Ordering a direct material means ordering a product that will be received into stock. The Strategic Purchaser (SRM role: /SAPSRM/ST_PURCHASER) is responsible for strategic issues, such as creation of contracts, global outline agreements, and vendor lists.

The Operational Purchaser (SRM role: /SAPSRM/OP_PURCHASER) is responsible for daily work, for example, incomplete local purchase orders, sourcing processes, bids, and auctions. There are two different Purchaser roles in SRM: Please see the detailed information about PO customizing on the PO Customizing Wiki page. Some items are handled locally, while others are transferred to the ERP back end. This is not a scenario itself, but is a combination of more than one scenario, for example, a combination of the classic and standalone scenarios. This means that all follow-on processes, such as confirmation or invoice, have to be performed in SAP SRM Server. Your shopping cart items create local procurement documents only. Please read following KBA about this topic:Ģ487433 - Purchase Order transfer method in Extended Classic scenario The Standalone Scenario Goods receipts (confirmations) and invoices can be entered in SRM Server or in the backend.įor this scenario only RFC transfer is developed, no XML interfaces exist in SAP standard. The purchase order in SRM Server is the leading purchase order. If the data in the shopping cart is insufficient to generate a complete purchase order, the data is supplemented manually within SRM Server before being transferred to the back-end system. The purchase order is created locally within SRM Server. Technical scenarios related to SRM PO The Extended Classic Scenario Catalogue (external and internal catalogues).SAP SRM can handle various ordering scenarios

And the actual purchase order data is contained in the item details It contains header data with general information that refers to the whole purchase order, and item data relevant for individual purchase order items. The purchase order is either created automatically by the system from a shopping cart or manually by the purchaser. The present page provides a detailed overview of the Purchase order process in SAP Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) OverviewĪ purchase order is a document that records the quantity, time, and conditions under which a vendor or service agent is to deliver goods or provide a service to a requester.

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