Supplier List
Users can use a supplier list to search for sources of supply for their purchases. This supplier list is compiled by the purchaser for specific products or product categories and contains suppliers and back-end contracts. When the Open Partner Interface is connected, sourcing can also be extended to cover external supplier lists.
Integration
The supplier list is integrated into the Shop and Sourcing applications.
Prerequisites
The number range for the supplier list has been defined. For more information, see Customizing for SAP Supplier Relationship Management under SRM Server Cross-Application Basic Settings Number Ranges SRM Server Number Ranges Define Number Ranges for Supplier List.
Carry out the following settings in Customizing:
For the Shop application, you can specify that only the supplier list is to be used, or that the entries from the supplier list are displayed in an additional column in the original source of supply list.
In Customizing, see: SRM Server Sourcing Define Sourcing via Supplier List Only .
You can use a Business Add-In (BAdI) to define detailed criteria to display the supplier list.
In Customizing, see: SRM Server Business Add-Ins Sourcing Define Sourcing via Supplier List
Features
Purchasers compile supplier lists for their purchasing organization (or other purchasing organizations within their enterprise) on the basis of supplier evaluations, supplier master data, and contracts.
Supplier lists can be created for products or for product categories. Product supplier lists take precedence over product category supplier lists. Using hierarchically-assigned product categories (for example eCl@ss or UNSPSC) you can create a supplier list for a subtree of a product category hierarchy. This supplier list is valid for several product categories.
You can assign multiple release-authorized purchasing organizations to a supplier list. These purchasing organizations can use the suppliers selected in the supplier list as possible sources of supply.
When you create a supplier list, the system proposes the appropriate purchasing organization as the release-authorized purchasing organization. If you do not select a release-authorized purchasing organization, all purchasing organizations in the SRM System are assigned as release-authorized.
The following functions are available:
Release
SAP SRM only displays released supplier lists in the applications.
Hold
Check
Refresh
Display Sources of Supply
Possible sources of supply in the supplier list are:
Suppliers
Back-end contracts
You have the following options:
Assign suppliers that belong to the purchasing organization selected on header level.
Deactivate individual suppliers or back-end contracts within a supplier list. These are then no longer shown in the applications.
Search for contracts directly in the back-end system using the input help, and subsequently transfer them.
Process documents
In change mode, you can append internal notes, supplier texts, or other attachments to the supplier list on header and item level.
Activities
As a purchaser, you compile supplier lists for your purchasing organization. You can base these lists on supplier evaluation reports, supplier master data, and contracts.
Creating Supplier Lists for Products or Product Categories
Under Business Partner, follow the path Create Documents Approved Supplier List .
Enter the suppliers that you want to include in the supplier list.
You can use the search help. You can also search for suppliers in external lists and add these to your system. If necessary, enter existing contracts, items, and back-end systems. If you set a supplier to Inactive, it is not displayed when you use the supplier list.
Hold the supplier list or release it.
You can only release it if at least one active item exists.
Searching Supplier Lists
The following search criteria are available to you:
Purchasing Organization
Product Category
When searching for product categories, you can use the wildcard character * to search product category hierarchies also.
Product
The following additional criteria are available to you in the advanced search:
Description
Timeframe
Supplier
Status
Created by Me
Evaluating Suppliers
You can evaluate the supplier in the Detail Supplier List screen. The system then displays a questionnaire that you can complete and submit. The data can then be evaluated using SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence. For more information, see Supplier Evaluation.
More Information
Assigning Existing Sources of Supply
Sourcing via Supplier List
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