Differentiating Direct and Indirect Spend

[Former Member]

Dear All,

There is a requirement where all the data from ECC is being brought in SPM. This consists of direct spend as well as indirect spend (services, consulting, other sundry expenses). Is there a way we can use some indicator which can be used to identify the direct/indirect spend?

The intention is to compare Direct vs Indirect spend and generate reports based on this.

Are there any best practices to implement this?

Thanks in advance,

Regards, Ankur

[former_member353426]

Hi Ankur,

I am trying to find Direct/indirect vendor/spend. Do you know the table/field that differentiates between 2 in SAP. I tried finding the field as mentioned in this post but couldn't. Need your help. Thank you.

Kind regards

Zafar Ahmed

[Former Member]

Hi Zafar and Ankur,

Have you guys got the answer for this querry? What is the strategy you used for differentiaitng these spends in SAP? Pl let me know.

Thanks..

[Former Member]

Hi,

Another way to distinguish is based on the document type. If for all your MRP (stock) related purchases have a document type ZNB and non-stock/non-MRP have other PO document types, then you can use this as criterion to distinguish direct and indirect spend.

It all depends on each customer how they classify a spend as direct or indirect.

Rgds,

Prasanna