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Confirmation Control key
venkata duvvuri 242 posts since May 22, 2008
Confirmation Control key Aug 27, 2009 7:38 PM
Hi,

The Confirmation Control key in Info Records, how it works?

I can see 0/0, +5/-3 etc. What does it mean?

Appreciate your help.

Thanks,
Venkat
Syed Hussain 2,233 posts since Nov 21, 2007
Re: Confirmation Control key Aug 28, 2009 1:57 AM
Dear,

In procurement, it is quite normal that once a purchaser sends a Purchase Order to Vendor then he needs a
response from vendor expecting some of the information as follows:

Receipt of purchase order by vendor
Acceptance of all the terms and conditions mentioned in purchase order by vendor
Expected date of delivery the goods
Expected date of goods dispatched from the vendor end
Transport confirmation and the shipping notification
And many more
So vendor confirmation is nothing but dispatching of this information to the recipient about the status of the
purchase order. Once he has received this then there is a requirement of updating the respective purchase
order.

This updating helps the planner to plan the materials more precisely because between the purchase order and
planned delivery date, more reliable information has become available.

In Standard SAP, the term "confirmation" (short for "vendor confirmation") has been defined as an umbrella
term for various types of information provided by a vendor to a customer, including order acknowledgments,
loading or transport confirmations and shipping notifications.

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For updating this information in PO, the consultant has to make the following setting in SPRO under the node
Set up Confirmation Control:

To define confirmation categories, choose External Confirmation Categories or Internal Confirmation
Categories
To define confirmation control keys, choose Confirmation Control Keys
To define the confirmation sequence, choose Confirmation Sequence
Once these settings have been done in SPRO, we have to assign the confirmation control key at item level
in the purchase order under the tab page Confirmation. If we are not assigning this we may face error while
creating inbound delivery on receipt of shipping notification. Apart from this, reference document for goods
receipt will also be decided on these settings.

If there are more than one confirmation categories, then for all confirmation categories, consultant can also
specify whether they are for information only or whether they are to constitute a basis for goods receiving and
materials planning activities.

Regards,

Syed Hussain.
Syed Hussain 2,233 posts since Nov 21, 2007
Re: Confirmation Control key Aug 28, 2009 1:57 AM
Dear,

In procurement, it is quite normal that once a purchaser sends a Purchase Order to Vendor then he needs a
response from vendor expecting some of the information as follows:

Receipt of purchase order by vendor
Acceptance of all the terms and conditions mentioned in purchase order by vendor
Expected date of delivery the goods
Expected date of goods dispatched from the vendor end
Transport confirmation and the shipping notification
And many more
So vendor confirmation is nothing but dispatching of this information to the recipient about the status of the
purchase order. Once he has received this then there is a requirement of updating the respective purchase
order.

This updating helps the planner to plan the materials more precisely because between the purchase order and
planned delivery date, more reliable information has become available.

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In Standard SAP, the term "confirmation" (short for "vendor confirmation") has been defined as an umbrella
term for various types of information provided by a vendor to a customer, including order acknowledgments,
loading or transport confirmations and shipping notifications.

For updating this information in PO, the consultant has to make the following setting in SPRO under the node
Set up Confirmation Control:

To define confirmation categories, choose External Confirmation Categories or Internal Confirmation
Categories
To define confirmation control keys, choose Confirmation Control Keys
To define the confirmation sequence, choose Confirmation Sequence
Once these settings have been done in SPRO, we have to assign the confirmation control key at item level
in the purchase order under the tab page Confirmation. If we are not assigning this we may face error while
creating inbound delivery on receipt of shipping notification. Apart from this, reference document for goods
receipt will also be decided on these settings.

If there are more than one confirmation categories, then for all confirmation categories, consultant can also
specify whether they are for information only or whether they are to constitute a basis for goods receiving and
materials planning activities.

Regards,

Syed Hussain.
venkata duvvuri 242 posts since May 22, 2008
Re: Confirmation Control key Aug 28, 2009 2:24 PM
Hi Hussain,

Thank you very much for your immedaite reply. But how to interpret this values like +5/-3 or 0/0?

What does this mean? I am not able to understand what for these values are.

Can you please explain this?

Appreciate your help.

Thanks,
Venkat