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 Trade, Integration with Commodities

 

Technical Data

Technical Name of Business Function

ISR_GLT_CMMINTEG

Type of Business Function

Enterprise Business Function

Available From

SAP Enhancement Package 7 for SAP ERP 6.0

Technical Usage

Global Trade

Application Component

Global Trade (LO-GT)

Required Business Function

  • Trade, Commodity Management 5 (ISR_GLT_COMMODITY_5)

  • Procurement Process for Commodities 2 (LOG_MM_COMMODITY_02)

  • Contract-to-Cash for Commodities 2 (LOG_SD_COMMODITY_02)

  • CM 2.0 Integration Logistics and TRM (LOG_TRM_INT_2)

Using this business function, you can integrate functions from Global Trade Management with Commodities:

  • Contract revaluation

  • Period-end valuation

  • Raw exposure update (Treasury and Risk Management TRM)

  • Pricing copy to purchasing-side follow-on documents

  • CPF integration

Logistical options in the trading contract and a contract processing monitor are also available with this business function.

In addition, you can use the following new roles for SAP NetWeaver Business Client (NWBC):

  • SAP_SR_CMM_GTM – Commodity Management Processing of Trading Contracts

  • SAP_SR_CMM_GTM_C – Commodity Management Processing of Trading Contracts, Purchasing and Sales

For more information about the roles, see Commodity Management Processing of Trading Contracts and Commodity Management Processing of Trading Contracts, Purchasing and Sales.

Integration

The following processes must be available and correctly configured:

  • Standard process for purchasing in SAP ERP

  • Standard logistics process for inbound delivery in SAP ERP

  • Standard process for logistics invoice verification in SAP ERP

  • Standard process for sales in SAP ERP

  • Standard logistics process for outbound delivery in SAP ERP

  • Standard process for billing in SAP ERP

Prerequisites

  • You have installed the following components as of the version mentioned:

    Type of Component

    Component

    Required for the Following Features Only

    Software component

    EA-GLTRADE 617, SAP_APPL 617

  • After activating this business function, you make – depending on which function you want to use – Customizing settings under:

    • Start of the navigation path Logistics - General Next navigation step Global Trade Management Next navigation step Trading Contract Next navigation step Logistical Options End of the navigation path

    • Start of the navigation path Logistics - General Next navigation step Global Trade Management Next navigation step Trading Contract Next navigation step Contract Processing Monitor End of the navigation path

Features

Contract Revaluation

Contracts can contain pricing conditions with floating prices. These prices or estimated values change daily and they are uploaded into the system daily, as price changes. You can use the report Revaluation of Logistics Documents (CMM_LREV) to carry out new pricing for contracts, to keep the prices up-to-date.

Period-End Valuation

You can use the report Period-End Valuation: Creation of Worklist (MEV_CREATE_WL). It enables you to create a worklist for a specific key date, from goods receipt items and goods issue items for which a final invoice amount does not yet exist, and anticipate the amounts for the final invoice items.

For more information, see Period-End Valuation.

Raw Exposure Update

You can trigger the update of a raw exposure for component Treasury and Risk Management (TRM), from trading contracts and precontracts. The prerequisite for this is the additional activation of business function LOG_TRM_INT_2.

Pricing Copy to Purchasing-Side Follow-On Documents

You can use the pricing copy function in purchasing-side follow-on documents.

You model your business process via trading contracts that each use a purchase contract as a direct follow-on document. When you create release orders or stock transport orders with reference to such a purchase contract, you can use Customizing to control whether price information should be copied directly from the trading contract.

CPF Integration

The trading contract can contain configurable parameters and formulas (CPF) as conditions. It is thereby integrated into the CPF pricing of components MM and SD. When a trading contract is released, the configurable parameters and formulas are bequeathed to the follow-on documents. The prerequisite for this is the additional activation of business functions LOG_MM_COMMODITY_02 and LOG_SD_COMMODITY_02.

Logistical Options

You can keep a record of optional logistical data in a trading contract, until the final logistical data has been defined. This selection option, when available in the trading contract, is described as a “logistical option” (LOPT). This flexibility on contract level enables the following:

  • Optimization of the logistical planning process

  • Simplification of the contract process

  • Avoidance of too narrowly-defined logistical data

For more information, see Logistical Options in the Trading Contract.

Contract Processing Monitor

You can use the contract processing monitor. It provides you with an overview of all relevant data for a trading contract:

  • Various views for header and items

  • Status overview for follow-on documents

  • Document flow

Furthermore, the monitor provides you with a flexible framework that enables you to integrate user-specific statuses and calculations. You can quickly and easily incorporate additional status information, by using user-defined classes and subscreens.

You can call the contract processing monitor not only as a separate report, but also as a jump from the transactions for displaying or changing a trading contract.

For more information, see the application help for report RWB2_CPM.

Constraints

By activating and using the content of a business function, databases are filled, process steps are executed, user interfaces are changed, statuses are set, and much more. Therefore, for technical reasons, the activation of this business function in a production system cannot be undone; otherwise irrevocable data inconsistencies could occur in the system.