RE:[sap-log-mm] ME57 - Assign and Process Business Process

Posted by Sap Land Tuesday 28 June 2011 23:58

Posted by Bmmsap1
on Jun 29 at 3:08 AM

I know this post was a few months ago, but I am grappling with the use of ME57 for RFQ's and PO's. Greig, in your last response you say:

"use of SAP RFQ's for all items not currently covered by an OLA/contract as this will show that the full process from the point of PR approval through to the issue of PO can be handled using ME57"

My first challenge is that if you use ME57 to process and RFQ for a PR, when you run ME57 again, the same PR is still listed. The risk is that a buyer (or substitute) does not recognize that this is already out on RFQ and might flag for RFQ again.

My second challenge is that when the quotation has been received and accepted and is to be used to convert the PR to a PO, how can you do this via ME57 so that the quotation number and PR number are both referenced on the PO line item.

I would very much appreciate your advice on this.
Belinda

---------------Original Message---------------
From: Greigm1
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2011 3:57 PM
Subject: ME57 - Assign and Process Business Process

Hi DLT,

I have recently changed the process from the manual print out scenario you describe using ME5A to the use of ME57 using the ALV view and know how difficulty . I think that you are correct in saying that it is not the transaction/s and functionality in SAP that is the problem but rather the business process. You have said that utilizing the system to it's full potential is and using the ME57 transaction is proving to be a hard sell but i think that your first point of pressure to your client should be the use of SAP RFQ's for all items not currently covered by an OLA/contract as this will show that the full process from the point of PR approval through to the issue of PO can be handled using ME57, or a dynamic purchasing workbench as i like to call it.

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