Invoice in Self Service Procurement

Question

Hi,
When we work with Plan Driven (Procurement of Direct Materials) as our business scenario, The suppliers can create an Invoice directly in SUS, then the invoice is automatically released to SAP R3, but what happend when the PO is created directly in SRM EBP (Procurement of Services and Indirect Materials, scenario SUS-EBP or Self Service procurement)????
How the invoice works in Self Service (SUS EBP) scenario????
Is there a document about it????
Thanks.
Edited by: Fadrique Gallegos on Feb 16, 2008 1:36 AM

Answer 1

please refer to the following help regarding invoice processing in SRM SUS
Invoice Processing
Use
You can use this function in SAP Supplier Self-Services (SAP SUS) to create and process invoices with reference to a purchase order, shipping notification, or contact person. You then send the invoice to the customer.
When you process invoices with limit items, you can use a link on header level to branch to the catalog. In this way, it is possible to transfer items from the catalog.
§         You can only create and process invoices with reference to shipping notifications within the Plan-Driven Procurement with Supplier Integration business scenario (see Processing Shipping Notifications).
§         You can only create and process invoices with reference to a contact person within the Service Procurement business scenario.
Features
Create Invoices
You can create invoices with reference to confirmations, purchase orders, or shipping notifications, independently of the purchase order settings in the procurement system.
Furthermore, you can create invoices with reference to a contact person independently of the settings in the procurement system.
Select Invoices
You can select invoices as follows.
·        All invoices
·        According to status
·        Using the search function. See Document Search
You can select invoices by status as follows:
Status
Meaning
Subsequent Status
In Process
This status is set automatically when the invoice is created. This status remains as long as the invoice is not sent.
Invoiced
Invoiced
This status is set when you choose Send. The invoice is sent to the purchaser.
Approved or Rejected
Approved
This status is set automatically if the purchaser accepts the invoice.
Rejected
This status is set automatically if the purchaser rejects the invoice.
Change Invoices
You can change the following invoice data at header level:
Basic Data
Invoice
If necessary, you can change the invoice number.
Description
Status
When the invoice is sent, the status changes from In Process to Invoiced. Possible subsequent statuses are Approved or Rejected.
Products and Services
Product Type
If necessary, you can change the product type.
Product name
If necessary, you can change the product name.
Quantity
You can change the quantity of all items.
Unit of measure
You can change the unit of measure for all items.
Tax record
You can change the tax record for all items.
Messages
Messages to the purchaser
Terms of payment
Payment in days
Cash discount in %
Attachments
You can use the Add Attachment function to attach a file for the purchaser.
You can also change the following invoice data at item level:
Price Information
You can change the price for each unit of measure.
Check Payment Status of an Invoice
You can call up information on the status of an invoice, the invoiced amount or paid amount, and the FI invoice date, directly from the FI system. In this way, you can see whether an invoice has been completely paid or partly paid, or whether it is still open.
The additional area Payment Status is displayed, provided that the function is activated in Customizing. You can call up information from the FI system using the Check Payment Status pushbutton.
For more information, see the Implementation Guide (IMG) for Supplier Relationship Management ® Supplier Self-Services ® Settings for the User Interface ® Customer-Specific Settings
Make sure that you maintain a backend system from SAP ERP Release 1.0: Supplier Relationship Management ® SRM Server ® Technical Basic Settings ® Define Backend Systems
Additional Information
The following functions are also available for invoices:
·        Copy
You can use existing invoices as the basis (template) for new invoices.
·        Send
You can send invoices to the customers.
·        Hold
You can save invoices locally and then edit them later, before sending them.
·        Add item
When you process invoices with limit items, you can add a new line and enter your own product data.
To update price information after you have added items, select Refresh Prices.
·        Add item from catalog
When you process invoices with limit items, you can add new items directly from the purchaser catalog.
To update price information after you have added items, select Refresh Prices.
·        Update prices on header and item level
You can update price data if you have changed item quantities or the tax record.
·        Display document flow
You can display a list of all the documents related the invoice.
·        Download
You can download invoices in CSV or XML format.
When you download documents, ensure that your SUS user and your computer have the same language and country settings. Otherwise, the time of day, dates and numbers will not appear correctly.
·        Print
You can print invoices in CSV, XML, or PDF format.