Use

When the supplier publishes a work order with new and changed confirmation PIOs in SAP Supply Network Collaboration (SAP SNC), SAP SNC compares the confirmation PIOs of the supplier with the request PIOs of the customer. If the PIOs comply within the allowed quantity tolerances and date/time tolerances, SAP SNC accepts the confirmation PIOs. The system uses deviation analysis to determine deviations.

Prerequisites

You have defined quantity tolerances and date/time tolerances. For more information, see Deviation Analysis for Work Orders .

Features

If the confirmation PIOs match the request PIOs within customer-defined quantity tolerances and date/time tolerances, SAP SNC automatically accepts the confirmation PIOs (result: PIO type Accepted Confirmation , status IAGR) and cancels the request PIOs (result: PIO type Canceled Request , status CNCL). The PIO type of the accepted confirmation PIOs changes to Accepted Confirmation . The status changes to IAGR.

These changes at first have draft status (DRFT) following automatic approval. The customer must first publish the work order with these changes. SAP SNC therefore creates the Publish Changes action for the customer with respect to the accepted confirmation PIOs.

If the confirmation PIOs do not comply with the tolerances, the confirmation PIOs and request PIOs keep their status. In this case, the customer must react to the supplier's changes manually on the Web UI.