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Function documentation Integration of External Procurement Relationships  Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

Use

You can transfer external procurement relationships from the ERP system to the SCM system via the Core Interface (CIF). For more information on integrating the individual external procurement relationships, see:

      Integration of Purchasing Info Records

      Integration of Contracts

      Integration of Scheduling Agreements

Features

Initial data transfer

For the initial transfer of external procurement relationships from the ERP system to the SCM system, you create an integration model in the ERP system in which you specify which data is to be transferred to the SCM system. You then activate the integration model.

Note

In the ERP system, you can use contracts (centrally agreed contracts) and purchasing info records on a cross-plant basis simply by not assigning a plant. If you transfer such a centrally agreed contract or cross-plant purchasing info record to your SCM system, an external procurement relationship will be created for each plant of the relevant purchasing organization that exists in your SCM system.

Change transfer

If purchasing document or master data has changed, you can carry out a transfer of the changed data. To do so, from the menu of the ERP system, choose Logistics ® Central Functions ® Supply Chain Planning Interface ® Core Interface Advanced Planner and Optimizer ® Integration Model ® Change Transfer ® Master Data and set the Sources of Supply indicator. The system then transfers changes made to purchasing info records, contracts, and scheduling agreements to the SCM system. The transfer of changes may result in data that you have changed in the SCM system being overwritten.

Example

In the SCM system, you have an external procurement relationship for item 10 of scheduling agreement no. 5500000001 from your ERP system. In the SCM system, you change the planned delivery time for this external procurement relationship from 5 days to 3 days.

In the ERP system, the original planned delivery time is then changed from 5 days to 6 days. The changed planned delivery time is now transferred from the ERP system to the SCM system. The planned delivery time amounting to 3 days in the SCM system is overwritten by the planned delivery time that was changed to 6 days in the ERP system.

 

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