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Background documentationManaging Supplier Master Data with SAP Supplier Lifecycle Management

 

You can set up a system landscape in which SAP Supplier Lifecycle Management is the leading system, that is, the system in which supplier master data is managed centrally and is consolidated. RFC connections are used for communication between this system and the back-end systems.

Note Note

You can deploy SAP Supplier Lifecycle Management either in standalone mode, on top of SAP Supplier Relationship Management (SAP SRM), or on top of SAP ERP without Customer Vendor Integration (CVI).

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Prerequisites

Buy-Side Settings in SAP Supplier Lifecycle Management

  • You have activated the business function SLC, Supplier Portfolio Management (SMC_SUPPL_DATA_MGT_1).

  • You have created purchasing organizations and account groups for the distribution of supplier master data to SAP ERP back-end systems, and purchasing organizations for the distribution of supplier master data to SAP Supplier Relationship Management (SAP SRM) back-end systems.

  • You have connected the buy side of SAP Supplier Lifecycle Management to the sell side using either SOA or RFC communication. You do this in Customizing for SAP Supplier Lifecycle Management under Start of the navigation path Buy Side Next navigation step Basic Settings for SAP Supplier Lifecycle Management Next navigation step Cross-System Communication End of the navigation path. We recommend that you first read the information contained in Note About RFC and SOA Activities on the Buy Side.

  • You have connected the buy side of SAP Supplier Lifecycle Management to the back-end systems using RFC communication. You do this in Customizing for SAP Supplier Lifecycle Management under Start of the navigation path Buy Side Next navigation step Basic Settings for SAP Supplier Lifecycle Management Next navigation step Cross-System Communication Next navigation step Create RFC Connections End of the navigation path.

Sell-Side Settings in SAP Supplier Lifecycle Management

  • You have activated the business function SLC, Supplier Data Maintenance (Sell Side) (SMC_SUPPL_SMNT_OFW_1).

  • You have connected the sell side of SAP Supplier Lifecycle Management to the buy side using either SOA or RFC communication. You do this in Customizing for SAP Supplier Lifecycle Management under Start of the navigation path Sell Side Next navigation step Basic Settings for SAP Supplier Lifecycle Management Next navigation step Cross-System Communication End of the navigation path. We recommend that you first read the information contained in Note About RFC and SOA Activities on the Sell Side.

Settings in the Back-End Systems

  • You can perform the following activities in Customizing for the integration component for SAP ERP under Start of the navigation path Integration with Other mySAP.com Components Next navigation step SAP Supplier Lifecycle Management Next navigation step Supplier Integration End of the navigation path:

    • Define Duplicate Checks for Supplier Master Data Transfer

    • Define Maximum Number of Duplicates Allowed

    • Control Update of Supplier Master Data

    • Differentiate Credit Information No. and Dun&Bradstreet No.

  • You can perform the following activities in Customizing for the integration component for SAP SRM under Start of the navigation path Integration with Other mySAP.com Components Next navigation step SAP Supplier Lifecycle Management Next navigation step Supplier Integration End of the navigation path:

    • Define Duplicate Checks for Supplier Master Data Transfer

    • Define Maximum Number of Duplicates Allowed

    • Control Update of Supplier Master Data

Process

  1. You perform an initial upload of suppliers from the SAP ERP, SAP SRM, and supplier registration systems using the reports Initial Upload of Supplier Master Data from an SAP ERP System, Initial Upload of Supplier Master Data from an SAP SRM System, and Initial Upload of Supplier Master Data from a Supplier Registration System (ROS).

  2. You create suppliers in SAP Supplier Lifecycle Management:

    • Back-end systems

      The supplier master data is transferred through the Distribution Cockpit.

  3. You change suppliers in SAP Supplier Lifecycle Management:

    • Sell side

      The supplier master data is transferred automatically.

    • Back-end systems

      The supplier master data is transferred automatically.

More Information

Managing the Supplier Portfolio