Shopping cart Follow on doc- PR or in Sourcing Cockpit or Incomplete Local

[Former Member]

Hi Gurus ,

We are configuring SRM7.0 with ECC6 ( Ehp4) having Classic Scenario .

Confused over the the follow on document created if S/C is incomplete .

Currently we done below 2 settings in SRM IMG

1. 'Define Objects (purchase requisitions, reservations, purchase orders) in Backend System') : Always Ext Proc--> PO, if data incomplete then PR and

2. Sourcing-Sourcing is carried out for items without a source of supply.

My result of testing is , If SoS NOT assigned then in S/C goes in Sourcing Cockpit and If SoS assigned , but data is still incomplete (i.e. no price pick up from Contract or any...) than ECC PR genertes.....still not bad...

My requierment is , system should always create Requierment in Sourcing Cockpit, eventhough S/C is incomplete !

I guesses that by removing/deleting setting ''Define Objects (purchase requisitions, reservations, purchase orders) in Backend System') : Always Ext Proc--> PO, if data incomplete then PR " we can avoid PR in ECC...

Q1.If we do that then, but then how Classic PO will be created in ECC ? To create Classic PO, is this setting necessary ?

Q2.I also observed that when If S/C for Direct Material is there and it is incomplete or without SoS, then it creats "Incomplete Local PO"....what is the fact ?

Wiating for reply.

Thanks

Regards

NAP

Edited by: Narendra Patil_111 on Feb 1, 2011 8:36 PM

[Former Member]

Hi Narendra,

You only need to maintain the setting "Sourcing carried out if no source of supply". This will ensure that your SC reaches SOCO from where your purchaser can then assign a vendor to this cart and a PO will be created in your ECC.

Regards,

Nikhil

[Former Member]

Thanks .

Dop you mean, I don;t need to maintain any setting in Cross-Application Basic Settings Define Objects in Backend

System (Purch. Reqs, Reservations, Purch. Orders) , then whether Classic PO will craete in ECC ?

If yes, what will happen with S/C is have SoS assigned , but still incomplete due to some reason ?

Thanks

NAP

[Former Member]

The given piece of configuration is purely for classic scenario.

ithough you assigned a FIXED sos , after approval - the system takes decision what type of follow on docuement must be created like reservation ,PR, Purchase order etc..

This can be over riden by BADI target Object or create po back etc.

This setting decides just your follow on document what business wants...it controls internal procurement and external procurement upon product category and purchase group combinations.

enjoy madi narendra

the below links written by our mentor peter importance of follow on docuemnt analysis on your question how follow on documents are determined in SRM.

http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/SRM/Follow-ondocumentdetermination%28PR%2CPO%2CRS%29

[Former Member]

Sourcing Carried Out for Item Without Assigned SOurce of Supply

it is not about incomplete shopping cart - it talks about source of supply.

unless you assign a fixed vendor , the above option makes shopping cart to venture the Buyer cock pit.

If your cart does not have fixed source supply , the cart item goes to cockpit for BUYER action.

If the requester assign the fixed vendor , then system automatically creates a purchase order without intervention of BUYER.

Answering Q2 - since the system behaves as Extended classic scenario , the PO might be created with HELD status. Again BUYER action is required to final touch the purchase order.