SRM 7.0 SUS with ECS

Dear Experts,
In SRM 7.0 with Extended classic scenario but found that SUS doesnu2019t support confirmations and invoice postings. Can you please clarify me is there any workaround to achieve this functionality without compromising the technical scenario.
Thanks and Regards,
Venkata Koppisetti.

Your observations are perfectly correct.
Note 700350 - Supplier Enablement: Deployment Scenarios integrating SUS
The extended classic scenario
The shopping cart is created in SAP Enterprise Buyer. The purchase order and follow-on documents are also created there and then replicated to the backend system. The purchase order in SAP Enterprise Buyer is the leading purchase order and cannot be changed in the backend system. Goods receipts and invoices can be pre-entered in SAP Enterprise Buyer or entered directly in the backend system.
SUS: With SAP Supplier Self-Services, you have supplier involvement for the purchase order and the purchase order response as well as for the shipping notification. Documents for confirmation and invoice are not fully supported in the standard. The restrictions for these documents also depend on the SRM release.
I prefer to do Invoice only do in Backend system. There are some poor validation in SRM and lot of data spillage while distributing from one system to another system

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