SRM Item Categories for Consignment, S/Contracting and STO

Hello All
We have a requirement centralize the bulk of procurement activities from ERP to SRM, but this includes making provision for Sub-Contracting, Consignment Stock and Stock Transfer Orders.
The thing is that requisitions with the Item Categories 'K', 'L' and 'U' are not made available to SRM (EBAN-EPROFILE remains blank).
Has anybody out there had a requirement for these types of procurement to be handled in SRM and, if so, what approach was followed?
Thanks for any input
Regards
Dave

Hi Dave
SAP dont support this functionality since there is no inventory stuffs handled by SRM
Only you can try enhancement but SAP will not support this functionlity if you implemented this.
http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/SRM/Documentation-BBP_CREATE_BE_PO_NEW
http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/SRM/BBP_CREATE_BE_PO_NEW-CreatePOin+backend
from thread extracted
In MAP_ITEMS (LBBP_PDMAPF01) you can find this coding:
LOOP AT i_be_items WHERE ITEM_CAT EQ c_item_cat_mat OR
ITEM_CAT EQ c_item_cat_third.
In your case, we enter this coding with the following:
i_be_items[1]-item_cat = 7 -> Stock Transfer
I would suggest that you try a modification here:
LOOP AT i_be_items WHERE ITEM_CAT EQ c_item_cat_mat OR
ITEM_CAT EQ c_item_cat_third OR
ITEM_CAT EQ 7. " Modification for Stock Transfer
if you want to create a STO w.r.t Shoping cart for a stock materials, you can do it by enhancement in classic scenario.
BR
Muthu

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