Landscape for implementing Recipe Management

[Former Member]

Hello All,

Can someone kindly guide me as what's the recommended Landscape for Recipe Management, for example should two different ECC clients should be mantained ?, Recipe Management Recipes/Specifications stored in first 'source box' and Supply Chain data like BOM and Master Recipe stored in target box (basically creating bom/master recipe using transformation process from source box) ???. Kindly please throw some light and also how data is distributed between the two clients. Is Material Master first created in Supply Chain Box (target box), than ALE'd to source box, where it can be linked to Specifications??

Kindly let me know if I am thinking in correct direction, and also how to connect the 2 boxes?

Thanks in advance.

Sachin

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Sachin,

I think u r right abt the path proposed. However, i am adding few lines further. When implementing ALE functions it has to be ensured that the SAP system is implemented in a well structured way in both clients. Also it has to be ensured that during installation of ALE, the specification global settings and process functions are not altered in any way.

If ALE business processes are supported, functions and processes must be defined on a cross-system basis. The message types exchanged between the systems are defined in the distribution model. To implement the distribution of business application processes and functions using ALE it is indeeded to construct a logical Distribution Model of the whole system.

Within the framework of this configuration, customers can specify which applications are to run on which systems and which messages are to be exchanged between the applications. For example the Master data distribution for logistics is .

You can specify the relationships between logical systems, message types, BAPIs and filters in the distribution model. Applications and the ALE layer use the model to determine receivers and to control the data distribution.

For more information about maintaining the distribution model see the Customizing Implementation Guide (IMG):

Application Server - IDoc Interface/Application Link Enabling (ALE): Modeling and Implementing Business Processes and Maintaining the Distribution Model

Go thru the link for clarity on the implementation of IDoc interface/ electronic data interchange between the clients and master data.

[http://help.sap.com/erp2005_ehp_04/helpdata/EN/72/c18ee5546a11d182cc0000e829fbfe/frameset.htm]

[http://help.sap.com/erp2005_ehp_04/helpdata/EN/dc/6b7f5643d711d1893e0000e8323c4f/frameset.htm]

thank U,

mahesh