Updates of version 1.17

Starting with version 1.17, you have the new Material Cockpit at your disposal, which you can use to request material master records. Similar to a purchase requisition request, you can synchronize the material items from your SAP system in FUTURA Smart and add them in the shopping cart.

You can add further free text items online in FUTURA Smart.

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Creating a material request (Step 1)

For the creation of free text items via the Sourcing Cockpit, you now have the option of first creating and calculating them in Excel via an import template and finally importing them into FUTURA Smart.

In the "Items" tab, the import template is available for download at any time. Fill them in with the required criteria and import them with the new Import item list function.

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Download an import template and import of several free text items

Use a new functionality to mark documents which the bidders must confirm, before getting full access to your request. This new function is available for all request types. As a result, all participating companies must first confirm these documents before the full request can be viewed. If necessary, add further documents that require confirmation during the ongoing process of the request, which must then also be confirmed again. Subsequent additions in later quotation rounds are also possible and lead as well to the described scenario on suppliers side.

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Declare attachments as requiring confirmation
(Example from a purchase requisition request)

You can now change the predefined quantities of purchase requisition items that are retrieved from the SAP system and synchronized with FUTURA Smart. You can do this in the creation process of a request via the purchase requisition cockpit. Change the quantities for the desired demand as needed.

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Changes to requisition items