Glossary

SAP proprietary programming language. Extended to include an object-oriented data model (ABAP Objects) from its version 4.5, it was integrated as the language of a more general product called NetWeaver.

The framework agreement is a mechanism which makes it possible to select a certain number of service providers, and to conclude an agreement on the basis of a contract- fits with one or more of them.

Based on a classification method based on Pareto's law (80/20), class C includes purchases of small amounts, essentially indirect, representing en moyenne 5 % du budget achats des entreprises et 50 % des catégories d\'achats.

Purchases entering into the composition of the final product or intervening directly in the production process (machine tools in industry, information systems in banking-insurance, energy in transport, etc.).

Goods and services necessary for the company to operate but which do not fall within its core business. In contrast to direct purchases, their Management is less structured and generally delegated to prescribers and end users.

Purchases made outside the business process, i.e. from unlisted suppliers, through an unapproved channel, or at a different price than the one negotiated. They generate a significant increase in processing times and costs, and pose problems with respect to regulatory obligations (duty of vigilance vis-à-vis suppliers, compliance with payment deadlines, etc.).

An API is a software interface that allows you to connect one application to another in order to exchange data and functionality.

See RFP, Request for proposal

The call for tenders is said to be open when any supplier can submit a tender. The call for tenders is said to be restricted when only those who have been authorized after selection may submit tenders.

The mission of project management assistance is to help the project manager to carry out a project, the latter having the technical competence.

The mission of project management assistance is to help the client to define and manage a project, then to exploit the product delivered. It has a role of advice, assistance and proposal, the decision-maker remaining the contracting authority.

The notion of “Available to promise” stock comes into play at the level of the production master plan. It is the result of the quantity put into production from which will be subtracted all firm orders from customers.

A method by which the buyer sends a supplier his self-invoicing on the basis of the products received or services performed over a given period.