USE OF CRM MIDDLEWARE AND XI in SRM LANDSCAPE

Hello All,
Please Can anyone tell me for communicating between SRM and different systems within a landscape,how do we recognise whether to opt for XI or CRM middleware
(Of SRM)???
Please Help.
Thanks,
Disha.

Hy Disha,
The different communication methods from SRM are:
1 CRM Middleware
This is only used for Master Data replication (init) with SAP Backends, and for Product master for init and delta uploads.
You can define your own BDocs for your needs (non easy way)
2 RFC
This is used for R/3 backend document creation (Reservation, PR and PO) in classic and extended scenarios, and for several checks in the SC creation
3 ALE/IDOCs
This is used for Good receipt and Invoice creation in R/3 in Classic and Extended scenario
4 XI
It is used for SUS integration, CCM upload and publishing scenarios, and PO send scenarios.
Regards.
Vadim

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