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SAP integration for procurement: the simple system SAP-Cockpit®

The simple system SAP-Cockpit® is a fully developed software solution that is imported into your system as an SAP transport, without modifying the SAP standard and without custom development. It automatically connects order, goods receipt, invoice and account assignment between simple system and SAP ERP or S/4HANA. More than 200 companies use it productively.
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Most SAP users fear exactly one thing when adopting a procurement platform: an integration project that ties up months and paralyzes IT. The SAP Cockpit® is delivered as an SAP transport and requires no modification of the SAP standard. Here you'll learn which of the three integration options fits your procurement strategy, what your IT needs to contribute, and what it costs.

At a glance

  • Delivered as an SAP transport. No intervention in the SAP standard, no programming.
  • Three integration options: Cockpit Order, Cockpit Workflow and OCI punchout. The choice depends on where approval and PO number assignment should take place.
  • Account assignment objects come straight from SAP: cost center, G/L account, project, WBS element.
  • Compatible with SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA and SAP SRM, plus more than 20 other ERP systems.
  • €99 per month as an add-on to the basic package, plus a one-time integration fee of €4,000 for the SAP Cockpit®.
200+ customers rely on our SAP integration
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The simple system SAP-Cockpit® seamlessly connects your purchasing process with SAP

The smart SAP integration for your purchasing.

Completely digitize processes

Automate the entire purchasing process: from the purchase requisition to invoice verification.

Keeping data clean and up to date

Receive all information provided with the order automatically in your SAP.

Analyze order behavior

Strengthen your SAP as the leading system for holistic order analysis.

SAP-Cockpit® Savings calculator

How many orders do you place per month?

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Monthly savings potential7.202 €
Annual savings potential86.424 €
Amortization in months1 month
Time effort for1000orders
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Marktplatz
Controlling
SAP
Effort5,5 workdays
Effort44,3 hours
simple system Plattform
Effort55,4 workdays
Effort443,3 hours

Manual order processes without simple system SAP-Cockpit®

Effort79,2 workdays
Effort633,3 hours

How do we calculate the monthly savings potential?

The amortization results from the monthly costs for the base package (€99), marketplace (€99), controlling (€99), and the ERP package (€99). Additionally, there are one-time integration costs of 4.000€ for the SAP-Cockpit. The time savings are based on the study "Managing Indirect Procurement: Success Factors for Performance and Cost Control" by the University of Applied Sciences Leipzig (2025). The hourly rate is calculated at €40.

The SAP cockpit is that simple

No more complicated procurement.

How do I integrate simple system into my SAP?

The SAP Cockpit® is imported as an SAP transport, without modifying the SAP standard.

The key points up front:

  • No custom development, delivered as a standard transport
  • Effort for your IT: days, not weeks
  • Transferred data: order, account assignment, goods receipt and invoice
  • Error monitoring with retry logic, no transactions get lost
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Complete purchase-to-pay automation

The purchase-to-pay (P2P) process is often completely manual: employees create purchase orders in Excel or email, invoices are scanned by post/email, OCR errors require manual correction, 3-way matching is carried out manually, approvals are made via distributed approval processes.

A typical P2P process takes 3-5 working days from invoice to payment. Invoice processors are constantly busy with repetitive tasks.

There is another way.

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Which integration option fits you?

The choice comes down to a single question: Where should approval and PO number assignment take place, in SAP or in simple system?

Comparison of integration options: ordering, approval and use case
Option Orders are placed in Approval in Fits if
Cockpit Order simple system simple system you want to simplify the approval process and your requesters don't use SAP
Cockpit Workflow simple system SAP your approval logic must stay in SAP, but requesters should not have to work in SAP
OCI punchout SAP (jump into the catalog) SAP your users stay in SAP and the process starts and ends there

All three options transfer the same data and the same account assignment objects. The only difference is which system leads.

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SAP Manual vs. with simple system SAP-Cockpit®

  • Data transmission & maintenance
    without simple system
    Manual updating of order data in SAP costs valuable time
    with simple system

    Automated creation of SAP purchase orders (PurchaseOrder)

  • Data quality & standards
    without simple system
    Error-prone due to copy-paste and lack of standards
    with simple system
    Mapping of G/L accounts with S2Class (eCl@ss) categories, standardized and reliable
  • Approval processes
    without simple system
    Approvals bypass SAP - or are maintained twice
    with simple system
    Complete approval logic can be controlled via simple system
  • G/L accounts & cost centers
    without simple system

    No automatic assignment of G/L accounts or cost centers

    with simple system

    Cost center types: K, F, P, A - automatically assigned (others on request)

  • Purchasing & Controlling
    without simple system

    Media disruptions prevent transparent purchasing processes - controlling suffers

    with simple system

    Central dashboard for full transparency of order status

  • Connection & development
    without simple system

    IT has to develop individual SAP connections - expensive and complex

    with simple system

    Connection of external users - even without SAP knowledge (e.g. facility, workshop)

  • Classification & Routing
    without simple system
    No automatic recognition of product groups and purchasing groups
    with simple system

    Automatic recognition of product groups and purchasing groups

  • Compliance & Reporting
    without simple system

    INTRASTAT declarations must be created and transmitted manually

    with simple system

    Support of INTRASTAT messages - directly integrated

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SAP manually vs. with the simple system SAP Cockpit®

Criterion Without simple system Cockpit® With simple system Cockpit®
Data transfer & maintenance
Manually maintaining order data in SAP costs valuable time

Automated creation of SAP purchase orders (PurchaseOrder)
Data quality & standards
Error-prone due to copy-paste and missing standards
G/L account mapping with S2Class (eCl@ss) categories, standardized and reliable
Approval processes
Approvals bypass SAP – or are maintained twice
Complete approval logic controllable via simple system
G/L accounts & cost centers

No automatic assignment of G/L accounts or cost centers

Cost center types K, F, P, A – assigned automatically (others on request)
Procurement & controlling

Manual handoffs prevent transparent procurement processes – controlling suffers

Central dashboard for full transparency on order status
Integration & development

IT has to develop custom SAP integrations – expensive and complex

Connection of external requesters – even without SAP knowledge (e.g. facility, workshop)
Classification & routing
No automatic recognition of material groups and purchasing groups

Automatic recognition of material groups and purchasing groups
Compliance & reporting

INTRASTAT reports must be created and submitted manually

Support for INTRASTAT reports – directly integrated
The SAP cockpit is that simple

Three options for integration

Procurement and ordering - the simple system Cockpit® helps in 3 ways.

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COCKPIT ORDER

Procurement and placing orders in simple system

Orders are placed in simple system, approved and transferred to the vendor. They are created in SAP in parallel. The cockpit is more than just an interface: you can configure how and with which parameters orders placed in SAP are enriched and created.


Your process | your configuration | your parameters

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COCKPIT WORKFLOW

Purchasing in simple system - placing orders in SAP

The customer accesses the vendor's catalogs and price lists directly via simple system. If he sends the shopping cart, a purchase requisition is created in SAP, where approval also takes place. The order is then transferred to the vendor via simple system.


Your vendors | your catalog | your approval process

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OCI Punchout

Start in SAP, purchase in simple system, trigger order in SAP

Store vendor numbers for vendors and define vendor-specific vendor numbers. This eliminates the annoying assignment of invoices to vendors from your SAP/SRM.

Simple | Secure | Structured

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The integration into our SAP ERP® went smoothly. We were immediately impressed by the clear mapping of the procurement process in the simple system cockpit. Our approvers check individual processes there and then release the orders.
Andreas Wallny IT Analyst Vulkan Kupplungs- & Getriebebau GmbH & Co. KG
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What you get in the SAP package

All functions in the SAP package at a glance

  • simple system's SAP integration connects your procurement platform directly with your enterprise resource planning system. Orders, goods receipts, invoices and master data are automatically synchronized - without manual double entry. Data is exchanged in real time or as a batch process via standardized interfaces (REST API, IDOC, BAPI). Account assignment objects such as cost centers, G/L accounts and project codes are transferred directly from SAP so that every order is immediately posted correctly. The integration supports multi-client scenarios and can be flexibly adapted to individual data structures.
    • Bidirectional real-time synchronization of order and master data
    • Automatic comparison of goods receipts and invoices (3-way match)
    • Transfer of all account assignment objects (cost centers, G/L accounts, projects, WBS elements)
    • Support for SAP (MM/FI), Microsoft Dynamics 365, Oracle and other ERP systems
    • Flexible interface configuration (REST API, IDOC, BAPI, CSV)
    • Multi-client capability for group structures
    • Error monitoring and automatic repeat logic in the event of transmission problems
    • Elimination of manual data transfer: Savings of 15-25 minutes per order
    • Reduction of booking errors by up to 95% through automated account assignment
    • Acceleration of the purchase-to-pay cycle by 60-70%
    • Real-time visibility of all procurement spend in ERP
    • Amortization typically within 3-6 months
    • At 500 orders/month: savings of ~170 working hours/month
To the package prices
Transparent prices

from 99 € / month for the use of the "SAP" add-on

The basic package from simple system is required to use the "SAP" add-on. This package provides the necessary foundation for using the platform. Once the basic package has been activated, the "SAP" add-on can be added flexibly. One-off integration costs of €4,000 are incurredfor the implementation of the interface.
SAP package: View prices
Non-binding & free of charge

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Questions about the simple system Cockpit®

  • A large number of ERP/SRM systems are supported, including SAP ERP, SAP S/4 Hana, SAP SRM, sage 100cloud, sage b7, sage Business Cloud, infor CloudSuite, ProAlpha, ABAS, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Microsoft Dynamics AX, PSI. Contact us with your ERP system and we will let you know which connection options to simple system are possible.

  • Flexible integration into existing company processes and conscious expansion of existing strengths

    • Dashboard for transferring, approving and tracking procurement processes

    • Fully automated purchase requisition and order creation according to company specifications

    • Cross-vendor order integration via an interface

    • Based on existing internal guidelines

    • Further processes such as integration of accounting, goods receipt and invoice reconciliation / credit note creation in the leading merchandise management system

    Transparency and user-friendly interface with low training requirements

    • Highuser acceptance through the use of a modern web application

    • Users do not require any training in the merchandise management system

    • Reporting / evaluations of all orders in the merchandise management system or in simple system possible

    Fast implementation with minimal strain on the internal IT department

    • Turnkey solution for the integration of SAP ERP® and SAP S/4HANA®

    • Numerous successful projects with SAP SRM®, abas ERP, Infor CloudSuite™, Microsoft Dynamics NAV and AX, proALPHA ERP, PSIpenta ERP, various Sage ERP and other leading merchandise management systems‍

  • With the Cockpit Order variant, the customer logs in to simple system and places the items in the shopping cart. Sending the shopping cart triggers the order with the vendor and the order is created in the ERP system via the EDI interface at the same time. In this way, the entire process is automatically recorded directly in the ERP system and all data relating to the order is transferred to the ERP system. Any approval processes can be configured in simple system and releases are usually made via automatically generated e-mails. There is no need to log in to the platform. The company benefits from a reduced workload and retains data sovereignty over all order processes. With the cockpit workflow variant, the customer accesses the vendor's catalog via simple system and creates a shopping cart. However, if they send the shopping cart, the order is not triggered at the vendor - as with Cockpit Order - but only a purchase requisition is initially created in the ERP. For the approval process, the steps of the approval process applicable in the company are run through in the ERP. Only once this has been completed is the order transferred to the vendor via the e-procurement system and thus triggered. All these steps are automated - the workload is correspondingly low.

  • This depends on the type of connection. If approval processes, order number assignment and the triggering of the order are still to take place in the ERP, then the connection options OCI Punchout and Cockpit Workflow are suitable. If these functions are to be handled in simple system in the future, then Cockpit Order is the right integration for you.

  • Which connection is right for you depends largely on your purchasing strategy and your system landscape. The table above can serve as a guide. If you want to start the ordering process in your ERP environment, then only OCI-Punchout is suitable. If customers are to be able to order directly in simple system, then Cockpit Order or Cockpit Workflow are suitable. If approval processes and order number assignment are still to take place in the ERP, Cockpit Workflow is the right choice for you. If approval processes and order number assignment are to take place in simple system, Cockpit Order appears to be a good option.

  • The integration of your ERP/SAP system costs €99 per month and account when booked annually. Depending on the integration variant, there is also a one-off cost of €2,500 for an ERP interface and €4,000 for an SAP cockpit.

  • The SAP Cockpit® is delivered as a ready-made SAP transport. After the import come the configuration of order creation, the alignment of account assignment fields and a test phase. There is no integration project lasting months. The effort on your IT side is in the range of days, not weeks.

  • No. The SAP Cockpit® requires no modification of the SAP standard and is imported as a transport. Your system stays release-capable, and SAP updates create no rework because of the integration.