Procuring External Services 

Purpose

As of an earlier release, you procure external services using a stand-alone component within Materials Management called External Services Management (MM-SRV).

This functionality is completely integrated into the MM procurement process. However, the functionality has been adapted specially to accommodate the differences in the procurement of services.

The following process details the procurement process for moving water pipes within a production plant.

In this process, RFQ and quotation management and vendor selection are shown using the quotation price comparison list – starting with the creation of a purchase requisition. The process is completed when you enter and accept services, and then perform invoice verification.

In this process, you want to have some water pipes in a production plant moved. To do this, you need to create a reference to the model service specifications RV-1001 when you create a purchase requisition for the service selection. To make the process easier to understand, the system displays only a limited selection of the service lines.

Process Flow

You can find the data for this process under .

  1. Creating Service Master Records
  2. Displaying a Model Service Specification
  3. Creating a Purchase Requisition for an External Service
  4. Making Requests for Quotations to Vendors
  5. Entering Quotations and Price Comparison
  6. Creating a Purchase Order with Reference to an RFQ/Quotation
  7. Displaying a Purchase Order
  8. Entering and Accepting Services Performed: Service Entry Sheet
  9. Verifying the Invoice