Cross company purchases in SRM 7.0

[Former Member]

Hi all,

We recently upgraded from SRM 5.0 to SRM 7.0.

Can anyone confirm whether we can configure cross company purcahses in SRM 7.0?

For SRM 5.0,I saw few threads which suggested use of BBP_DOC_CHANGE_BADi to change the purchasing group but in SRM 7.0 is this part of std configuration?

Pls advise.

Thanks for your time.

[Former Member]

Hi,

with the meaning of cross company purchasing, are you talking about the scenario where the purchaser belonging to a purchasing group of company A doing the buying activity for another purchasing group belonging to the company B? if it is so, then it can be taken care of in the org structure of SRM.

Thanks and regards,

Ranjan

[Former Member]

Yes.

I'm talking exactly abt the same scenario as you described Ranjan.

Can you exaplain more how cna it be handled in SRM 7.0 via org structure?

[Former Member]

Hi,

say below is the scenario:

A buyer belonging to the purchase organization X under company A can do purchasing for purchase organization Y under company B.

It can be achieved as below in the org structure:

1.Create company A in the org structure.

2.Create a Purchase organization X under A.

3.Create a purchasing group under the purchase org X.

4.Assign the buyer 1 under the purchasing group.

5.Create company B in the org structure.

6.Create a purchase organization Y under B.

7. Now, assign the org unit ID corresponding to the purchase organization Y under the responsibility of the purchasing group to which the buyer 1 belongs.

8. Now, the buyer 1 will be able to do purchasing for purchase org X and Y belonging to the different companies A and B.

I hope, it helps you.

Thanks and regards,

Ranjan

[Former Member]

Hi Ranjan,

I'm looking for below:

1.Create company A in the org structure.

2.Create a Purchase organization X under A.

3.Create a purchasing group "PGRP1" under the purchase org X.

4.Assign the buyer 1 under the purchasing group "PGRP1".

5.Create company B in the org structure.

6.Create a purchase organization Y under B.

7.Create a Purchasing Group "PGRP2" under PORG Y.

Now, the buyer 1 should be able to create a cart for company B but the PGrp in the cart should be PGRP2 belonging to company B.

Is this scenario doable w/o any custom development?

Pls advise.

[Former Member]

Hi,

A buyer cannot be assigned to two purchasing groups at the same time. Standard SAP SRM does not support it. As I mentioned. you can use the workaround mentioned in the previous memo.

regards,

Ranjan

[laurent_burtaire]

Hi,

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Can anyone confirm whether we can configure cross company purcahses in SRM 7.0?
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What do you mean by "cross company purchasing" ?

You buy some materials between plant A1 from company code A and supplying plant B1 from company code B ?

If so, there is no limitation for this kind of purchase, neither in SRM 5.0, nor in SRM 7.0

(...) 
For SRM 5.0,I saw few threads which suggested use of BBP_DOC_CHANGE_BADi to change the purchasing group but in SRM 7.0 is this part of std configuration?
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There is no link in SRM between company code and purchasing groups. Purchasing groups are only linked to Purchasing Organization with cardinalities :

1 Purch. Org : n Purch. Groups

1 Purch. Group : 1 Purch. Org

For more details regarding purchasing groups, see thread below:

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Regards.

Laurent.