Better decisions require context.
And that context is rarely found in just one place.
Prices, contracts, quotations, supplier evaluations, internal guidelines — these are scattered across various sources when a specific contract is awarded: In Excel files, email threads, SAP transactions, and supplier portals.
The typical path for AI initiatives involves consolidation, streamlining, and governance — often taking months before the first results emerge. FUTURA leverages the context where it is already being managed.
Understand faster, evaluate more accurately, act with greater confidence.
More data is only helpful if there is a connection. This is exactly where FUTURA comes in: The platform makes relevant context immediately usable within specific procurement cases.
Practical examples:
Price expectations
Is an increase of 18% really justified?
Historical prices, terms, contract details, and relevant market information are evaluated during the specific procurement process.
A strong negotiating position instead of data mining.
Quote evaluation
Which quotation is actually the best?
Price, requirements, bid documents, supplier information, and evaluation criteria are reviewed jointly.
A transparent award decision.
Supplier Selection
Is this supplier a good fit for this requirement?
Qualifications, performance, risks, experience, and the current procurement context are considered as a whole.
Decisions based on evidence, not gut feelings.
Procurement intelligence starts with the actual procurement process.
Less searching. Less data transfer. Less coordination. FUTURA maps the processes through which procurement decisions are actually made—from sourcing to supplier lifecycle management to service procurement.
Sourcing management
From the identification of a requirement to the award of a contract: Managing complex sourcing processes and making well-informed award decisions.
- RFQs, RFPs, RFIs, auctions, and complex procurement processes
- Analyze quotations and evaluate them on a comparable basis
- Lean Services and GAEB in the context of sourcing
Service procurement
Procure services digitally from start to finish, covering everything from requests through to service entries.
- Framework Agreements and Service Requests
- Item lists, supplements, and service entries
- MM-SRV
Supplier lifecycle management
Make supplier information available at the point where procurement decisions are made.
- Onboard, qualify, and develop suppliers
- Use evaluations and experiences effectively in purchasing
- Supplier self-service without additional information silos
Consistently manage strategic purchasing
Sourcing, quote evaluation, negotiation, and awarding, as well as supplier qualification and evaluation – all integrated into SAP S/4HANA.
Issue requests for construction and projects and award contracts
Investment projects, specifications, and procurement processes—integrated into SAP S/4HANA (MM-SRV).
"SAP-native" means:
Procurement Intelligence operates in the real business context, not in a parallel data world.
Procurement
Expertise
in Numbers
28+
Years of SAP Procurement Expertise
300+
Rollouts in SAP Purchasing Organizations
100.000+
active users in buyer and supplier roles
SAP certified
Certification for S/4HANA On-Premise and S/4HANA Cloud
ISO/IEC 27001:2022
Information security at
the highest level
4–8 weeks until go-live
Get started quickly without a complex integration project
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Better decisions. Built on SAP.
Start with a specific procurement scenario.
FUTURA helps companies with managing requests, suppliers and contract awards directly within the SAP context. Bring your own procurement scenario. We’ll show you what context is already in place and how to use it to achieve productive results in the procurement process.