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 Sending ASNs from the Supplier System to SAP SNC

Use

The supplier can create an ASN in his or her back-end system and send it with a DespatchedDeliveryNotification directly to SAP Supply Network Collaboration (SAP SNC) in standard ASN processing. SAP SNC forwards the ASN ( DespatchedDeliveryNotification ) to the customer back-end system.

This function is not relevant for the service parts management scenario. For further information see Processing ASNs in Service Parts Management .

Note Note

Because there is no ASN integration with a supplier back-end system, we recommend that the supplier does not manually create or change ASNs in SAP SNC for a replenishment order. (Published ASNs are not changeable in the standard system anyway).

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Features

Forwarding the ASN to the Customer Back-End System

In the standard system, SAP SNC sends the DespatchedDeliveryNotification directly in the background. However, you can also change the configuration so that SAP SNC uses the Post Processing Framework (PPF) to send the DespatchedDeliveryNotification . For more information, see Publication of XML Messages .

Validation

SAP SNC validates the ASN. If the ASN is free of errors, SAP SNC publishes the ASN. If the ASN contains errors, the supplier must correct the ASN. In the standard system, incorrect ASNs receive the status Received (see also ASN Status ).

Confirmation Schedule Lines

Upon receipt of the ASN, SAP SNC creates confirmation schedule lines of the type ASN-Confirmed for the replenishment order item or purchase order item.

Product Determination Upon Receipt of an ASN

Upon receipt of an ASN ( DespatchedDeliveryNotification ) from the supplier back-end system, SAP SNC can execute product determination to determine the products that are relevant for replenishment planning from the supplier back-end product. For more information, see Product Determination .

Integration with an SAP ERP System

For suppliers with an SAP system as back-end system, we deliver a standard mapping that maps the DESADV.DELVRY03 outbound delivery IDoc to a DespatchedDeliveryNotification .

The ASN item contains the purchase order number and the purchase order item number. In the following order documents, the purchase order item number is a five-digit figure:

  • Purchase order in an SAP ERP system

  • Purchase order in SAP SNC

  • ASN in SAP SNC

The inbound delivery in an SAP ERP back-end system, however, saves the purchase order item number as a six-digit figure. When a goods receipt message is received for the ASN ( ReceivedDeliveryNotification ) from the customer back-end system, SAP SNC has to shorten the purchase order item number from the ReceivedDeliveryNotification from six digits to five digits. In the inbound message, there is an example implementation available for the /SCA/IF_EX_BIF_I_DESDLVRY~BEFORE_CONVERSION method of the BAdI /SCA/BIF_I_DESDLVRY; this example implementation creates a five-digit purchase order item number, by removing the leading zero.