The SAP Materials Management Handbook

The SAP Materials Management Handbook

by Ashfaque Ahmed
Released March 2014
Publisher(s): Auerbach Publications
ISBN: 9781498760171

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Book description

Although tens of thousands of global users have implemented Systems, Applications, and Products (SAP) for enterprise data processing for decades, there has been a need for a dependable reference on the subject, particularly for SAP materials management (SAP MM).Filling this need, The SAP Materials Management Handbook provides a complete understandi

Table of contents

  1. Preface
  2. Author
  3. Chapter 1 - Introduction to SAP Materials Management and Navigation
    1. Introduction
    2. What Is SAP?
    3. Importance of Enterprise Resource Planning
    4. What Is SAP MM?
    5. SAP Is Not Easy
      1. Complexity Issues for End Users
      2. Complexity Issues for SAP Consultants
      3. Typical Nature of SAP Transactions
      4. Typical SAP User Screens
      5. Difficult Language
    6. Navigation
      1. Log On
      2. User Screen Elements
        1. Menu
        2. Standard Tool Bar
        3. Title Bar
        4. Application Tool Bar
        5. Screen Body
        6. Status Bar
      3. Standard Tool Buttons
    7. Personalization
    8. Transaction Codes
    9. Help Functions
  4. Chapter 2 - Business Mapping in SAP Materials Management and Job Advice
    1. Introduction
    2. Business Function Mapping in SAP MM
      1. Purchase Requisition
      2. Purchase Order
      3. Request for Quotation
      4. Contract
      5. Scheduling Agreement
      6. Invoice
      7. Material Requirement Planning
      8. Reservation
      9. Material Document
      10. Financial Document
    3. Core and Central Functions
    4. Minimal Customization Required in SAP MM
    5. Real World and SAP
    6. Job Advice
    7. How to Learn SAP
    8. Project Management and SAP Responsibilities
  5. Chapter 3 - SAP MM Masters and Organizational Structure
    1. Introduction
    2. Material Master
      1. Material Master Setup Information
      2. Material Master Views
        1. Basic Data View 1
        2. Basic Data View 2
        3. Sales Organization Data View 1
        4. Sales Organization Data View 2
        5. Sales: General Plant Data View
        6. Purchasing View
        7. MRP Views
        8. General Plant Data Views
        9. Accounting Views
        10. Costing Views
    3. Material Types
      1. Important Material Types
      2. Additional Material Types
    4. Material Group
    5. Plant
    6. Storage Location
    7. Purchasing Organization
    8. Purchase Group
    9. Purchasing Value Key
    10. Vendor Master
    11. Source List
    12. Info Records
      1. Info Record at Plant or Purchasing Organization Level
      2. Info Record Structure
      3. Procurement Types in Info Record
      4. Info Record Net Price and PO Net Price
      5. Creating Info Records
      6. Net Price Simulation
    13. Conditions
      1. Condition Groups
      2. Variant Conditions
    14. Pricing (Condition Technique)
    15. Quota Arrangement
      1. Quota Arrangement Calculation
  6. Chapter 4 - SAP MM Purchasing Management
    1. Introduction
    2. Integration Points
    3. Make to Stock versus Make to Order
    4. Complete Purchasing Cycle
    5. Purchase for Stock versus Purchase for Consumption
    6. Automatic Account Determination
      1. Configuration Steps
      2. Account Assignment for Purchase Documents
      3. Account Assignment Category
    7. Similar Names but Different Entities
    8. Item Category
      1. Item Category Characteristics
    9. Release Procedure
      1. Release Procedure for PR
      2. Release Procedure without Classification for PR
        1. Release Codes
        2. Release Indicator
        3. Assign Release Indicator
        4. Release Points (prerequisites)
        5. Determine Release Strategy
      3. Release Procedure with Classification for PRs
        1. Create Characteristics
        2. Create Class and Assign Characteristics to Class
        3. Create Release Groups
        4. Create Release Codes
        5. Create Release Indicators
        6. Create Release Strategies
        7. Assign Release Codes to a Release Point (Create Workflow)
    10. Source Determination
      1. Source Determination Sequence
    11. Purchase Documents
      1. Type of Purchase Documents
      2. Purchase Document Structure
      3. Document Types
      4. Purchase Document Numbering
      5. Purchase Document Screens
    12. Enjoy Interface
      1. Features of Enjoy Interface
      2. Document Overview
    13. Purchase Requisition
      1. Fund Availability
      2. Parts of a PR
    14. Request for Quotation
      1. RFQ Document Structure
      2. Prerequisites for RFQ
      3. RFQ Creation Manually
      4. RFQ Creation Using Reference Document
      5. Creating a Delivery Schedule for an RFQ
      6. Comparing Quotations
      7. Rejecting Quotations
      8. Selecting Quotation
    15. Outline Agreement
      1. Structure of Outline Agreement Document
      2. Creating Outline Agreement Documents
      3. Changing, Cancelling, and Blocking Outline Agreement Document
    16. Contract
      1. Structure of Contract Document
      2. Central Contracts
      3. Partner Roles
      4. Item and Account Assignment Categories in Contracts
      5. Distributed Contract
      6. How Distributed Contracts Work
      7. Contract Distribution with Classification
      8. How to Create Contract Distribution with Classification
      9. Contract Release Order
    17. Scheduling Agreement
      1. Advantages of Scheduling Agreements
      2. Item and Account Assignment Categories in Scheduling Agreements
      3. Procurement Types in Scheduling Agreements
      4. A Scheduling Agreement Document Structure
      5. Creating Scheduling Agreements
      6. Time Zones in Schedule Lines in Line Items in Scheduling Agreements
      7. Scheduling Agreement Release
      8. Messages for SA Release
      9. Scheduling Agreement with Centrally Agreed Contract
    18. Purchase Order
      1. Procurement Types in PO
      2. PO Creation Scenarios
      3. Prerequisites for Creating PO
      4. PO with Zero Value
      5. Important Considerations in PO Life Cycle
      6. Cancelling a PO
      7. Blocking a PO
      8. Monitoring a PO
      9. Archiving of PO
      10. PO with Enjoy Interface
    19. GR-Based Invoice Verification
    20. Returns
    21. Invoicing Plan
      1. Periodic Invoicing Plan
      2. Partial Invoicing Plan
      3. Important Considerations for Invoicing Plans
      4. Automatic Settlement of Invoicing Procedure
  7. Chapter 5 - SAP MM Inventory Management
    1. Introduction to Inventory Management
    2. Inventory Management in a Nutshell
    3. Integration Points
    4. Stock Item versus Consumable Item
    5. Movement Types
    6. Material Document
    7. Accounting Document
    8. Quality Management in Inventory Management
    9. Material Status
    10. Goods Movements in SAP MM–IM
    11. Goods Receipt
      1. Planning for GR
      2. Planning GR with POs
      3. Planning GR with Production Orders
      4. Planning GR with Reservations
      5. Tracking GRs against POs
    12. PO Creation for GR
      1. Steps to Create GR from PO
      2. Steps to Create GR from Shipping Notification
      3. Results of GR
      4. Under/Over Delivery and Final Delivery
      5. Many GRs per PO Line Item
      6. GR for Nonvaluated Materials
      7. Order Unit of Measure and Unit Price
      8. Entering a Freight Supplier
      9. Shelf Life and Batch Management in GR
      10. Releasing Material from Blocked Stock
      11. GR for Production Orders
      12. GR for By-Products
      13. Other GRs
    13. Goods Issue
      1. GI General
      2. Account Assignment
      3. GI without Reference Document
      4. GI for Scrapping
      5. Taking Sample
      6. GI with Reference to Reservation
      7. GI for Production Order
      8. GI against BOM
      9. Results of GI
      10. Reversing a Planned GI
      11. Return Delivery to Vendor
      12. Return Delivery in Goods Delivery-Based Invoice
    14. Stock Transfer
      1. Planning Stock Transfer Using Reservation
      2. Storage Location-to-Storage Location Stock Transfer: One-Step Procedure
      3. Storage Location-to-Storage Location Stock Transfer: Two-Step Procedure
        1. Situation at Issuing Storage Location
        2. Situation at Receiving Storage Location
      4. Plant-to-Plant Stock Transfer: One-Step Procedure
      5. Plant-to-Plant Stock Transfer: Two-Step Procedure
      6. Company Code-to-Company Code Stock Transfer
      7. Withdrawal Rules
      8. Transfer Posting
        1. Transfer Posting: Material to Material
        2. Transfer Posting: Stock to Stock
    15. Reservation
      1. Type of Reservations
    16. Batch Management
      1. Batch Number Levels
      2. Advice on Batch Number Settings
      3. Structure of Batch Data
      4. Batch Status Management
      5. GR for a Batch-Managed Material
      6. GI for a Batch-Managed Material
      7. Stock Transfer and Transfer Posting of Batch-Managed Materials
      8. Batch Classification
        1. Batch Determination
      9. Batch Search Strategies
      10. Goods Movement of Split-Valuated and Batch-Managed Materials
    17. Stock Determination
      1. Create Stock Determination Strategy
    18. Material Valuation
      1. Joint Valuation
      2. Implementing Split Valuation
    19. Serial Numbers in Goods Movements
    20. Goods Movement via Shipping
    21. Materials Requirement Planning
      1. Safety Stock and Reorder Point
  8. Chapter 6 - Customizing in Material Masters
    1. Introduction
    2. SPRO and IMG for SAP MM
    3. Transaction Variants in Material Master
      1. Field Display Characteristics
    4. Enterprise-Level Setup
      1. Plant and Valuation Area Setup
        1. Define Valuation Level
        2. Define, Copy, Delete, and Check Plant
        3. Define Location (for Plant)
        4. Define, Copy, Delete, and Check Division
      2. Storage Location and Purchasing Organization Set Up
        1. Maintain Storage Location
        2. Maintain Purchasing Organization
      3. Assigning Plant and Valuation Area
        1. Assign Plant to Company Code
        2. Assign Business Area to Plant/Valuation Area and Division
      4. Assigning Purchase Organization
        1. Assign Purchase Organization to Company Code
        2. Assign Purchase Organization to Plant
        3. Assign Standard Purchase Organization to Plant
        4. Assign Purchase Organization to Reference Purchase Organization
    5. Material Master in Logistics General Setup
      1. Field Selection for Changing Material Master View
        1. Data Screen for Field Selection Group
        2. Field Selection for Data Screen
        3. Define Industry Sector and Industry Sector-Specific Field Selection
        4. Define Plant-Specific Field and Screen Selection
        5. Define Lock Relevant Indicator
    6. Material Master Basic Settings
      1. Define Output Format of Material Numbers
      2. Make Global Settings
      3. Maintain Company Codes for Materials Management
      4. Define Attributes of System Messages
      5. Material Type Setup
        1. Define Attributes of Material Types
        2. Assign Material Types to Special Material Creation Transactions
        3. Define Number Ranges for Each Material Type
    7. Key Material Master Field Settings
      1. Define Material Groups
      2. Maintain External Material Groups
      3. Define Divisions
      4. Define Material Statuses
      5. Extend ABC Indicator
      6. Define Laboratories and Offices
      7. Define Basic Materials
      8. Define Storage Conditions
      9. Define Temperature Conditions
      10. Define Container Requirements
      11. Define Units of Measures Groups
      12. International Article Numbers
        1. Define Number Ranges for EANs/Universal Product Codes (UPCs)
        2. Define Number Ranges for Perishable EANs (four digits)
        3. Define Number Ranges for Perishable EANs (five digits)
        4. Define Prefixes for EANs
        5. Define Attributes of EANs
        6. Enter Standard Article Numbers
        7. Maintain Process Mapping
      13. GTIN Mapping
        1. Maintain Field Catalog
        2. Maintain Condition Tables
        3. Maintain Access Sequences
        4. Maintain Condition Types
        5. Maintain Determination Procedures
        6. Assign Procedure to Document Type
        7. Maintain GTIN Variant Type
    8. Materials Management General Settings
      1. Set Material Block for Material Movement
        1. Exclusive Material Block
        2. Late Material Block
      2. Set Up Material Block for Invoice Verification
      3. Activate Consignment Prices via Info Records
  9. Chapter 7 - SAP MM Customizing—MRP
    1. Introduction
    2. Consumption-Based Planning
      1. Define Parallel Processing in MRP
      2. Plant Parameters
        1. Carry Out Overall Maintenance of Plant Parameters
      3. MRP Groups
        1. Carry Out Overall Maintenance of MRP Groups
        2. Define MRP Group for Each Material Type
      4. Number Ranges
        1. Define Number Ranges for Planning Run
        2. Define Number Ranges for Manual Processing
      5. Master Data
        1. Define MRP Controllers
        2. Check MRP Types
        3. Define Special Procurement Types
        4. Maintain Planning Calendar
        5. Reference Plant for Access to Central Master Data Tables
      6. MRP Areas
        1. Define MRP Areas
      7. MRP Planning Settings
        1. Activate MRP
        2. Define Scope of Planning for Total Planning
        3. Define Creation Indicator
        4. Define Floats (Scheduling Margin Key)
        5. Parameters for Determining Basic Dates
        6. Activate Runtime Statistics
        7. Define the Maximum MRP Period
        8. Indicator for Only Firm Transmitted Schedule Lines
        9. Maintain Correction Factors for Forecast
        10. Define Start Time of Sporadic Background Jobs
        11. Define the Storage Location MRP per Plant
      8. MRP Calculation
        1. Define Planning Horizon
        2. Define Rescheduling Horizon
        3. Define Error Handling
        4. Define Range of Coverage Profiles (dynamic safety stock)
        5. Define Period Profile for Safety Time/Actual Range of Coverage
      9. Safety Stock Planning
        1. Define Safety Stock Availability
        2. Define Stock in Transfer and Blocked Stock Availability
      10. Lot-Size Calculation
        1. Define Lot-Sizing Procedure
        2. Maintain Rounding Profile
      11. Procurement Proposal
        1. Define External Procurement
        2. Define Line Item Numbers
    3. Procurement Proposals
      1. Define Order Profile
      2. Define Conversion for Planned Orders into Purchase Requisition
      3. Define Conversion of Purchase Requisitions into Purchase Orders
    4. Evaluations
      1. Check Texts for MRP Elements
      2. Define Receipt Elements for Receipt Days’ Supply
      3. Define Screen Sequence for Header Details
      4. Define Navigation Profiles
      5. Define MRP Views
      6. Activate Workflow for Mail to MRP Controller
      7. Exception Messages
        1. Define and Group Exception Messages
        2. Check Exception Group Texts
      8. Period Totals
        1. Define Individual Period Split for Period Totals
        2. Define Period Display for Period Totals
      9. Filters
        1. Define Selection Rules
        2. Define Display Filters
    5. Forecast
      1. Weighting Groups for Weighted Moving Average
      2. Define Splitting of Forecast Requirements for MRP
      3. Assign Forecast Errors to Error Classes
      4. Historical Data and Postdistribution Forecast
      5. Delivery Relationship for External or Internal Material Group
        1. Control of Alternative Historical Data and Postdistribution Forecast
        2. Define Profile for Determining Delivery Relationship
      6. Delivery Relationship for Plants
        1. Profile for Determining Delivery Relationship for Plants
        2. Document Types for Delivery Relationship Determination
    6. Authorization and Performance
      1. Material Requirements Planning
      2. Check for Performance Settings
        1. Check Storage Mode for MRP List
  10. Chapter 8 - SAP MM Customizing—Purchasing
    1. Introduction
    2. General Purchasing Functions
      1. Create Purchasing Groups
      2. Maintain Search Help for Purchasing Documents
      3. Define External Representation of Item Categories
      4. Define Default Values for Document Type
      5. Define Link to External Documents
    3. Purchasing Functions: Environment Data
      1. Define Attributes of System Messages (SIMG_CFMENUOLMEOME0)
      2. Define Default Values for Buyers
      3. Define Tax Jurisdiction
      4. Maintain Display Type for Date/Period
      5. Web Services ID and Description
    4. Purchasing Functions: Material Master
      1. Define Shipping Instructions
      2. Define Purchasing Value Keys
      3. Define Manufacturer Part Profile
      4. Define Reasons for Blocking Approved Manufacturer Part
      5. Entry Aids for Items without a Material Master
      6. Inventory Managed MPN
        1. Define Manufacturer Part Profile
        2. Change Characteristics of System Messages
    5. Purchasing Functions: Vendor Master
      1. Define Terms of Payment
      2. Check Incoterms
      3. Define Text Types for Central Texts
      4. Define Text Types for Purchasing Organization Texts
      5. Info Record
        1. Define Number Ranges
        2. Define Screen Layout
        3. Maintain Inspection Certificate Categories
        4. Define Price History
        5. Maintain Search Helps
      6. Text for Info Records
        1. Define Texts
        2. Define Copying Rules
    6. Source list
      1. Define Source List Requirements at Plant Level
      2. Maintain Search Helps
    7. Quota Arrangement
      1. Define Number Ranges
      2. Define Quota Arrangement Usage
    8. RFQ/Quotation
      1. Define Number Ranges
      2. Define Document Types
      3. Define Screen Layout at Document Level
      4. Maintain Quotation Comments
      5. Define Tolerance Limit for Archiving
      6. Release Procedure for RFQ
      7. Edit Characteristics
      8. Edit Classes
      9. Define Release Procedure for RFQs
      10. Check Release Strategies
      11. Texts for RFQ/Quotations
      12. Define Text Types for Header Texts
      13. Define Copying Rules for Header Texts
      14. Define Text Types for Item Texts
      15. Define Copying Rules for Item Texts
    9. Purchase Requisition
      1. Define Number Ranges
      2. Define Document Types
      3. Purchase Processing Time
      4. Define Screen Layout at Document Level
      5. Define Tolerance Limit for Archiving
      6. Maintain Search Help
      7. Set Up Authorization Check for G/L Accounts
      8. Release Procedure for PR
        1. Set Up Release Procedure without Classification
      9. Release Procedure with Classification for PR
        1. Edit Characteristics
        2. Edit Classes
        3. Set Up Procedure with Classification
        4. Check Release Strategies
      10. Text for PR
        1. Define Text Types
        2. Define Copying Rules
      11. Set Up Stock Transport Requisition
        1. Create Checking Rules
        2. Define Checking Rule
        3. Assign Checking Rule
    10. Purchase Order
      1. Define Number Ranges
      2. Define Document Types
      3. Set Tolerance Limit for Price Variance
      4. Define Screen Layout at Document Level
      5. Define Tolerance Limit for Archiving
      6. Set Up Subcontract Order
      7. Define Reasons for Ordering
      8. Define Reasons for Cancelling
      9. Set Up Authorization Check for G/L Accounts
      10. PO Release Procedure
        1. Create Characteristics
        2. Create Class
        3. Define Release Procedure for POs
        4. Check Release Strategies
      11. Text for PO
        1. Define Text Types for Header Texts
        2. Define Copying Rules for Header Texts
        3. Define Text Types for Item Texts
        4. Define Copying Rules for Item Texts
      12. Set Up Stock Transport Order
        1. Define Shipping Data for Plants
        2. Create Checking Rules
        3. Define Checking Rules
        4. Assign Delivery Type and Checking Rules
        5. Assign Document Type, One-step Procedure, under Delivery Tolerance
        6. Define Requirement Profile
        7. Activate Automatic Delivery Creation and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Billing
        8. Activate Automatic Delivery Creation for PO Type and Shipping Point
      13. Stock Transfer between Storage Locations
        1. Activate Stock Transfer between Storage Locations
        2. Assign Delivery Type and Checking Rule according to Storage Location
        3. Define Shipping Data for Stock Transfer between Storage Locations
      14. Invoice Plan
        1. Maintain Data IDs
        2. Maintain Date Proposal for Partial Invoice Plan
        3. Define Rules for Date Determination
        4. Define Invoice Blocking
      15. Invoice Plan Type
        1. Maintain Periodic Invoice Plan Types
        2. Maintain Partial Invoice Plan Types
      16. Date Categories
        1. Maintain Date Categories for Invoice Plan Type
        2. Define Default Date Categories for Invoice Plan Type
      17. Appointment (Door Usage)
        1. Maintain Appointment (Door Usage) Profile
        2. Assignment of Profile to Warehouse Number
        3. Reasons for Date Variance
      18. Returns Order
        1. Returns to Vendor
        2. Store Return/Return Plant to Plant
      19. Progress Tracking
        1. Define Standard Events
        2. Define Event Scenarios
        3. Maintain Relationship between Events in a Scenario
        4. Assign Default Scenario to Material Group
        5. Maintain Profiles for an Event
        6. Define Progress Tracking Profile
        7. Define Status Info Types
        8. Number Range Status Information
        9. User-Defined Evaluation
      20. Empties Management
        1. Activate Empties Management
    11. Contract
      1. Define Number Ranges
      2. Define Document Types
      3. Define Screen Layout at Document Level
      4. Set Up Authorization Check for G/L Accounts
      5. Release Procedure for Contract
      6. Texts for Contract
      7. Criteria for Archiving Contracts
    12. Scheduling Agreement
      1. Release Procedure for Scheduling Agreements
      2. Texts for Scheduling Agreements
      3. Criteria for Archiving Scheduling Agreements
      4. Set Up Stock Transport Scheduling Agreement
    13. Confirmations
      1. Define External Confirmation Categories
      2. Define Internal Confirmation Categories
      3. Set Up Confirmation Control
      4. Set Up Quantity Difference Profiles (Automotive)
      5. Define Packaging Material Type
    14. Conditions
      1. Define Condition Control at Plant Level
      2. Automatic Document Adjustment
        1. Define Extent of Change for Message Category CONDBI
        2. Activate Change Pointer for Message Category CONDBI
      3. Control Document Adjustment
        1. Control Purchasing Document Adjustment
      4. Define Price Determination Process
        1. Define Access Sequences
        2. Define Condition Types
        3. Define Limits
        4. Define Exclusion Indicators
        5. Define Calculation Schema
        6. Define Schema Group
        7. Define Schema Determination
        8. Define Transaction/Event Keys
        9. Define Condition Exclusion
        10. Maintain Condition Table
        11. Extend Field Catalogue for Condition Tables
        12. Copy Control for Conditions
      5. Scope of List for Conditions
        1. Define Sequence
        2. Define Scope of List Parameters
        3. Assign to Conditions
      6. Configure Condition Index
        1. Change Condition Types
        2. Define Permitted Fields
        3. Edit Condition Index Tables
        4. Activate Condition Index Tables
        5. Rebuild Condition Index Tables
        6. Define Overviews
        7. Assign Overviews
    15. Account Assignment
      1. Maintain Account Assignment Categories
      2. Define Combination of Item Categories/Account Assignment Categories
      3. Set Subscreen for Account Assignment Block
      4. Assign Default Values for Asset Classes
    16. Statistics
      1. Maintain Purchase Order History Categories
      2. Define Update Groups
      3. Assign Update Groups to Item Categories
      4. Define Grid for Quantity Variances
      5. Define Grid for Delivery Date Variances
    17. Messages
      1. Assign Output Devices to Purchasing Groups
      2. Fields Relevant to Printouts of Changes
      3. Texts for Messages
        1. Define Texts for RFQ
        2. Define Texts for PO
        3. Define Text for Contract
        4. Define Texts for Scheduling Agreements
        5. Define Text for Purchasing Organization
        6. Define Change Texts
      4. Forms for Messages
        1. Adjust Form for Purchasing Documents
        2. Assign Form and Output Program for RFQ
        3. Assign Form and Output Program for PO
        4. Assign Form and Output Program for Contract
        5. Assign Form and Output Program for Schedule Agreement Delivery Schedule
      5. EDI for Messages
        1. Set Up Partner Profile
        2. Profiles for Sending Stock/Sales Data
      6. Output Control
        1. Maintain Requirement for Message Control
      7. Condition Tables
        1. Define Condition Table for RFQ
        2. Define Condition Table for Request for PO
        3. Define Condition Table for Request for Outline Agreement
        4. Define Condition Table for Request for Schedule Agreement Release
        5. Define Condition Table for Inbound Delivery
      8. Access Sequence
        1. Define Access Sequence for RFQ
        2. Define Access Sequence for Request for PO
        3. Define Access Sequence for Request for Outline Agreement
        4. Define Access Sequence for Request for Schedule Agreement Release
        5. Define Access Sequence for Inbound Delivery
      9. Message Types
        1. Define Message Types for RFQ
        2. Define Message Types for Request for PO
        3. Define Message Types for Request for Outline Agreement
        4. Define Message Types for Request for Schedule Agreement Release
        5. Define Output Types for Inbound Delivery
      10. Message Determination Schema
        1. Define Message Schemas for RFQ
        2. Define Message Schemas for Request for PO
        3. Define Message Schemas for Request for Outline Agreement
        4. Define Message Schemas for Request for Scheduling Agreement Release
        5. Define Message Schemas for Inbound Delivery
      11. Partner Roles per Message Type
        1. Define Partner Roles for RFQ
        2. Define Partner Roles for Request for PO
        3. Define Partner Roles for Request for Outline Agreement
        4. Define Partner Roles for Request for Scheduling Agreement Release
        5. Define Partner Roles for Inbound Delivery
    18. Source Determination
      1. Define Regular Vendor
      2. Define Supply Regions
      3. Assign Plants to Supply Regions
      4. Set Up Determination of Supplying Plant via Availability Check
    19. Taxes
      1. Set Tax Indicator for Material
      2. Set Tax Indicator for Plant
      3. Set Tax Indicator for Account Assignment
      4. Assign Tax Indicator for Plant
      5. Assign Tax Indicator for Account Assignment
    20. Subsequent Settlement
      1. Define Number Ranges
      2. Set Up Condition Techniques for Subsequent Settlement
      3. Define Overview Condition for Subsequent Settlement
      4. Control of the Subsequent Settlement Process
      5. Maintain Company Code for Subsequent Settlement at Purchasing Organization Level
      6. Maintain Residence Time for Archiving
      7. Agreements
        1. Maintain Calendar for Rebate Arrangements
        2. Define Business Volume Tolerance Groups
        3. Maintain User Groups and Assign Business Volume Tolerance Groups
        4. Define Business Volume Comparison Type
        5. Maintain Aggregation Level and Sort Sequence
        6. Define Text Types
        7. Define Rebate Agreement Types for Subsequent Settlement
      8. Output Determination
        1. Define Requirements
      9. Assign Output Devices and Printer Parameters
      10. Storing Printouts
      11. Message Determination for Rebate Arrangement
        1. Maintain Condition Tables
        2. Maintain Message Types
        3. Maintain Access Sequence
        4. Assign Partner Roles to Message Types
        5. Maintain Message Determination Schema
      12. Message Determination for Settlement Run
        1. Maintain Condition Tables
        2. Maintain Message Types
        3. Maintain Access Sequence
        4. Assign Partner Roles to Message Type
    21. Note
  11. Chapter 9 - SAP MM Customizing—Inventory Management
    1. Introduction
    2. General Settings
      1. Plant Parameters
      2. Define Attributes of System Messages
      3. Field Selection for Goods Movement Initial/Header Screens
      4. Define Document Life
    3. Number Assignment
      1. Define Number Assignment for Accounting Document
      2. Define Number Assignment for Material and Physical Inventory Documents
      3. Define Number Assignment for Reservations
      4. Define Number Assignment for Goods Receipts/Issue Slips
    4. Goods Movement Settings
      1. Field Selection for MIGO
      2. Field Selection per Movement Type
      3. Settings for Transactions and Reference Documents
    5. Goods Issue/Transfer Posting
      1. Create Storage Location Automatically
      2. Set Manual Account Assignment
      3. Define Screen Layout
      4. Maintain Copy Rules for Reference Documents
      5. Set Up Dynamic Availability Check
      6. Generate Physical Inventory Documents for Goods Movements
      7. Allow Negative Stocks
    6. Goods Receipt
      1. Set Tolerance Limits
      2. Create Storage Location Automatically
      3. Create PO Automatically
      4. Set Manual Account Assignment
      5. Define Screen Layout
      6. Maintain Copy Rules for Reference Documents
      7. Set Dynamic Availability Check
      8. Set Delivery Completed Indicator
      9. Set Missing Parts Check
      10. For GR-based Invoice Ver. Reversal of GR Despite Invoice
      11. Set Expiration Date Check
      12. Price Differences for Subcontract Order at Goods Receipt
      13. Activate Storage of Incoming Documents
    7. Movement and Movement Types
      1. Create Storage Location Automatically
      2. Set Manual Account Assignment
      3. Define Screen Layout
      4. Generate Physical Inventory Documents for Goods Movements
      5. Set Missing Parts Check
      6. Set Expiration Date Check
    8. Reservation
      1. Define Default Values
      2. Maintain Copy Rules for Reference Documents
      3. Set Dynamic Availability Check
    9. Physical Inventory
      1. Field Selection for Physical Inventory
      2. Default Values for Physical Inventory
      3. Settings for Physical Inventory
      4. Default Values for Batch Input
      5. Maintain Copy Rules for Reference Documents
      6. Allow Freezing of Book Inventory Balance in Storage Location
      7. Define Tolerances for Physical Inventory Differences
        1. Activities
      8. Cycle Counting
      9. Activate Distribution of Consumption Differences
    10. Inventory Sampling
      1. Create Inventory Sampling Profiles
      2. Define Stock Management Levels
      3. Define Stock Management Level in WMS
    11. Movement Types
      1. Record Reason for Goods Movements
      2. Copy Change Movement Type
      3. Set Subscreen for Account Assignment (Coding) Block
    12. Stock Determination
      1. Define Strategies for Stock Determination
    13. Stock Overview
      1. Inventory Management
      2. Production Order
      3. Repetitive Manufacturing
      4. Pull List
      5. KANBAN
      6. Delivery
      7. Warehouse Management
    14. Reporting
      1. Define Stock List Display
      2. Define Field Selection for Material Document List
      3. Set Up Print Functions for Reporting
      4. Group Movement Type for Stock List
    15. Account Assignment and Valuation
      1. Define Price Control for Movement Type
      2. Configure Price Change in Previous Period
      3. Configure Dynamic Price Changes
      4. Reasons for Price Changes
      5. Set Up Material Price Dispatch
      6. Define Document Type and Number Ranges for Price Change
      7. Define Document Type and Number Ranges for Material Debit
      8. Maintain Number Ranges for Material Ledger Documents
      9. Split Valuation
      10. Activate Split Valuation
      11. Configure Split Valuation
      12. Account Determination
        1. Account Determination Wizard
        2. Account Determination without Wizard
      13. Define Valuation Control
      14. Group Together Valuation Areas
      15. Define Valuation Classes
      16. Define Account Grouping for Movement Types
      17. Configure Automatic Postings
  12. Chapter 10 - Business Scenarios
    1. Introduction
    2. Standard and Customized Business Scenarios
      1. Complete Procurement Process
      2. Inventory Management Cycle
    3. Consignment Cycle
      1. Customization, Configuration, and Master Data Setup
      2. Process Demonstration
    4. Subcontracting Cycle
      1. Customizing Settings
        1. Calculation Schema
        2. Document Type
        3. Master Data Setting
        4. Info Record
      2. Testing the Subcontracting Cycle
    5. Pipeline Process
    6. Intercompany Transfer
      1. Master Data Setting
        1. Sales Area
        2. Document Type
        3. Bill-to Partner
        4. Vendor
        5. Tax Code and Tax Rate
        6. Program Parameters for Invoice Verification
      2. Partner Profile for Bill-to and Vendor Partner and Inbound Parameters
      3. Billing Document
      4. Invoice Document

Product information

  • Title: The SAP Materials Management Handbook
  • Author(s): Ashfaque Ahmed
  • Release date: March 2014
  • Publisher(s): Auerbach Publications
  • ISBN: 9781498760171