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Procedure documentationManaging Supplier Hierarchies

 

You can use supplier hierarchies to represent dependencies between suppliers. You can represent supplier structures for multiple purposes, for example, for legal or management purposes.

Features

  • You can create a top-level supplier and add subordinate suppliers.

  • You can navigate directly to suppliers to view their master data.

Limitations

  • You cannot use the same supplier twice within the same supplier hierarchy.

  • You cannot add a supplier to several supplier hierarchies of the same hierarchy type.

Prerequisites

You have created the suppliers you want to use in your supplier hierarchy.

Procedure

Proceed as follows:

  1. Log on to the system as a Category Manager.

  2. Under Supplier Portfolio, click Supplier Hierarchies.

  3. Click Create to create a supplier hierarchy. A new screen is displayed.

  4. Under Basic Data, select a hierarchy type.

  5. Select the top-level supplier. You create your supplier hierarchy downwards starting with this supplier.

  6. Click Add Supplier to add as many suppliers as required below the top-level supplier. Note that if you want to delete a supplier, you also delete all subordinate suppliers.

  7. Save your changes. On the Supplier Portfolio screen, the newly created supplier hierarchy is displayed on the Hierarchies tab.

More Information

Required Role

You have been assigned the Category Manager role.

Required Business Function

SLC, Supplier Portfolio Management

Customizing

The following activities are relevant in Customizing for SAP Supplier Lifecycle Management under Start of the navigation path Buy Side Next navigation step Supplier Portfolio Management Next navigation step Supplier Hierarchies End of the navigation path:

  • Enable Supplier Hierarchies

  • Define Number Ranges for Supplier Hierarchies

  • Define Hierarchy Types