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You use this business process to monitor contracts by using:

  • Different types of alerts or e-mail messages concerning particular events in SAP SRM

  • Reports in SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence (SAP NetWeaver BI)

  • Context-sensitive graphical reports in SAP SRM

Alerts and Messages

Examples of predefined, configurable events are:

  • The validity period of a contract is about to expire

  • The greatest possible release quantity will soon be reached

  • A new contract has been released

  • A purchaser has moved within the organization

  • The processing time for a contract has been exceeded

You can determine:

  • The type of alert or message the system should generate when a particular event happens, with an appropriate text and deadline for the event

  • Who in your organization should receive that alert or message

For more information, see SAP Help Portal at   http://help.sap.com   SAP Business Suite   SAP Supplier Relationship Management   Functions   Administrative Functions   SRM Alert Management  .

Reporting

Consolidated reports allow you to view the following in a hierarchical form:

  • All the purchase orders and invoices created against all the contracts in SAP SRM and SAP ERP systems

  • All the purchase orders and invoices created with all the suppliers in SAP SRM and SAP ERP

  • The product categories created in SAP SRM and SAP ERP

There is also a report where you can view the volume of spend released from purchase orders that were created with no reference to a contract.

For more information, see SAP Help Portal at   http://help.sap.com   SAP Business Suite   SAP Supplier Relationship Management   Functions   Central Contract Management  .

Context-Sensitive Graphical Reports

If you have activated the SRM, Analytics (SRM_ANALYTICS_1) business function and the Embedded Analytics for Purchasers (SRM_701_EMB_ANALYTICS) Customizing switch, a list of context-sensitive reports is available on a side panel. From there, you can drag a report into your work area whenever you want to perform an analysis on one or more contracts. The following graphical reports are available for the Contract Management work center:

  • Contract Compliance (SAP NetWeaver BI)

  • Contract Condition Compliance (SAP NetWeaver BI)

  • Contract Spend (SAP NetWeaver BI)

  • Maverick Buying (SAP NetWeaver BI)

  • Contract Essentials (SAP SRM)

  • Expiring Contracts (SAP SRM)

  • Contract Lifecycle (SAP SRM)

  • Alternative Sources of Supply (SAP SRM)

  • Upcoming Activities (SAP SRM)