Example: Collaboration History of a Purchase Order Item
The user interface (UI) add-on for purchase order collaboration for SAP Supply Network Collaboration (SAP SNC) offers the option to show the history of a purchase order item throughout the confirmation process.
Note
The collaboration history of the purchase order item can be displayed in card view only. A card represents one step in the confirmation process.
A successful confirmation process consists of at least two steps:
The request that the customer places in SAP SNC by creating a purchase order in their back-end system and transferring the purchase order to SAP SNC and to the UI add-on
The confirmation that the supplier creates as a response to the request
There are cases when the confirmation process has more than two steps, as in the following examples:
The customer changes the purchase order item before the supplier confirmed it. In this case, a new request is created in the system.
The supplier reconfirms an already confirmed purchase order item. That is, a new confirmation is created.
The supplier confirms the purchase order item with deviation, and the customer rejects the deviating confirmation. The customer resends the request, and the supplier confirms the new request. In this case there are several requests and confirmations.
The sequence of requests and confirmations forms the confirmation cycles. The confirmation cycle counter shows how many rounds of negotiations the confirmation process has taken so far. For example, in case the original request is confirmed, there is one confirmation cycle. In case the supplier reconfirms his or her previous confirmation, then there are (at least) two confirmation cycles.
Example 1: Original Request Confirmed
Confirmation Cycle: 1 | Confirmation Cycle: 1 |
Step Type: Request | Step Type: Confirmation |
Created By: Customer | Created By: Supplier |
Product: ABCD-12/345 | Product: ABCD-12/345 |
Quantity: 100 | Quantity: 100 |
Delivery Date: September 3 | Delivery Date: September 3 |
Example 2: Customer Changes Purchase Order Before Confirmation
Confirmation Cycle: 1 | Confirmation Cycle: 2 | Confirmation Cycle: 2 |
Step Type: Request | Step Type: Request | Step Type: Confirmation |
Created By: Customer | Created By: Customer | Created By: Supplier |
Product: ABCD-12/345 | Product: ABCD-12/345 | Product: ABCD-12/345 |
Quantity: 100 | Quantity: 100 | Quantity: 100 |
Delivery Date: September 3 | Delivery Date: September 1 | Delivery Date: September 1 |
Example 3: Customer Rejects Supplier’s Deviating Confirmation; Supplier Newly Confirms Purchase Order Item
Confirmation Cycle: 1 | Confirmation Cycle: 1 | Confirmation Cycle: 2 | Confirmation Cycle: 2 |
Step Type: Request | Step Type: Confirmation | Step Type: Request | Step Type: Confirmation |
Created By: Customer | Created By: Supplier | Created By: Customer | Created By: Supplier |
Product: ABCD-12/345 | Product: ABCD-12/345 | Product: ABCD-12/345 | Product: ABCD-12/345 |
Quantity: 100 | Quantity: 70 | Quantity: 100 | Quantity: 100 |
Delivery Date: September 3 | Delivery Date: September 3 | Delivery Date: September 5 | Delivery Date: September 5 |