Deadline Branch and Wait Step in BPM

hi,
I have 13 Suppliers for which i need to send the XML from
a single IDOC PO.
All the receivers are configured in the interface determination.
For each of the receivers based on the response received, if i get any error "System Error" or "Application Error" i need to send an email to the recepient. I will have to repeat this process until success received from the receiver or until 8 hours.
So even after 8 hours the process fails then i need to send another email. I have to do this for all the Suppliers.
PS: Cannot use Alerts for the above business logic. I need to check for a process (loop) for 8 hours from the time of the first failure message.
Can anyone think of the workflow or the steps required in sequence using BPM?
SP used : SP16.
Thanks,
Tirumal

Hi Tirumal,
Just have a look into this. This tells about the how to go on that
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/ca/7c5c41fe06cf1ee10000000a155106/frameset.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/e8/8e2d4233c8db2ce10000000a1550b0/frameset.htm
Hope this helps,
Regards,
Moorthy

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