Supply Network Collaboration

1. What is SNC and where it is used?

SAP SNC helps you connect to, and collaborate with your suppliers by
providing easy and seamless access to supply chain information.
SNC helps in
i. Globalization and Outsourcing
ii. Understand the customer demand
iii. Include your suppliers into your network
iv. Enable visibility into your outsourcing partner
v. Sense and respond to real time supply and Demand of customer
vi. Helps in Treating Suppliers, outsourcing partner and customers to be
extension of your organization.

2. Various SNC Processes

Supplier Managed Inventory

Discrete PO Management
SA Release handling
Web based Kanban Signals
Responsive Replenishment

3. SNC Master Data

SNC Master Data primarily consists of the following

I. Product Material Data is from ECC is CIF'ed to SNC

A Location needs to be created for every vendor and customer
plant in scope.
Every vendor will be created as a location of type 1011 Vendor
II. Location in SNC by default
For every Vendor, customer and user it is necessary to create a
BP. Every person/user that will access the SNC WebUI needs to
be created as a separate BP.
A single business partner can be created for various locations
When a vendor is Cifed across from ECC you can set the Create
Loc./BP to 2 Create both.
This will create the vendor both as a location and a business
Business partner in SNC and will also assign the business partner to the
III. Partner vendor location.
IV. Transportati A transportation lane is used to define a means of transport
on Lane between a source location and a customer location
The Purchase Info record or Scheduling Agreement (+Source
List) is CIFed over from ECC to create a transportation lane
The Means of transport need to be created manually
The means of transport define whether it is a Truck, train, Ship
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 etc and the HRS and KMS between the source and destination
location
4. Data Transfer from ECC to SNC

CIF Customizing in the ERP system is used to set up the system

infrastructure and to configure the data transfer via CIF
CFM1 : Generate Integration Model
CFM2/3 : Activate Integration Model
RIMODINI : Initial Transfer
All the Transactional level data is transferred using PI
middleware
All the master data is transferred using Core interface (CIF)
Stock Data is transferred from ECC to SNC using program -
RSMIPROACT2 (XML-XML)
Forecast Data is transferred from ECC to SNC using program -
ROEMPROACT2 (XML-XML)

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 5. SNC Process

5.1PO Collaboration

1. The customer creates a purchase order in the ERP system. The ERP
system transfers the IDoc to the customer's SAP NetWeaver system. The
SAP NetWeaver system converts the IDoc into an XML and transfers it to
SAP SNC.
2. Supplier can view purchase order in SNC system.
3. Incase there are any changes in PO customer can do the same in his ERP
system. The ERP system transfers the IDoc to the customer's SAP
NetWeaver system. The SAP NetWeaver system converts the IDoc into an
XML and transfers it to SAP SNC.
4. Supplier can view changed/corrected purchase order in SNC system.
5. If supplier wants to change the PO (quantity or delivery date etc.) he
changes the same in SNC and the SAP SNC system transfers an XML to
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 the SAP NetWeaver system, which converts the message into the IDoc and
transfers it to the customer's ERP system
6. If customer founds the PO correct, the supplier proceeds with confirmation
of PO and publish the PO. Once the PO is publish Po cannot be changed.
7. Supplier proceeds with creation of Advanced Shipping Notification (ASN).
8. When the material is ready for delivery, the supplier can publish an
advanced shipping notification. The SAP SNC system transfers an XML
message to the SAP NetWeaver system, which converts the message into
the IDoc and transfers it to the customer's ERP system.
9. Once the ASN received in Customers ERP system, and Inbound delivery is
generated/created. On the basis of the Inbound Delivery, customer posts
the Goods Receipt.
10.Goods Receipt update in the customer ERP system transfers the IDoc to
the customer's SAP NetWeaver system. The SAP NetWeaver system
converts the IDoc into an XML and transfers it to SAP SNC, which can be
considered as proof of delivery for the supplier in SNC

5.2Release Process

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 1. Prior to start the SA process, we need to ensure the Scheduling
Agreement is created for the materials and is transferred to SNC using the
Transportation Lane via CIF.
2. Depending on the customer requirement he publish new forecast delivery
schedule line in his ERP system. The ERP system transfers the IDoc to the
customers SAP NetWeaver system. The SAP NetWeaver system converts
the IDoc into an XML message and transfers it to SAP SNC
3. Supplier can view forecast delivery order in SNC system.
4. Incase there are any changes in forecast delivery order customer can do
the same in his ERP system. The ERP system transfers the IDoc to the
customer's SAP NetWeaver system. The SAP NetWeaver system converts
the IDoc into an XML and transfers it to SAP SNC.
5. Supplier can view changed/corrected forecast delivery order in SNC
system.
6. If supplier wants to change the forecast delivery order (quantity or
delivery date etc.) he changes the same in SNC and the SAP SNC system
transfers an XML to the SAP NetWeaver system, which converts the
message into the IDoc and transfers it to the customer's ERP system
7. If customer founds the forecast delivery order correct, the supplier
proceeds with confirmation of forecast delivery order and publish the

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 forecast delivery order. Once the forecast delivery order is publish forecast
delivery order cannot be changed.
8. Supplier proceeds with creation of Advanced Shipping Notification (ASN).
9. When the material is ready for delivery, the supplier can publish an
advanced shipping notification. The SAP SNC system transfers an XML
message to the SAP NetWeaver system, which converts the message into
the IDoc and transfers it to the customer's ERP system.
10.Once the ASN received in Customers ERP system, and Inbound delivery is
generated/created. On the basis of the Inbound Delivery, customer posts
the Goods Receipt.
11.Goods Receipt update in the customer ERP system transfers the IDoc to
the customer's SAP NetWeaver system. The SAP NetWeaver system
converts the IDoc into an XML and transfers it to SAP SNC, which can be
considered as proof of delivery for the supplier in SNC

6. Important Transactions

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