Messaging Between SCM and FAM

Provided everything has been configured correctly to support the Capital Expenditure integration between SCM and FAM, messages containing purchasing information are sent automatically from SCM upon asset approval (acquisition). FAM receives these messages and automatically creates assets with the assigned asset group or asset sub-group. FAM sends asset group and asset sub-group information to SCM.

You can view the messages that SCM and FAM send or publish, on the Message Types tab of the Foundations Administration application.

If the integration between FAM and Accounting is also set up, Accounting subscribes to the FAM messages so that it can receive the information and create journals to record the acquisition, depreciation, and disposal values on the balance sheet. For more information about the FAM to Accounting integration, see Fixed Asset Management to Accounting Journals Overview.

Note: When publishing approval (acquisition) messages for assets created by this integration you must ensure that the Payment GL Account field uses the same general ledger account as the Purchase Analysis Account for Product field in SCM. For more information, see Messaging between Fixed Asset Management and Accounting.

The Foundations publications and subscriptions that are provided as features of the SCM to FAM integration are as follows:

SCM Publication

Publication	Description	Description of Messaging Data	Origin
SCM Publication (Purchasing information)	Creates a publication of purchase information. FAM will subscribe to this publication.	Asset group	Item master product group
		Asset sub-group	Item master product group
		Date posted to FFA	AP voucher
		Date received	Receipt line
		Item number	AP voucher line
		Purchase Order Currency	Purchase Order Header
		QTY vouchered	AP voucher line
		Serial numbers	Receipt line
		Supplier	AP voucher
		Unit price	AP voucher header
FFA Publication (Purchase Invoice Posting)	Creates a publication of the Capital Expenditure purchase invoice posting date. SCM will subscribe to this publication.	Date posted to FFA	Payable invoice line

SCM Subscription

Subscription	Description	Description of Messaging Data	Origin
SCM Subscription (Fixed asset update)	Creates a subscription in SCM to subscribe to fixed asset number updates on the AP voucher line.	Fixed asset number	New fixed asset record
SCM Subscription (Asset group)	Creates a publication of asset group and asset sub-group information.	Asset group Asset sub-group	Asset group name Asset sub-group name

FAM Publication

Publication	Description	Description of Messaging Data	Origin
FAM Fixed Asset Update	Creates a publication in FAM of fixed asset name and serial number. SCM will subscribe to this publication.	Asset name Asset serial number ID	Fixed Asset
FAM Publication (Asset group)	Creates a publication of asset group and asset sub-group information. SCM will subscribe to this publication.	Asset group ID	Asset group
		Asset group name	Asset group
		Asset sub group ID	Asset sub-group
		Asset sub group name	Asset sub -group

For more information about Foundations messaging, see Foundations Messaging Overview.