Sourcing on demand

Experts,
Please explain how sourcing is done on demand in E-Sourcing. I understand that in SRM, its done by creating the shopping card. How can sourcing be done on demand in SAP E-Sourcing.
Please help
Thanks,
Sharmele Somu.

Hi,
Please see this site for more details. There are Demos, information, scenarios on when On Demand Sourcing is useful etc.
http://sourcing.ondemand.com/demo.php
Please let us know if there are any other specific questions and we can help.
Thanks
Vikram
Edited by: Vikram Shukla on Feb 28, 2012 5:35 PM

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