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C S4CPR 2508 Sourcing Procurement (C_S4CPR_2508)
The course teaches SAP S/4HANA Cloud Sourcing and Procurement configuration, covering master data, requisitions, purchase orders, contracts, sourcing, goods receipt, invoice verification, and inventory planning, enabling learners to validate and optimize procurement processes.
180
Minutes
80
Questions
65
Passing Score
$250
Exam Cost
Who Should Take This
It is ideal for SAP consultants, procurement analysts, and functional managers who have foundational SAP knowledge and wish to specialize in S/4HANA Cloud procurement. These professionals aim to design, configure, and troubleshoot end‑to‑end sourcing and purchasing workflows, and to demonstrate competency for the C_S4CPR_2508 certification.
What's Covered
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Domain 1: Procurement Organization and Master Data
2
Domain 2: Requisition and Purchase Order Processing
3
Domain 3: Contract and Sourcing
4
Domain 4: Goods Receipt and Invoice Verification
5
Domain 5: Inventory and Material Planning
6
Domain 6: Analytics and Integration
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Course Outline
62 learning goals
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Domain 1: Procurement Organization and Master Data
3 topics
Purchasing Organization
- Identify procurement units including purchasing organization, group, and assignment to plants and company codes
- Configure purchasing organizations with reference organizations and central purchasing for enterprise procurement
- Analyze purchasing organization design impact on vendor maintenance, contracts, and reporting
- Configure purchasing organization parameters including relevant settings, thresholds, and control indicators for production readiness
Supplier Master Data
- Describe business partner supplier structure with general, purchasing organization, and company code views
- Configure supplier evaluation criteria including classification categories, scoring weights, and auto-evaluation scheduling parameters
- Implement purchasing info records, source lists, and quota arrangements for source determination
- Evaluate supplier performance and recommend sourcing adjustments based on delivery and quality
- Evaluate supplier master data configuration decisions against business requirements and recommend improvements for process optimization
Material Master for Procurement
- Configure procurement views including MRP types, purchasing groups, delivery times, and purchasing values
- Implement vendor-specific material numbers, text management, and procurement valuation settings
- Identify the key material master for procurement components, terminology, and standard configuration options available in the SAP system
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Domain 2: Requisition and Purchase Order Processing
3 topics
Purchase Requisitions
- Identify requisition creation methods including manual, MRP-generated, consumption-based, and service requisitions
- Configure requisition release strategies with classification-based workflows, conditions, and codes
- Implement automatic PO creation from requisitions with batch processing and source determination
- Analyze requisition processing times and approval bottlenecks for workflow optimization
- List the standard purchase requisitions reports, monitoring tools, and diagnostic transactions available for operational oversight
Purchase Orders
- Describe PO types including standard, framework orders, scheduling agreements, and contracts with releases
- Configure PO document types, item categories, account assignment categories, and confirmation control
- Implement PO release strategies, output determination, and vendor communication workflows
- Evaluate PO compliance with contracts and spending policies to identify maverick buying
- Configure purchase orders output templates, communication channels, and distribution rules for stakeholder notification
Service Procurement
- Configure service masters, entry sheets, and blanket POs for service procurement
- Implement service acceptance workflows with approval hierarchies and limit-based entry
- Analyze service spending patterns against contracted rates and recommend contract compliance and cost optimization improvements
- Implement service procurement workflows including approval routing, escalation rules, and notification settings for process automation
3
Domain 3: Contract and Sourcing
2 topics
Contract Management
- Identify outline agreement types including quantity contracts, value contracts, and scheduling agreements
- Configure contract types, quantities, validity, release procedures, and pricing conditions
- Implement contract monitoring with utilization tracking, expiry alerts, and renewal rules
- Analyze utilization and pricing compliance for renegotiation and consolidation strategies
Strategic Sourcing
- Describe RFQ process including creation, bid invitation, quotation comparison, and vendor selection
- Configure RFQ types, comparison criteria, weighted scoring, and auto-price determination from quotations
- Implement total cost of ownership evaluation and bid comparison with price normalization
- Evaluate single-source versus multi-source strategies for risk and cost optimization
4
Domain 4: Goods Receipt and Invoice Verification
2 topics
Goods Receipt
- Describe goods receipt including PO-based, production, return, and quality inspection integration
- Configure GR tolerances, movement types, and auto-account determination for inventory and GR/IR
- Implement quality inspection integration with lots, usage decisions, and stock posting rules
- Analyze goods receipt discrepancies against purchase order quantities and recommend receiving accuracy and tolerance improvements
Invoice Verification
- Identify LIV methods including logistics invoice verification, ERS, auto-reduction, and credit memos
- Configure tolerances, blocking reasons, auto-release rules, and three-way matching parameters
- Implement ERS for automatic invoice creation and reduction for high-volume procurement
- Evaluate invoice processing efficiency analyzing exception rates and matching accuracy
5
Domain 5: Inventory and Material Planning
3 topics
Inventory Valuation
- Identify valuation methods including standard price, moving average, FIFO, LIFO, and split valuation
- Configure valuation classes, price control, and grouping for inventory cost accounting
- Analyze valuation differences and recommend method adjustments for cost accuracy
- Analyze inventory valuation performance metrics and KPIs to identify bottlenecks, inefficiencies, and optimization opportunities
Consumption-Based Planning
- Describe planning methods including reorder point, forecast-based, time-phased, and stochastic
- Configure MRP types, lot sizing, safety stock, planning calendars, and file entries for replenishment
- Implement source determination, requisition conversion, and scheduling agreement delivery schedules
- Evaluate MRP results and stock coverage to optimize safety stock, reorder points, and lot sizes
Physical Inventory
- Configure physical inventory procedures including periodic, continuous, cycle counting, and sampling methods
- Implement inventory documents, count entry, variance posting, and adjustment analysis procedures
- Analyze count results and variance patterns to recommend inventory accuracy improvements
- Describe the physical inventory process flow including prerequisites, execution steps, and expected outcomes in S/4HANA
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Domain 6: Analytics and Integration
2 topics
Procurement Analytics
- Identify analytics for spend analysis, supplier performance, PO tracking, and contract monitoring
- Configure procurement dashboards for cycle times, maverick spending, compliance, and savings tracking
- Analyze spend data to identify cost reduction opportunities and consolidation targets
- Configure monitoring and alerting for procurement analytics processes using standard SAP tools and threshold-based notifications
External Integration
- Describe integration between S/4HANA procurement and SAP Ariba, Business Network, and Fieldglass
- Configure central procurement for Business Network catalog purchasing and supplier collaboration
- Evaluate external procurement solutions versus native S/4HANA capabilities for strategic sourcing
- Implement external integration data validation rules, consistency checks, and error handling procedures for data quality assurance
Scope
Included Topics
- All topics in the SAP S/4HANA Cloud Sourcing and Procurement (C_S4CPR_2508) certification exam.
- Configuration, implementation, and analysis of procurement organization, requisitions, purchase orders, contracts, sourcing, goods receipt, invoice verification, and inventory management.
- Integration with other SAP modules and cross-functional business processes.
- Best practices, troubleshooting, analytics, and reporting capabilities.
Not Covered
- Topics outside the scope of this specific certification exam.
- ABAP programming and custom code development.
- Basis administration and infrastructure provisioning.
- Deprecated or retired functionality not covered in current exam objectives.
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