SAP SNC Release Process - Need your help

[sourabh_jain66]

Hi Experts,

I am new to SNC and learning, can somebody please explain me SNC Release Process.

Also what are the key points to take care of while designing the system.

Rgds

Sourabh

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Sourabh,

The Release process is a supplier collaboration scenario in SNC. It is used in conjunction with Scheduling Agreement functionality in SAP ECC and simplifies replenishment of material stocks at a company’s site.

A Scheduling Agreement is an outline agreement (contract) between a customer (partner implementing SNC) and a supplier specifying the total quantity of the products that a supplier is to deliver to the customer in a specific time period along with the price.  The customer performs exact planning (MRP run) at regular intervals in the ERP system and determines what exact demand quantities are to be released from the scheduling agreement on certain dates.  These releases are then sent over to SNC, where the supplier through the Web UI gets visibility to quantities in commitment levels based on the planning time fences defined for the material.

The supplier can react / perform the following actions with regards to an SA Release from SNC:

1. Release Details: They can call up the Release overview / details screen and check the Schedule lines of the release. SNC also provides a provision to send a Alert notification to the supplier in real time on receipt of new releases from ECC system.
2. Release Comparison : They can compare the differences between older and newer ‘release updates’ and print or download the release update details
3. ASN Creation : They can respond to the requirements in the releases by creating ASN’s which will update the Customer’s ECC system with Inbound deliveries.

For more details refer to the following help.sap links:

Release Process Overview:

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_snc700_ehp02/helpdata/en/58/6e35406ee32e34e10000000a155106/frameset.htm

Message Flow Diagram:

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_snc700_ehp02/helpdata/en/42/fcf2fa7e741aa2e10000000a422035/content.htm

Regards,

Bharath

[sourabh_jain66 · Accepted solution]

Hi Bharath,

Thanks for your time, can you please let me know what are the steps involved in release process.

Rgds

Sourabh

[Former Member]

Hi Sourabh

The process is very well explained in the below link:

SMI | SAP SNC Notepad

Here you will get more process which can help you a lot

Regards

shailesh