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CSC-18834
This feature extends the order confirmation deviation approval process to scheduling agreements and scheduling agreement releases.
In some scenarios, a customer would like to allow a supplier to exceed the defined tolerances (quantity, delivery date or both) when creating confirmations for scheduling agreements (SA) or scheduling agreement releases (SAR). These deviations should then be subject to approval from the customers before they are updated in the backend system. Even when the confirmation deviation approval process is available for regular purchase orders in Ariba Network, it doesn’t consider SA or SAR.
With this feature, Ariba Network helps buyers define logic to capture exceptions (deviations) generated during the scheduling agreement and scheduling agreement release confirmation process and configure order confirmations subject to approval (at default transaction rule level and at supplier group level). Buyers can Approve or Reject the deviations in the Supply Chain Monitor dashboard for one or multiple deviations.
Buyer and Supplier
Customer Configured
SAP Ariba Supply Chain Collaboration
The following rules are enabled:
Allow scheduling agreement collaboration and/or Allow scheduling agreement release collaboration
Allow suppliers to send order confirmations for scheduling agreements and scheduling agreement releases
Allow suppliers to send order confirmations that do not comply with defined tolerances and require buyer approval
The approve and update action is not available for scheduling agreements or scheduling agreement releases confirmation deviation approval.
Since deviations are approved at the line item level, if an item from a release has a deviation, it will not be possible to ship or invoice it until the deviation is cleared.
SAP Ariba Supply Chain Collaboration 2202