Vendor Partner Schemas !!

[Former Member]

Hi

Can anyone explain the customization of vendor partner schemas/functions.

And how to use it during PO creation.

Guys plzz no cut copy paste....

Thank You

[BijayKumarBarik]

Hi,

During your business transaction process your Vendor play as Goods supplier, Invoice party, Order Address. These are roles played by your Vendor. Lets say…..You send Order to Vendor main office and material supplied to you by vendor local office to your factory and invoice by head(main) office. This you can do by using vendor partner functions.

The customization steps are as follow:

1.Vendor Account Group.OBD3

2.Number Ranges from Vendor account Group:XKN1,

3.Assignment of Number ranges to Account Group(OBAS)

4.Partner Function:

SPRO->MM->Purchasing->Partner Determination-> partner roles->Permissible partner roles per account group

5.Partner Schema:

SPRO->MM->Purchasing->Partner Determination->Partner setting in Vendor master record-> Define partner Schema

6.Assgin partner schema to accont Group

SPRO->MM->Purcahsing->Partner Determination->Partner setting in Vendor master record-> Assgin partner schema to account Group

Regards,

Biju K

[Former Member]

suppose i have vendor A

ordering adress is some wherelse

invoice comes form other addres

then to map this we need parnter schema

so first define the partner roles(enough roles arre already given in system)

then allow permisible partner role per account group

then define schema and in that add the partner role u need for ur account group

then assign the schema to ur account group u ahve3 option at purchase org. level /plant/sub range

now go to tcode xk01 creat the venbdor master for diifer roles and then assign them in last screen that is partner role

[Former Member]

: VENDOR PARTNER DETERMINATION PROCESS :

In business “VENDOR” plays a vital role in daily procurement. For each and every business we maintain vendors and their subranges where they supply. To maintain partner determination, we need to create vendor account group and finally we have to assign the account group to vendors and then the determination.

The following document gives us a clear idea about what exactly PDP is.

To create vendor account group Path : Img-Logistics general-Business process-Vendor-Control-(1)Define account group and field selection.

(2)Define number ranges for vendor master record .here we def and assign

The partner determination procedure specifies the partner functions that are allowed or mandatory for processing a particular business transaction, such as Purchase order.

You determine partner determination procedures in the vendor master via ACCOUNT GROUPS and (purchasing organization, vendor sub-range, and site). The following partner determination procedures exist in the standard SAP.

Partner determination procedure

Step :

A) Path : Img-Material master-Purchasing-Partner determination-Partner roles-define partner roles.

Partner Functions

L1 Vendor (purchasing organization) VN Vendor (mandatory, cannot be changed)

OA Ordering address (mandatory)

GS Goods supplier

IP Invoice presented by (mandatory)

CA Contract address

IN Contact person, fresh produce

ER Employee responsible

AL Additional

CP Contact person

AZ Alternative payment recipient

VN-OA-GS-PI-often we use these four and depending on the requirement we go for the other functions.

Step :

B) Path : Img-Material master-Purchasing-Partner determination-Partner settings in vendor master records-Define partner schema

Here we create a new partner procedure. After creating, select partner procedure and go to Partner functions in procedure and maintain the defined partner functions.

Step :

C) Path : Img-Material master-Purchasing-Partner determination-Partner settings in vendor master records-Assign partner schema to account group

Here we are assigning the combination of purchase organization-vendor subrange-plant (combination depending on requirement).

Step :(If necessary)

D) Path : Img-Material master-Purchasing-Partner determination-Partner settings in purchasing documents.

Step :(If necessary)

E) Path : Img-Material master-Purchasing-Partner determination-Partner settings in rebate arrangements.

After maintaining all the required assignments then again go back , Path : Img-Logistics general-Business process-Vendor-Control-(1)Define account group and field selection.(OMSG)

select the defined group and maintain the PDP in partner determination procedure sub screen.

Now create vendor master record where in partner function we can view all the partners

whom we defined.

VENDOR SUB-RANGES

For every vendor he has some subranges, for instance

“GE” - he is a vendor

GE lighting – Vendor Sub-ranges.

GE BPO – Business Process Outsourcing.

Ge industrial – Manufacturing of industrial equipments.

Here for every vendor we can maintain subranges, but there before maintaining we need to configure some settings.

Path : Img-Logistics general-Business process-Vendor-Control-(1)Define account group and field selection.(OMSG)

under data retent levels : purchasing, check vendor sub-range relevant. If we check this then only we can maintain vendor subranges in vendor master data .

Here in vendor master record under purchasing data we can see a button ”sub-ranges”

we can maintain different sub-ranges .and individually we can assign the languages for each subrange

In purchasing data of vendor we can find other button which is adjacent to sub-range i.e

alternative data click on the button and a new screen gets executed where we have to maintain the data related to individual subranges. For individual sub-range we can maintain purchasing data and partner functions.

When ever we create PO with the vendor if necessary we can view all the ranges with the vendor.

the steps involved in PDP and Vendor sub-ranges are necessary and its based on the client requirement.