This section shows you how to:
Displaying the Source List
Displaying Changes to a Source List
Each change to a source list is logged. This provides an audit trail of changes.
The log shows:
To display the changes made to a source list, proceed as follows:
– Number of the material and the plant key (mandatory)
– User name of the person responsible whose changes you wish to display (optional)
– Date as of which the changes are to be displayed (optional)
Displaying the Source List for Several Materials
You can display the source list for more than one material. You can also maintain the source list from within the list display.
You can display the vendor or material master record that the selected source list record relates to by choosing Environment ® Material or Environment ® Vendor.
If you wish to change the source list record, choose Edit ® Source list on the source list you wish to change. The chosen source list record is displayed.
Simulating Source Determination
The source list is used to determine which source of supply is suggested for a purchase requisition item.
In the source list for a material, you can carry out a simulation showing which source would be suggested in a purchase requisition for the material on a certain date. In this way, you can check whether the source list records on which the process of automatic determination of the source of supply is based have been correctly maintained.
For more information on source determination, refer to the section
Optimized Purchasing.Types of Simulation
You can simulate the following:
Procedure
Extras
® Simulation ® Source list, if only the source list should be taken into account in the source determination process.Extras ® Simulation ® Source of supply, if outline agreements, info records, and quota arrangement should be taken into account in determining the source.
Press ENTER to display the effective source of supply (i.e. the source that the system would determine according to the source list or other procurement options).
Analyzing the Source List
Use the source list analysis option to list the materials of a plant for which no source list records exist within a certain period. In this way, you can determine for which materials source list records are missing in the case of plants with a source list requirement.
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Validity period: Enter the start and end dates of a validity period containing source list records for the specified material.–
Plants with source list requirement only: If you set this indicator, all materials of those plants that are subject to a source list requirement and which are incompletely maintained are displayed.–
Threshold value: All those materials in the chosen plants whose number of source list records is less than this value are displayed. This enables you to determine the materials for which few sources exist in the system.The materials whose source list records are incompletely maintained are displayed (in accordance with the selection criteria).