How Strategic Sourcing works together with other applications

Lawson Strategic Sourcing is closely coupled with other Lawson applications, including Infor Lawson Enterprise Applications such as Requisitions (RQ), Requisitions Center (RQC), Inventory Control (IC), Accounts Payable (AP) and Purchase Order (PO). A sourcing event can contain event lines that originated in Requisitions or Requisitions Center, and after the event is awarded, a purchase order is created and processed in the Infor Lawson Enterprise Applications.

Strategic Sourcing also shares suppliers, events, and a pool of reusable information for events and contracts (such as terms, questions, contacts, and categories/subcategories) with Lawson Contract Management. Strategic Sourcing events and lines can create contracts and contract lines within Contract Management. Contracts and contract lines can create Strategic Sourcing events and sourcing lines.

The following illustration provides a high-level overview of the Lawson applications Strategic Sourcing is closely coupled with.