SAP SRM Evaluation in small med Aerospace/Engineering

[Former Member]

Hello, we're evaluating SAP SRM for our company. Like many the dream of bringing suppliers closer and having more control over the porcesses is tempting. About half of the procurement processes are for standard bits off catalogue and the other half are for custom made engineered products. Most of our problems come from the latter catergory. Our QUality process is therefore central to our procurement.

Has anyone used SRM Procurement in relation to their quality processes? We use QC in SAP after post goods receipt , but we also would like to involve our supplier and QC department on a portal while the piece is being made if supplier has a problem, he can notify us and then our QC team can make a judgement on this problem and communicate this.

I think our company is a lot lilke the Aerospace industry or like small-series Engineering. Maybe you evaluated other solutions? I'd like to know

Thanks Experts!

Philip

[former_member183819]

Supplier Evaluation

You can use this business scenario to evaluate your suppliers on the basis of Web-based surveys. To meet your specific requirements, you can configure individual surveys and questionnaires, select the criteria that you want to evaluate, and stipulate when the evaluation is to take place. After the data has been transferred to SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence (SAP NetWeaver BI), several reports are available to help you to analyze the result, select suitable suppliers and negotiate best conditions.

With the Supplier Survey Cockpit, you can create and distribute surveys. You can monitor incoming responses and send reminders to those who did not reply.

SAP Supplier Evaluation is also integrated into the following SAP Supplier Relationship Management (SAP SRM) applications:

Confirmation

Invoice

Supplier list

SAP Supplier Evaluation is used with the confirmation and invoice applications to evaluate day-to-day activities on the basis of operational documents. It is also applicable with the supplier list to improve the strategic and long-term supplier relationships.

Prerequisites

You can implement this business scenario with different releases of the relevant application components. However, only certain combinations are valid. For more information, see:

SAP SRM Master Guide on SAP Service Marketplace at http://service.sap.com/instguides

Scenario & Process Component List on SAP Service Marketplace at http://service.sap.com/scl

Information about supplier evaluation and associated reports in BI is described in the NetWeaver Documentation at http://help.sap.com SAP NetWeaver BI Content SAP NetWeaver 7.0 BI Content Supplier Relationship Management Supplier Evaluation

Process

The following business process runs in SAP BI:

Evaluating and Monitoring of Supplier Performance

Evaluating and Monitoring of Supplier Performance

Purpose

You can use this business process to evaluate suppliers using questionnaire-based surveys. In the Supplier Survey Cockpit you can easily create surveys and distribute them via e-mail. You define which suppliers should be evaluated, who should participate in the evaluation and which questionnaire should be sent out. You can monitor incoming responses and send out reminders to those who have not responded.

Supplier Evaluation is also used with the confirmation and invoice applications to evaluate day-to-day activities on the basis of operational documents:

· Triggered when entering a confirmation in SAP Supplier Relationship Management (SAP SRM)

· Triggered when entering an invoice in SAP SRM

It is also applicable in conjunction with the supplier list in SAP SRM.

Prerequisites

A questionnaire has been created using the SAP WebSurvey tool. Data has been extracted to SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence (SAP NetWeaver BI) for reporting.

Process Flow

1. Create questionnaire (SRM Server)

2. Define Evaluation process (SRMServer)

3. Capture and consolidate internal data (SAP NetWeaver BI)

4. Capture evaluation data from external sources (SAP NetWeaver BI)

5. Analyze supplier performance (SAP NetWeaver BI)

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