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DECOUPLED SCENARIO

Former Member
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Hi all,

Can someone explain me what is the exact menaing/definition if DECOUPLED scenario in SRM???Anybody who has actually implemented DECOUPLED scenario???SRM books say that DECOUPLED means implementing all the 3 scenarios i.e. Standlone,Classic and ECS at the smae time....Can someone pls clarify....

Thanks

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Former Member
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Hi,

In decoupled scenario, you create and process the shopping cart directly in SAP Enterprise Buyer. The follow-on documents, such as purchase orders, goods receipts, and invoices, are also created in the SAP Enterprise Buyer system. In parallel with this, however, you can continue to procure goods and services using the materials management functions in your Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system.

This scenario suits customers who already have a productive materials management backend system, but wish to handle the procurement of some supplies locally and others within the backend system. This makes sense, for example, if you have already defined a communication interface, such as EDI, to a particular supplier.

Regards,

Nikhil

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Former Member
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HI,

Decoupled scenario means any two combination of classic, extended classic and standalone or all three.

Every scenario has its own advantages and limitations.

You will go for classic scenario when you already have strong backend MM practices and you need SRM system for self-service purposes.

You will go for Extended classic scenario when you want your purchasers to work in SRM system and you donot have any defined communication medium like EDI for few suppliers in MM system, you can quickly avail XML communication (which is easily understood by everyone) in SRM.

Standalone scenario you will go when you want to have entire procurement activities to be completed in SRM system (say in absence of MM system) or you want to avail the benefit of SRM-SUS collaboration.

Thanks and regards,

Ranjan

ricardo_cavedini
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Hello,

In decoupled scenario you are able to have both extended and classic scenarios together.

It is possible to implement this sceario through badi bbp_extlocalpo_badi.

Regards,

Ricardo