ADVANCE SEARCH

1. Open the link http://vmdmdev.pmiapps.biz/#/ and then click on advance search

as shown below:

2. Select search for request for request and vendor for search vendors and then
fill the search criteria as shown below.

CREATE VENDOR (For normal Requester)

3. To create a vendor, write the vendor no. /name on top of home page and click
search.

4. Click on create new vendor on right side

5. A new page will appear to create new vendor. Fill all the required fields to create
a vendor and click next.

6. Fill all the required details.

CREATE VENDOR (For VMD Requester)

For Attachments:

The number of attachments is limited to 5 per vendor request for a

total size of 3MB
All file formats are accepted.

Make sure to attach readable copies of the documents since

approvers are required to check them before approving the requests.

Documents in other languages than English are fully acceptable as

long as they are relevant for the submitted request.

File name should not contain special characters.

Documents to be attached in SAP must be stored on the PMI network

or on the desktop of the requester for them to be attached in SAP.

For Compliance & Duplicate:

Record your understanding and adherence to the PMI Policies by

enabling the 3 boxes of the Compliance section

Click on the Review Button to make sure that you are not requesting
the creation of a record causing a Compliance issue and to make sure
that you are not requesting the creation of a duplicate record.

If the report highlights a compliance issue, stop the creation process,

request the assistance of your line management and follow the PMI
Policy 9-C to assess the issue.

If the record already exists, stop the creation process and request the
extension of the existing vendor record.

Refer to : Duplicate Check Procedure

Refer to : Compliance Procedure

In the Request Info tab, add an explanation supporting your request.

Requests for Direct Material vendors (DRCT) must state the item family code
or name of the products to be delivered.
Request Comments : This is required in order to facilitate the approver task
and the records life tracking
Click on Submit to send the request to the approver.
Click on Review to see compliance and duplicate check results.
Click on Delete to delete the request to the approver.
Check the Compliance and Duplicate reports and take appropriate action
when required.

SPECIAL CASE SUBMIT FOR LA USERS

LA users have option to submit the request direct for approval same as rest or in
special case they can send it to e-buy place for further data collection.
For this scenario an additional button Send to Ebuy is in place to the left of
submit (Only for LA users).
This sends request data to EBP portal in PI client and the request waits for
receiving IDOC.
After the IDOC arrives from EBP, requester submits the record from VMDM
portal for normal flow.