Direct & Plan driven procurement question

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SRM 5.0 - Classical scenario.

I am pretty clear about the pre requisites and the process for Direct procurement and Plan driven procurement but I have few questions

1. Can I have direct procurement and Plan driven procurement by using Classic scenario?

2. How do I create shopping cart for Direct materials? - Is it ' Internal goods / services' option from the browser?

OR Direct & Plan driven procurement is the same ?

Can anybody explain to me what is the main difference between the two and how we create the shopping cart?

Thanks in advance and full points will be rewarded.

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J P

[Former Member]

Hi J.P,

These are some of the observations with reference to Direct procurement and Plan driven procurement which are in addition to the ones mentioned by claudia.

1. If you order the material as direct procurement while creating the shopping cart, (direct procurement tab) the cost assignment filed will not be displayed and the valuation happens based on the Valuation class (material master). The material gets received and stored in the storage location. So mentioning a storage location is mandatory in this case which is not the case if you order it as indirect material.

2. In case of Plan Driven Procurement ( PDP ) you can either order the material as direct or indirect (against cost center). For PDP the P.R is created in R/3 and is sent to SRM (sourcing cockpit). You will not create shopping cart again in SRM as it comes to SRM as external requirement.

If you are using classic scenario there is no point in using PDP as you will be ordering the requisition in R/3 as PDP best suits in case of ECS.

Hope this will give you a better picture. Any further clarifications are welcome.

Award points for suitable answers.

Rgds,

Teja