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 Source Determination with SAP E-Sourcing

Use

The integration of your ERP system with SAP E-Sourcing On Demand Solution enables flexible and largely automated sourcing for the procurement of materials. To use the options for sourcing in an integrated E-Sourcing system, you must own a valid license for SAP E-Sourcing On Demand Solution.

Prerequisites

You have configured the e-sourcing system and integration with the ERP system accordingly. For information about configuration, see SAP Note 1365842.

You have activated the integration between SAP ERP and SAP E-Sourcing and made the required settings under Start of the navigation path Integration with Other SAP Components Next navigation step E-Sourcing End of the navigation path .

You have distributed the master data between SAP ERP and SAP E-Sourcing. To distribute master data (materials and vendors), you use the standard ALE tools. Further tools enable the synchronization of organizational data in the two systems. You can also create new vendors in the E-Sourcing system, and then publish them in the ERP system.

Features

You can send a request for quotation (RFQ) that you create in the ERP system, on the basis of a purchase requisition, to a connected e-sourcing system, so that you can use additional sourcing options, such as auctions. The selection of the vendor determines whether sourcing runs in the ERP system or in the connected e-sourcing system. Requests for quotation are only sent to the e-sourcing system if the vendor in the header data of the RFQ is the vendor that is defined in Customizing for e-sourcing.

The user in the e-sourcing system controls how the related purchasing documents are created in the ERP system after completion of the award for the e-sourcing request for proposal (RFP).

  • From the E-Sourcing award, the user can trigger the creation of a purchase order, a contract, or a scheduling agreement in the ERP system.

  • The user can define that an E-Sourcing master agreement is created from the E-Sourcing award, which is then replicated in the ERP system as a contract or a scheduling agreement. In this case, changes to the replicated E-Sourcing system data are made in the E-Sourcing master agreement and distributed to the ERP system.

To provide the maximum possible transparency, the system writes the document numbers of the RFPs and master agreements created in the E-Sourcing system to the relevant ERP purchasing documents.

For more information about the integration of SAP ERP with SAP E-Sourcing On Demand Solution, see SAP Library for SAP Business Suite on SAP Help Portal at Start of the navigation path http://help.sap.com Next navigation step SAP Business Suite Next navigation step SAP E-Sourcing End of the navigation path .