Sun Microsystems B2B manual Purchasing Order Generation

3.5Purchasing Order Generation

There are two ways whereby a Sun Partner can generate a PO:

3.5.1For Partners with existing ERP systems and are determined by Sun to be eligible, an ASCII file of PO information is created by the Partner©s ERP system and sent its encrypted form to the ASP (iGINE) or further processing. (Flowchart 5)

3.5.2(For EMEA only) For EMEA Customers submitting via MySunCatalogue (MSC), the PO information is entered in MSC and an XML file of the PO is automatically created by MSC. It is then encrypted and sent to the SunB2B webfront for subsequent verification.

3.5.3For the rest of the Partners, PO entry is performed via the Sun B2B Webfront using a web browser. (Flowchart 4) There are two kinds of orders that partners can create:

￿￿Ordinary Orders

￿￿End User Orders (for items that partners buy on their customer’s behalf due to various reasons e.g. taxation constraints. End User Orders are also known as US Dollar orders or Back Commission orders; such orders are applicable to only certain regions e.g. Asia South, Korea, Latin America etc.)

3.5.3.1Go to Purchase Order tab folder:

3.5.3.2Select Generate New PO link or the End User Order link.

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