Business Data Flow: Kanban
This section provides an overview of the business data flow for kanban – between SAP Supply Network Collaboration (SAP SNC) and the customer and supplier back-end systems. The figures show you the business data flow for the following variants:
Kanban without material requirements planning (MRP)
Kanban with MRP
The following figures give an overview of the business data flow from a business perspective. For more information about the data flow from a technical point of view, see Example: Message Flow for Kanban .
Business Data Flow: Kanban without Material Requirements Planning (MRP)
The process runs as follows:
The customer sends a kanban request from his or her back-end system to the SAP SNC system.
When the materials are ready for delivery, the supplier sends an advanced shipping notification (ASN) from the ERP system to SAP SNC, or creates a shipping notification in SAP SNC with the Web input.
SAP SNC sends the advanced shipping notification to the customer’s back-end system.
The customer confirms the goods receipt of the inbound delivery in the back-end system, and the information is transferred to SAP SNC.
Business Data Flow: Kanban with MRP
The business data flow for kanban with MRP is the same as for kanban without MRP. You can also transfer a scheduling agreement release as a forecast from the customer's ERP system to SAP SNC.