Hi,
I’m working in SAP Ariba implementation project and our customer want to exchange Advance Shipment notice information with his vendors, but they don’t want inbound delivery creation in SAP ECC.
I explain it with more detail in next lines:

- Our customer wants to avoid inbound delivery creation in SAP ECC because don’t want to create GR through inbound deliveries. But they want to work with Advance Shipment Notices documents through Ariba Network (Buyer and Supplier). Below is an image of the process:

My questions are the following:
- Is it mandatory to create the inbound delivery when working with Advance Shipment Notice?
- Would it be possible to keep the Advance Shipment Notice information in Ariba Network (Buyer & Supplier) without integration with SAP ECC (avoid inbound delivery creation)?
Thank you very much for your help in advance.
Regards,