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  Processing Scheduling Agreement Confirmations

Use

The supplier can use scheduling agreement confirmations to inform the customer about when he or she can deliver which quantities. The customer can use scheduling agreement confirmations to plan in greater detail. In the time interval between the release date and the delivery date notified by an advanced shipping notification (ASN), the customer receives additional information about expected deliveries.

The supplier creates scheduling agreement confirmations for schedule lines of the current release on the Web user interface (Web UI) of SAP Supply Network Collaboration (SAP SNC). The supplier can create one or more scheduling agreement confirmations for a schedule line. A scheduling agreement confirmation, therefore, always refers to one specific release schedule line. The supplier uses several scheduling agreement confirmations if he or she does not want to deliver the quantity requested by the customer in the release schedule line all on one date, but rather divided over several dates.

If the supplier wants a scheduling agreement confirmation to be visible in SAP SNC for the customer, the supplier publishes the scheduling agreement confirmation. The customer can see the scheduling agreement confirmation in the release details.

In a service parts planning scenario where the customer generates scheduling agreement releases in collaborative management of scheduling agreement releases (CMDS) in SAP APO and sends them from SAP APO to SAP SNC, the supplier can also send a scheduling agreement confirmation to SAP APO.

Integration

Use Extended Confirmation Management (ECM) in the following cases:

  • If you want to update the status of scheduling agreement confirmations on the basis of ASNs

  • If you want to force the supplier to use confirmation requests for scheduling agreement confirmations

Prerequisites

  • In confirmation control , you have set scheduling agreement confirmations for the customer-supplier-product combination as optional (standard) or mandatory.

  • You have set up number intervals in the SAP SNC Web application menu, by choosing Start of the navigation path Master Data Next navigation step Number Ranges Next navigation step Supplier Confirmation Number Range Intervals End of the navigation path .

Features

A scheduling agreement confirmation is a stand-alone business object in SAP SNC that refers to one specific release schedule line. A scheduling agreement confirmation is different from a purchase order confirmation since a purchase order confirmation is a part of the purchase order and belongs to a purchase order item.

Web User Interfaces for Scheduling Agreement Confirmations

To display (customer and supplier) or to edit (supplier) scheduling agreement confirmations, use the Confirmations tab page in the release details. To display old versions of confirmations, use the history . You can call the history on the Confirmations tab page or in the Web application menu in Start of the navigation path Delivery Next navigation step Supplier Confirmation End of the navigation path . The receipts/requirements list displays published confirmations as receipts.

Until the supplier publishes a scheduling agreement confirmation, the customer cannot see it. The customer can only see the scheduling agreement confirmation on the Web UI of SAP SNC after the supplier has published it and it is in Published status. The supplier can no longer change a published confirmation.

Notes and Note-Only Confirmations

The supplier can create a note for a confirmation. The note can consist of a note reason predefined in Customizing and a manually-created text. A standard note is a note that only consists of a note reason. SAP SNC generates the alert type 7105 (application /SCA/ICH_NOTES, action profile /SCA/BOL_ORDER_NOTES, action /SCA/BOL_SACONF_NOTES) in the Post Processing Framework for a note. The supplier can create a scheduling agreement confirmation that acts purely like a note and has a quantity of zero. The supplier can use a note-only confirmation to inform the customer about why he or she currently cannot deliver.

Closing Scheduling Agreement Confirmations

When a new scheduling agreement release arrives, SAP SNC automatically sets the scheduling agreement confirmations that are no longer current to Closed . If necessary, the supplier must create new scheduling agreement confirmations for the release schedule lines. For more information, see Closing Scheduling Agreement Confirmations Based on Releases .

Validation of Scheduling Agreement Confirmations

To ensure that the supplier only creates and sends scheduling agreement confirmations that have valid data, SAP SNC puts scheduling agreement confirmations through a validation check. For more information, see Validation for Confirmations .

Scheduling

If you have only entered only a shipping date or only a delivery date for a confirmation, SAP SNC uses scheduling to determine the other date. Scheduling is performed by the validation check SCONF_SCHEDULE.

Functions on the Confirmations Tab Page

The following functions are available on the Confirmations tab page for creating and editing scheduling agreement confirmations:

  • Confirm, save confirmation, and draft confirmation

    You use these functions to create a scheduling agreement confirmation and to publish it or save it as a draft. For more information, see Creating Scheduling Agreement Confirmations .

  • Undo entries

    If you want to get rid of the changes that you have made since calling the tab page or since last saving, choose Undo . The system loads the data that was last saved.

  • Cancel confirmation

    If you want to cancel a confirmation, select the confirmation and choose Cancel Conf. When you save the confirmation, the system response depends on the status of the confirmation that you want to delete as follows:

    • If you cancel a confirmation in Draft status, SAP SNC deletes the confirmation.

    • If the confirmation has a different status, the system does not delete the confirmation. The confirmation receives Canceled status and can no longer be changed.

      SAP SNC does not display cancelled confirmations in the receipts/requirements list .

  • Check confirmation

    As standard, SAP SNC validates a confirmation when you save it as a draft or when you publish it. To call the validation directly, choose Check . This function validates all new and changed confirmations on the Confirmations tab page. For each confirmation, SAP SNC uses the validation profile that corresponds to the confirmation status with which the confirmation is to be saved later. If, for example, the confirmation is in To be Published status, SAP SNC uses the validation profile SCN1.

  • Publish confirmation

    You use the Publish Conf. function for a confirmation that you have already saved as a draft and that you now want to publish. The function can, therefore, only be used for confirmations in Draft status and not for confirmations in To be Published or To be Saved as Draft status. The function sets the status of the confirmation to To be Published .

  • Save confirmations and send to SAP APO

    See Sending Scheduling Agreement Confirmations to SAP APO .