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Multi Sourcing Scenario

In a multi-sourcing scenario, the same material or product is procured from multiple suppliers. While the internal handling of the material — such as storage or production use — may be unified, companies must ensure that data related to demand and item stock can be clearly attributed to the respective supplier.

In cases where supplier-specific information is maintained separately (e.g., through batch tracking or source-specific labeling), data provisioning is relatively straightforward. The origin of materials can be identified and shared without major transformation.

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Figure 1 and 2: Customer multi sourcing scenarios

In practice, this means that demand planning and inventory management are handled jointly, making it infeasible to assign data to a specific supplier context. Nevertheless, the data exchanged using this KIT must still be prepared and structured in a way that complies with applicable legal, regulatory, and contractual requirements — even if a clear technical separation is not possible.

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