Bid engine

[Former Member]

Hi experts

I am configuring the strtegic sourcing and shopping carts not complete I can see in Carry Out Sourcing, but I have some doudts:

What is Submit to Grouping ?

What is the action of the system if I clic 'Propose Sources of Supply '?

What roles the user need to have to create bids and live auctions out of the transaction Carry Out Sourcing?

Thanks

Nilson

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi

SAP Bidding Engine is part of the solution mySAP Supplier Relationship Management.

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_srm50/helpdata/en/56/c34e3c59bfe747e10000000a11402f/frameset.htm

Purchasers can use SAP Bidding Engine to create and process bid invitations and live auctions for products and services. Bidders can use SAP Bidding Engine to submit bids in response to these bid invitations and auctions.

You can make SAP Bidding Engine available for the following composite roles:

· Purchaser

· Operational purchaser

· Strategic purchaser

· Purchasing assistant

· Bidder


Role assignment is not delivered. To incorporate SAP Bidding Engine into the side menu, you need to adjust the roles. See Adjusting Roles in SAP Solution Manager under Configuration -> mySAP SRM 5.0 -> Basic Settings for Strategic Sourcing -> Organizational Configuration -> Adjusting Roles.

Important links to check out ->

Creating Bid (Manually, from requirements, in the application Carry Out Sourcing)

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_srm50/helpdata/en/5a/4cc5376848616ae10000009b38f889/frameset.htm

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_srm50/helpdata/en/d9/cbd33b8dca2c43e10000000a114084/frameset.htm

SAP Bidding Engine
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_srm50/helpdata/en/5a/4cc5376848616ae10000009b38f889/frameset.htm

Live Auctions
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_srm50/helpdata/en/77/ff7f4147581a09e10000000a155106/frameset.htm

Logging On and Requesting Users

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_srm50/helpdata/en/f7/2df2377a044c16e10000009b38f8cf/frameset.htm

Do let me know.

Regards

- Atul

[Former Member]

Hi

Submit to Grouping - If the source of supply is manually assigned in the sourcing cockpit and the user wants to submit this SC to grouping this has to be selected, so that PO or Bid Invitations will be created when the report BBP_SC_TRANSFER_GROUPED is executed.

The above can be automated with customizing in Sourcing in SPRO in <b>Define Sourcing for Product Categories</b>

Report BBP_SC_TRANSFER_GROUPED has to be excecuted periodically to convert the requirements into PO's or Bid Invitations.

Propose SoS - System will propose any SOS assigned...like, contract, info record, vendor list, and product linkages...

Roles - SAP_BBP_STAL_STRAT_PURCHASER & SAP_EC_BBP_ST_PURCHASER.

Rgds

Reddy.