Vendor as Source of supply in ECS

[former_member359989]

Dear Friends,

We have activated ECS and while creating SC there is no option available to selected Vendors as valid source of supply. Vendors are been downloaded from R/3. We have also observed the in Limit Shooping Cart Suppliers can be selected from general Vendor. Vendor list displayed as valid source of supply.

Is this a standard behaviour that vendors cannot be Valid Source of supply in ECS?

Or am i missing some thing.

Regards,

Sandeep

[former_member359989]

Friends,

Any help!!!

Sandeep

[former_member183819]

Hi Jotin

Hope that you can see the items in the shoping card in the limit sc click the details (under action ). you can get the expand sc and you can assign source of supply if you want for a item.

regards

Muthu

Edited by: Muthuraman Govindasamy on Sep 25, 2008 10:09 AM

[Former Member]

Hi,

You can search & add the vendor in the sources of supply tab, preferred vendor field.

Vendors are automatically determined when there is a contract (for the item or the pdt category), vendor list or info reacord.

Rgds,

MJ

[former_member359989]

Muthu,

Thanks for your response.

The way in which we can select general vendors as source of supply in Limit Shopping Cart. I am not able to select general vendors in shopping cart in extended classic scenario. Business requirementment is shopper should be able to select vendor in source of supply section. But here in ECS we could only find Vendor list as valid source of supply. There are no contract in SRM.

Is it possible to select general vendors in ECS shopping cart?

Sandeep

[former_member359989]

Dear MJ,

Do you mean to say if we enter value in Preferred vendor field then system will create PO as follow-on document? if you mean this then system does not create PO. Preferred vendors are not considered as Valid Source of Supply in Shopping Cart. Shopper can recommend vendor by mainting preferred vendor. SC will further go for sourcing cockpit where preferred vendor will appear as default vendor.

Correct my understanding.

Sandeep

[Former Member]

Hi Sandeep,

You are correct! when you manually keyin the vendor ID, the shopping cart is either routed to the sourcing cockpit or a PO is created with status "Held". This depends on the sourcing setting for the Pdt category (sourcing always required or sourcing only reqd when source of supply doesn't exist in the shopping cart). The Held POs can be processed by the Purchaser from the Process PO transaction to add the preferred vendor as the regular vendor on the PO.

Normally, catalog items, contract & vendor list are considered as regular or fixed sources of supply. You may use Doc change BADI to force the system to traet the preferred vendor as Fixed vendor.

Rgds,

MJ

[former_member359989]

MJ,

Exactly this is what is happening.

But my question if Vendor is treated as Valid source of suppply for Limit Shopping Cart then why it is not designed to select vendor as valid source of supply for normal shopping Cart in ECS. This is something which is disturbing me.

I agree we can achive business requirement via doc change badi.

Sandeep

[Former Member]

Hi Sandeep,

Its a good question!!

I can answer to the extent i know, may be experts can add to it further.

Limit functionality is generally considered as an extended shopping functionality. It is under the central purchasing & very Roles (Purchaser, secretary) incorporate it. Perhaps, this is the reason why it doesn't have to go in for one round of scrutiny as for as Supplier is concerend.

Rgds,

MJ

[former_member359989]

Thanks MJ,

I do agree with your answer. It make sense.

Thanks

Sandeep

[Former Member]

Hi Sandeep,

You may close the link as answered if you are ok with the answer.

Rgds,

MJ

[former_member359989]

Answered.

[former_member183819]

Hi Jotin,

I concur Jotin . There is no source of supply folder in limit sc . since we have given as a VENDOR field as a supplier.We have in limit SC Contaract folder instead of source of supply tab.As akash told check partner function 39 to 19 written some where in BBP_DOC_CHANGE_BADI through the IT_PARTNER interface table.

regards

Muthu