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Supplier Workplace ( RELNISAUTO_SIC_20_SIC )

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Supplier Workplace

Scope of Functions

As of Release 2.0, the SAP Automotive System includes the Supplier Workplace. The supplier can use this Web application to check data about the material procurement process in the manufacturer's system over the Internet. In some functions the supplier can also enter data. The function is of particular interest to trade partners, who have no EDI connection. The Internet technology enables them to access information in a customer's system, that is the manufacturer, without time delay.

The functions in the Supplier Workplace are shortened and simplified versions of some standard R/3 applications as well as specific Automotive functions from the SAP Automotive System.

The Supplier Workplace includes the following functions:

• Purchasing document information: The system displays business data such as terms of delivery and payment, for example, scheduling agreement, validity dates, target quantity and target value. It also displays logistical data such as underdelivery and overdelivery tolerances for each purchasing document.

• Price information: The supplier can view the price agreements, which exist between the supplier and the customer, such as surcharges, discounts and freight costs. The gross price, net price and effective price are displayed. The user can also run a price simulation for the scheduling agreements, whereby quantity and date are varied.

• Scheduling agreement releases: The supplier gets information from the manufacturer about quantity and delivery dates of ordered products from the scheduling agreement releases. The system displays JIT delivery schedules and forecast delivery schedules and the respective schedule lines for each purchasing document. The supplier can confirm the scheduling agreement releases over the Internet.

• Goods receipt history: The supplier can use the Internet application to analyze the goods receipts entered and to compare them with deliveries. Goods receipts are entered for purchase orders and can be viewed through the respective purchasing document in the Supplier Workplace.

• Credit memos: The supplier can use this function to check the settled quantities and values for deliveries. The system displays invoices for purchasing documents that have been entered manually or have been created by automatic goods receipt settlement or by the test self-billing procedure.

• Packing instructions: The supplier can access the manufacturers' packing instructions in the manufacturer's system over the Internet and compare them with the data in the supplier's system. If necessary, the supplier's system is updated. The packing instructions for the scheduling agreement or for the purchase order are accessed. The system displays one or more packing instructions for each purchasing document. In a detail screen, the user can get more precise information such as the type of handling units that were used.

• Shipping notifications: The manufacturer usually receives shipping notification over EDI or as a fax, which is then entered into the manufacturer's system as an inbound delivery. Alternatively, the supplier can create, change or display shipping notification using this Internet application.

• Tracking: The Tracking component in the Automotive System processes information about the place and timing of a delivery for a shipment in a shipping notification and calculates the arrival time. The supplier can use the Internet application to enter or update tracking information such as arrival and departure times in the shipping notification.

• JIT delivery schedule: This delivery schedule is a special Automotive function. The manufacturer uses this to transmit information about the materials to be delivered to the supplier or sub-supplier. The supplier or sub-supplier can access information on the manufacturers' requirements by displaying JIT delivery schedules in the Internet application. The supplier/sub-supplier has access to all relevant data such as delivery schedule components, delivery time, sequence and unloading point. For the manufacturer - supplier scenario, the system accesses the APO system and for the supplier - sub-supplier scenario, the system accesses the JIT-Inbound component in the SAP Automotive System.

• Alerts: Alerts are exception messages in MRP such as material shortage or excess material situations. The planner can use the alerts to decide whether the dates or quantities of the procurement element should be changed, whether new procurement elements have to be created or whether old procurement elements should be deleted. The supplier can view the alerts in the customer's system using the Internet application and thereby react quickly to new customer requirements, adjust planning accordingly and inform the suppliers' own suppliers of the changes. The alerts are accessed using customer and product numbers.

• Returnable packaging accounts: Returnable packaging accounts represent the relationship for exchanging returnable packaging between the two trade partners. Previously, it was only possible to manage returnable packaging accounts in an internal system and to compare accounts over an EDI connection. The supplier can use the Internet function to access relevant returnable packaging information in the manufacturer's system. The supplier can check the account balance and flow of returnable packaging. The returnable packaging account can be accessed using the corresponding account posting or the postings for a reference document.

Effects on Existing Data

A SAP Automotive System contains the necessary data for the Supplier Workplace and an APO System 2.0 contains the data for displaying alerts and for the manufacturer - supplier scenario in the JIT delivery schedules.

Effects on Data Transfer

Effects on System Administration

Effects on Customizing

Further Information

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