Sourcing with several Contracts

[Former Member]

Hi Gurus,

I have a question that I can't solve reading the SAP SRM documentation.

Scenario: when user adds an item to shopping cart from MDM catalog, source of supply is searched and assigned if found.

Ok, I understand that if there is an unique contract for this product, the contract is assigned without problem, but if there are several contracts for this product, what does it happen? SRM assignes the "better" contract? if answer is affirmative, which criteria uses SRM? only lower price?

I know that there is a badi for help SAP to determine the Source of Supply but now I need to know how standard systems works.

Thanks in advance.

Raul

[Former Member]

Hi,

Purchasers use quota arrangements to determine if a particular requirement is expected of a supplier in a product or product category. If the sourcing result is ambiguous (for example, because there are several relevant quota arrangements), all of the possible sources of supply are displayed. The purchaser can then choose which of these is to be used to fulfill the Purchase Order (PO) and can create a PO against the relevant contract.

Regards,

Naga.