EDI and ALE Requirements

Master Data Distribution

In order to distribute the Master Data between an AFS system and an SAP Retail system, the ALE distribution model must look as follows:

Transfer of application Documents

In order to exchange Purchase Orders , Shipping Notifications and Invoices between the two systems, they must be configured as EDI partners: the AFS system defined as a Vendor in the Retail system, and the Retail system defined as a Customer in the AFS system.

In the AFS system, the Retail Distribution Centers must be defined as Ship-to partners of the Customer representing the Retail system.

The following information should be in the systems partner profiles: