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Definition

Business Context and Use

Purchasing employees need to have information about suppliers so they can create purchasing documents (for example, purchase requisitions, inbound deliveries, or purchase orders), get a quick overview of a supplier, or just contact a supplier.

Information about whether a supplier already exists, and basic information including address and contact details can be crucial for a business transaction.

The business object Supplier is a projection of the business object Business Partner . The following element displays the business object.

• ID (Mandatory)
  The ID uniquely identifies the customer.

Other Terms

Vendor (synonym in MM)

Service Interfaces

Supplier Notifying Out

Category: SAP A2A Direction: outbound

Supplier Replication Requesting Out

An interface to request the replication of a supplier.

Category: SAP A2A Direction: outbound

Supplier In

Category: SAP A2A Direction: inbound

Manage Supplier In

An interface to manage supplier related master data.

Category: A2X Direction: inbound

Query Supplier In

Group of operations that enable suppliers to be searched for, restricted according to different criteria.

Category: A2X Direction: inbound

Related Business Objects

• Analytical Trading View Of Invoice
• Automotive Vehicle
• Customer Contract
• Customer Invoice
• Customer Quote
• Customer Return
• Customer Returns Delivery
• Functional Unit
• Goods Movement
• Hazardous Material
• Inbound Delivery
• Individual Material
• Inventory
• Learning Product
• Loading Report
• Occupational Incident
• Physical Inventory Count
• Product Procurement Arrangement
• Purchase Order
• Purchase Request
• Purchasing Contract
• Retail Allocation
• Retail Purchasing Plan
• Sales Order
• Sales Scheduling Agreement
• Service Acknowledgement
• Strategic Investment Buy
• Supplier Invoice
• Trade Price Specification Contract
• Trading Order