Kanban Master Data Transfer to SAP SNC

You use this report to transfer master data that you need for Kanban in SAP SNC from your ERP system to SAP Supply Network Collaboration (SAP SNC). You must create the master data for Kanban in SAP SNC before you can use Kanban in SAP SNC.

Recommendation

You can also create the master data manually in SAP SNC. However, as this is prone to errors, we recommend using the report.

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Integration

You use the report to run SAP SNC with SAP R/3 4.6C or higher as the ERP back-end system.

Prerequisites

Master Data in the ERP System

You have created the following master data in the ERP system:

Supply area (optional)
Kanban quantity (optional)
Number of kanban containers in control cycle (optional)
Control cycle (mandatory)
You have created control cycles. In particular, when you created the control cycle, you specified that the replenishment strategy should take place using external procurement. In Customizing for Production under KANBAN Replenishment Strategies Define External Procurement Strategies , you have set either Working with Purchase Orders or Working with Summarized JIT Call or both.
Reference fields (mandatory)
You must have created either a scheduling agreement and a scheduling agreement number or a purchase contract uniquely in the ERP system, so that the system can find the associated control cycle for data transfer.
Control cycle category (optional)
You can enter a control cycle category only for classic and event-driven Kanban. The control cycle category is used for information only in SAP SNC, for example, for printing. The field for this in SAP SNC remains empty if you have created other control cycle categories in the ERP system, or none at all.
Material (mandatory)
Ship-to location plant (mandatory)
Supplier (mandatory)
Kanban container product ID (optional)
The Kanban container product ID must be valid so that data transfer can take place without error.

System Connections and Partner Connections

You have set up the necessary system connections between SAP SNC and the ERP system.

Adaptation of the Report to Customer Needs

If you want to adjust the report to suit your requirements, you have implemented the Business Add-In (BAdI) Master Data Transfer for Kanban (ICH_KANBAN_MD). For more information, see Customizing for Integration with Other SAP Components under Start of the navigation path Supply Network Collaboration/Inventory Collaboration Hub Next navigation step Business Add-Ins (BAdIs) BAdI: Master Data Transfer for Kanban End of the navigation path .

Features

Transferred Data

You use this report to transfer the following data from the ERP system to SAP SNC.

Supply area (including person responsible)

Note
To transfer the supply area description text, you must have installed SAP ERP 2005 support package 2 and SAP R/3 Plug-In 2004.1 support package 11.

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Kanban quantity
Number of kanban containers in control cycle

Note
To transfer the number of blocked kanban containers in a control cycle, you must have installed SAP ERP 2005 support package 2 and SAP R/3 Plug-In 2004.1 support package 11.

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Control cycle
Reference fields (scheduling agreement with scheduling agreement number or purchase contract)
Control cycle category
Material
To be able to use Kanban in SAP SNC, you must create a material in the ERP system and transfer it using APO Core Interface (CIF) to the SAP SNC System.
Ship-to location
Supplier
Kanban container product ID

Options for Executing the Report

You can set various options for executing the report.

Transfer Type

You can choose between the following transfer types:

Complete update (with deletion)
The system completely updates the data in the SAP SNC database, and also deletes data. Note that the system only transfers control cycles for external Kanban. Kanbans that are transferred from one warehouse to another are not included.
Complete update (without deletion)
The system updates all data in the SAP SNC database, but does not delete any existing data.
According to selection parameters
The system only updates the data that you have specified in the selection conditions, and does not delete any data.

Control Cycles

You can decide which control cycles the system transfers. To do this, you choose between the following control types:

Purchase orders
Purchase orders and summarized JIT calls (only with DIMP system)

Technical Settings

Enter the name of the logical system to which you want to transfer the data. This is the logical system that you have set up in the ABAP connection of the systems.

When you select the Check Transportation Lane checkbox, the ERP system checks whether there is at least one transportation lane in SAP SNC between one of the supplier's plants and the customer's ship-to-location.

Address Transfer

You can choose between the following options:

Transfer address from the master data in the production supply area (PSA)
You enter the address of the PSA when you create the production supply area in the ERP system.
Transfer address of the person responsible for the production supply area
You enter the address of the person responsible for the PSA in Customizing for Materials Management under Consumption-Based Planning Master Data Define MRP Controllers .
Do not transfer any addresses

If you select the Termination if Address Missing checkbox, the report terminates if the system cannot determine an address.

Transfer of PSA Descriptions

You can also use the report to transfer the descriptions of the production supply areas (PSA descriptions) to SAP SNC. If you select the Delete SA Descrs Not Required checkbox, all PSA descriptions that are not required in SAP SNC are deleted in SAP SNC.

You can specify which languages you want to take into account. If you do not enter any languages, the PSA descriptions are transferred in all languages. If you transfer PSA descriptions in certain languages only, all existing PSA descriptions in other languages remain in SAP SNC.

Example Example

If you transfer an updated PSA description for the German language only, the English PSA description remains unchanged in SAP SNC.

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Log Creation

The system can check whether there is a transportation lane between a supplier plant and the customer's plant each time data is transferred. The system also determines the customer on the basis of the data entered. The system writes any errors that occur during these checks in a log and displays the log.

You have the following options for log creation:

Ask user
In this option, the system asks the user whilst the log is being created whether the log should be saved.
Never save log
Always save log

Note

You can call the existing logs. On the SAP Easy Access screen, choose Tools ABAP Workbench Development SAP Business Workflow Utilities Application Log Application Log: Display Logs and then enter the object ICH_KANBAN with subobject MD_TRANSMIT.

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Database Update in SAP SNC

The ERP system firstly transfers the data into the SAP SNC system without updating it. The system then checks the data and generates a log. Depending on the report settings, the system then reacts as follows:

Ask user
The system generates a user query asking whether the data in SAP SNC should be saved.
Never (test run)
The system only allows a test run. This means that the data is not saved after checking.
Automatically
The system always saves the data in the SAP SNC database automatically.