SuiteApp, you must complete the tasks in the following order.
For information about using the SuiteProcurement SuiteApp for indirect procurement, see Working with SuiteProcurement.