Introduction eProcurement

An ABAP report extracts account assignment objects from the ERP system into a text file, which is transferred to the eProcurement solution via SFTP. Vendors can be created and maintained in the ERP system as well as in the eProcurement solution. The exchange of vendor data between the ERP system and eProcurement is based on the classification of suppliers. All suppliers classified in the back-end are transferred to the eProcurement system using an IDOC scenario. New suppliers created in the eProcurement solution are correctly classified using the ALE scenario. To create purchase orders in the ERP system, the eProcuremnt solution calls BAPIs from the third-party vendor.