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Technical Data

Technical Name of Business Function

SRM_SERVICE_PROC_1

Type of Business Function

Enterprise Business Function

Available As Of

SAP enhancement package 1 for SAP SRM 7.0

Technical Usage

SRM

Application Component

Enterprise Buyer (SRM-EBP)

Directly Dependent Business Function Requiring Activation in Addition

To use the contract handling for invoices functions, you must have activated the business function Procurement - SRM Integration 2 (LOG_MM_P2PSE_2).

You can use this business function to implement new functions or enhance existing ones in Service Procurement and Central Contract Management. This business function supports further integration with SAP ERP.

Note Note

You can revert this business function. To do so, perform the following steps:

  1. Check whether there are limitations at Customizing switch level. You can find this information in the business function description and in the documentation of the Customizing switch in Customizing for SAP Supplier Relationship Management. If there are no limitations, deactivate the Customizing switch or switches in Customizing for SAP Supplier Relationship Management.

  2. Run transaction Switch Framework Customizing (SFW5), select the business function, and deselect the Revertible checkbox. To do this, you need special authorizations.

  3. Save and activate your changes.

End of the note.

Note Note

If you do not deactivate all the Customizing switches assigned to a business function, a warning is issued.

End of the note.

Prerequisites

You have installed the following components as of the version mentioned:

Type of Component

Component

Is Needed Only for the Following Features

Software Component

SRM_SERVER 701

Enhancement Package

SAP enhancement package 5 for SAP ERP 6.0

  • Customizing switch Service Procurement (SRM_701_SERV_PROC_GE)

  • Customizing switch Central Contract Management (SRM_701_SERV_PROC_CCM)

Features

Service Procurement

You can enhance the Service Procurement function by activating the Customizing switch Service Procurement (SRM_701_SERV_PROC_GE) in Customizing for SAP Supplier Relationship Management under:   SRM Server   Cross-Application Basic Settings   Service Procurement   Activate Service Procurement Innovations  .

Note Note

You must activate the Customizing switch Service Procurement (SRM_701_SERV_PROC_GE) in the SAP Supplier Relationship Management (SAP SRM) and supplier self-services (SUS) systems.

End of the note.

Caution Caution

The Customizing switch Service Procurement (SRM_701_SERV_PROC_GE) is not compatible with Procurement for Public Sector (PPS), as PPS runs in extended classic mode and the Service Procurement business scenario in classic mode.

This Customizing switch is revertible with the following limitations:

  • You cannot revert it when you create documents with informatory lines.

  • You cannot revert it when you use an RFx as a starting point.

End of the caution.

The following features are available:

  • Park and hold for back-end purchase orders

    This function allows purchase orders to be created in parked or held status in the SAP ERP back-end system. The purchase orders can be created based on sourcing requests, RFx responses, or shopping carts in SAP SRM.

    For more information, see Park and Hold.

  • Contract Handling for Invoices

    You can create invoices with reference to contracts in the following ways:

    • Invoice with a direct reference to an SAP ERP contract or SAP SRM central contract

    • Invoice with reference to a limit PO item containing a reference to a contract

    • Invoice with a reference to a limit PO item without a contract reference with the option to reference a contract during invoice verification

    For more information, see Contract Handling for Invoices.

  • Transfer of informatory lines

    You can transfer informatory lines, which provide more detailed information in a service structure, from SAP ERP to SAP SRM, including supplier self-services.

    For more information, see Hierarchies.

  • RFx as starting point

    You can create RFxs with hierarchical structures directly in SAP SRM without a preceding purchase requisition in SAP ERP. The service hierarchy then correctly fills the contract or back-end purchase order.

    For more information, see Hierarchies.

  • Contract Limits

    You can transfer an SRM central contract available as a source of supply in SAP ERP from SAP ERP to supplier self-services to allow services to be entered against a contract limit using SRM-MDM Catalog.

    For more information, see Confirmation Processing.

Central Contract Management

You can enhance the Central Contract Management function by activating the Customizing switch Central Contract Management (SRM_701_SERV_PROC_CCM) in Customizing for SAP Supplier Relationship Management under:   SRM Server   Cross-Application Basic Settings   Service Procurement   Activate Central Contract Management Innovations  .

Caution Caution

The Customizing switch Central Contract Management (SRM_701_SERV_PROC_CCM) is not compatible with Procurement for Public Sector (PPS), as PPS runs in extended classic mode and the Service Procurement business scenario in classic mode.

It is revertible as long as you have not created central contracts using the HIER_SE template, as described in the Customizing for SAP Supplier Relationship Management under:   SRM Server   Cross-Application Basic Settings   Service Procurement   Activate Service Procurement  .

End of the caution.

You can do the following:

  • Use central contracts as follow-on documents for requirements with external services.

    For more information, see Sourcing.

  • Negotiate central contracts with service hierarchies through the SAP Bidding Engine.

  • Upload central contracts with service hierarchies to SRM-MDM Catalog.

    For more information, see Uploading of Central Contracts to the SRM-MDM Catalog.

  • Use SAP SRM central contracts as a source of supply for external services.

    For more information, see Central Contract Distribution.

  • Create central contracts from scratch in the system, or as follow-on documents of an RFx and distribute them to the back-end systems.

    For more information, see Central Contract Distribution.