SRM addon with Contract Management

[Former Member]

SRM Gurus,

We are in the verge of installing SAP SRM system. Our main focus will be on :

1. SSP

2. Contract Management

3. Catalog Management

Please clarify what are the pros and cons of using SRM as ADD-on or SRM as seperate instrance.

If we can use contract management with SRM addon as a leading contract system without creating them in ECC6.0

Kaushik

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

The SRM AddOn is targeting on customers that are aiming on a simple procurement scenario, do not yet use mySAP SRM, are using only one Backend (ECC) system and aim to install SRM with a low TCO.

The following scenarios are released within the SRM AddOn:

• Service Procurement (local deployment)

• Self-Service Procurement (classic deployment)

• SUS in connection with both scenarios mentioned above

• Catalog Content Management

This also includes:

• operational usage of contracts (e.g. for the assignment of sources of supply)

• RFP - as far as known from the Temporary Labor scenario

Please be aware that the following deployment and migration constraints apply:

• ERP 2005 with SRM as an add-on does not support any multiple-backend functions or hub deployment for procurement

• Upgrade or migration from an existing SRM system to ERP 2005 with SRM as an add-on is not supported.

• SAP does not offer migration paths from an SRM AddOn deployment to a deployment with a standalone SRM system.

• The extended classic deployment is not supported.

• The SRM as an add-on is only supported in the release combination ERP 6.0 and SRM 5.0. Other release combinations are not supported. Also future SRM releases will not run as an add-on on ERP 6.0

for more info

Read note 963000

and thread

BR

Dinesh

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Dinesh,

I have seen this note but this doesn't solve our purpose.

Need more information to go with either SRM addon or seperate machine

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

In continuation to my previous message we dont even run SAP HR. How can we create dummy org structure in SRM addon for workflow approval.