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 SRM, Supplier Collaboration 2

 

Technical Data

Technical Name of Business Function

SRM_SUCO_2

Type of Business Function

Enterprise Business Function

Available From

SAP enhancement package 2 for SAP Supplier Relationship Management 7.0

Technical Usage

SRM_SERVER

Application Component

SRM-EBP-REP

SRM-EBP-BID

Required Business Function

SRM, Supplier Collaboration (SRM_SUCO_1)

You can use this business function to implement the improvements to RFx response submission outside the firewall. The improvements are the addition of bidder intent and surrogate bidding facilities.

Prerequisites

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

    Type of Component

    Component

    Required for the Following Features Only

    Software Component

    SRM_SERVER

    Not applicable

    Technical Component

    Supplier self-services (SUS)

    SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse (SAP NetWeaver BW)

    SAP NetWeaver Process Integration (SAP NetWeaver PI)

    Not applicable

Features

RFx Response Submission Outside Firewall Improvements

The following improvements have been made to RFx response submission outside the firewall:

Bidder Intent

Bidders can now indicate whether they intend to participate in a bidding event outside the firewall by using the bidder intent facility. They can choose from the following available statuses:

  • Participate

  • Do Not Participate

  • Tentative

Surrogate Bidding

Purchasers can submit RFx responses outside the firewall on behalf of bidders by using the new surrogate bidding feature.

To implement these improvements, activate the Customizing switch RFx Response Submission Outside Firewall Improvements (SRM_702_BID_DECOUPLING_IMPR) in Customizing for SAP Supplier Relationship Management under Start of the navigation path Supplier Collaboration Next navigation step Activate/Deactivate RFx Response Submission Outside Firewall Improvements End of the navigation path.

Note Note

The Customizing switch RFx Response Submission Outside Firewall Improvements (SRM_702_BID_DECOUPLING_IMPR) cannot be reverted.

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More Information

For more information, see SAP Solution Manager under Start of the navigation path SAP SRM Next navigation step Scenarios Next navigation step Strategic Sourcing with RFx Next navigation step Business Processes Next navigation step Processing Bids and RFx Responses in the Supplier System End of the navigation path.