Reg..configure c-folder fuctionality for SRM

[Former Member]

Hi,

I would like to configure c-folder functionality for SRM, please send me the config doc or important settings for the same on my mail id (vijaymittal23@gmail.com)

BR,

Vijay Mittal

[khan_voyalpadusman]

hi,

please refer to the following --> for details

This can be found at the following help -->

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_srm50/helpdata/en/61/c3833cfa3dbc2ce10000000a114027/frameset.htm

--> open tree -->Creating Bid Invitations --> Integration with mySAP PLM cFolders

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Integration with mySAP PLM cFolders

Purpose

SAP Bidding Enginesupports integration with mySAP Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) cFolders 2.0 or higher. Once mySAP PLM cFolders has been installed, purchasers can create a folder there to store information and share it with potential suppliers. A template function is also available for both parties. This information includes, for example, specifications and design documents on particularly complex goods or services for which a bid invitation is being issued.

Bidders can store information about their offer in a private area of the folder. From here, it can be reviewed by the purchasing side and the bidder in question. Confidentiality is assured as the information is accessible only to those parties.

Prerequisites

· You have installed SAP Bidding Engine.

· You have installed and configured mySAP PLM cFolders Release 2.0 or higher.

· You have ensured that any users that are defined in both systems have exactly the same user name in each system. If this is not the case, the system is unable to identify which users are involved in which folders and bid invitations.

· You have established the RFC destination between SRM Server and mySAP PLM cFolders in the mySAP Supplier Relationship Management Implementation Guide (IMG) under SRM Server → Technical Basic Settings → Define RFC Destinations.

· You have defined the mySAP PLM cFolders system in the mySAP Supplier Relationship Management Implementation Guide (IMG) under SRM Server → Technical Basic Settings → Define Backend Systems. Here you have defined a logical destination using the system type PLM cFolder from Release 2.0 and the RFC destination you defined above.

We recommend that you install Single Sign-On so that you can switch more easily between the systems.

Process

The following figure shows the points of integration between mySAP PLM and mySAP SRM:

The purchaser creates a bid invitation in SAP Bidding Engine and then creates a collaboration for that bid invitation. The purchaser can do this under Collaboration in the Documents area of the Header data tab page in SAP Bidding Engine. When the purchaser chooses Create, a folder is set up automatically in a public area in cFolders, as part of the competitive scenario.

It is important at this point to save the bid invitation by choosing Held. If the bid invitation is not saved and subsequently gets lost, the link to the folder in cFolders will also be lost and you will be unable to retrieve it.

The purchaser goes to the collaboration in cFolders and invites the engineers on the purchasing side to place all the relevant design and specification information in the folder for potential bidders to view. Only the purchasing side can make changes to the public area of the folder.

When potential bidders access a bid invitation, they can see under Collaboration on the tab page Purchaser Information whether or not a folder has been created for that bid invitation. If it has, they can follow the link to the folder in the public area in cFolders, view the project information, and decide whether they wish to submit a bid.

Once a bidder chooses Create bid, a private area is created automatically in cFolders and all the data is copied from the public area to the private area.

In this private area, bidders can place all the information surrounding their offer, and revise and update it at any time.

The purchasing side determines a winning bid.

All project participants on both the purchasing and supply sides can access the work area in cFolders, and add to and correct the data until all parties have agreed on the final and binding specifications. Methods for working together include:

· Documents

· Bookmarks

· Data sheets

· Discussions forums

The link to cFolders is included in the bid and also in the follow-on purchase order or contract. The collaboration area remains open, allowing the purchaser and the supplier to fine-tune the design documents even after the winning bid has been determined.

See also

For more information on the functions offered by cFolders, see the documentation in the mySAP PLM cFolders application.

[Former Member]

Hi Vijay,

You can download all the guides from here:

https://websmp102.sap-ag.de/plm-inst

Forwarded one useful document on the same.

Regards

Kathirvel