P-card clarifications

Question

Hi all,
We are implementing SRM 7.0 in decoupled mode. I have few clarifications about P-card process
1.What purchasing document is transmitted to the vendor? Is it a PO? Who triggers this document to vendor: requisitioner or purchasing department?
2.Does Purchasing document go through (i.e. is triggered by) purchasing department?
3.Is EDI required to trigger the purchasing document to vendor? Are there alternate means of transmitting purchasing document?
4.Is EDI required to receive bank statements? Are there alternate means of receiving statement
5.When bank sends the bank statement to SRM and is converted to idoc for posting to SRM, does it trigger an accounts posting? Are the following accounts posted?
u2022Clearing account debit
u2022Bank (set up as a vendor) account credit?
6.When does the offset postings happen, i.e. when does the following postings happen:
u2022Clearing account credit
u2022Expense account debit?
Rgds
Sumendra

Answer 1

Hi Masa,
Our design is as follows:
1. ordering is done on phone with the user giving the vendor their P-card number.
2. The first system step is that p-card compant sends the card statement to SRM
3. P-card workflow is trigerred ( In this workflow, the requirement is to have  3 users - the P-card holder , the manager of the P-card holder , and the accounts payable person. The activities doen by each will be :
P-card holder : Change account assignments. Need to attach the receipts and other supporting documents to the workitem
Manager of the P-card holder: Just a business requirement
Accounts payable person  : To monitor the account changes by the P-card holder
So I am reasking the questions:
1. If we use only the financial invoice process and not procurement process, is this desigh OK?
2.  Can approval manager attach attachments when they get a workitem in P-Card workflow
3. Can P-card workflow pick up 3 approvers - P-Card holder, the manager, and the Finance person
Rgds
Sumendra