SRM 4.0 Line Item SC Completion

[Mark Pyc]

G'day all,

I've made some progress from my last query in this area. I've now convinced
the customer that the SAP recommended way forward is for Early Buyer
Completion i.e. prior to the Approval WF commencing.

We will be implementing the Line Item Approval process (and yes I've been
thoroughly warned about how many OSS notes will be needed). My query now is
is it possible to have 'Line Item Completion'.

The situation will be that Buyers (agents for completion) will be determined
by material groups. Since there will be no restriction to prevent it there
will be cases where a cart will require completion by different buyers by
line item. I can find no reference in the help to suggest that this is
possible. Although I can send the Workitem for completion to multiple
buyers, it would still be only a single Workitem and a single buyer would
need to complete it in it's entirety. There can be an offline coordination
between the buyers, but I want to confirm if genuine line item completion is
possible.

FYI - the plan is to force all text items through completion as well as any
non-contracted catalogue items (a mini tender type process will take place
at this point). Sourcing cock-pit will not be used. Classic will be used
(not extended Classic).

Many thanks for any insights - although there is no points system here, I'll
happily reward with beer at the Spring ASUG conference.

Have fun,
Mark


On 3/7/06, Mark Pyc <mark.pyc at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> G'day Wuggers,
>
> The general recommendation (and the only way I've seen implemented) is
> to invoke the Buyer Completion WF for incomplete carts prior to
> Financial Approval. My current client is contemplating reversing this
> order so that Financial Approval will be confirmed before the buying
> group will be involved in completeing the cart.
>
> I understand that this will bring in the potential for changes at a
> late stage which will cause the cart to run back round the Financial
> Approval loop.
>
> Has anyone implemented such a scenario? What comments do you offer?
>
> I believe this desire has come as a result from the client previous
> experience in EBP 3.5 whereby incomplete carts were approved and then
> sent to the ECC/R3 backend as a requisition. Therefore buyer
> completion took place in the form of conversion from PReq to PO. In
> the new solution the intention is to perform buyer completion in SRM
> so that all carts are transfered as PO's. So although they are
> implementing a new process the desire is to keep the basic sequence of
> Approval prior to Buyer Completion.
>
> FYI - The intention is to use Classic rather than Extended Classic.
>
> Any comments??
>
> Somewhat less technically WF, has anyone implemented SRM Purchasing
> which handles EU Article 32 compliance for Public Purchasing?? This
> directive requires a mini-tender process where framework orders exist
> for the same Good or Service with multiple vendors. The proposed
> solution here is simply to invoke the Buyer Completion WF even though
> the cart will be technically complete.
>
> Again, any comments warmly welcomed.
>
> Have fun,
> Mark
>
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