Description
Book SynopsisGet the most out of your Materials Management implementation with this updated, comprehensive guide to configuration and functionality. You'll learn the ins and outs of Materials Management in SAP, from goods receipt and invoice verification to early warning systems and special procurement types. Dive into master data and other configuration tasks to ensure your MM system is optimized for your logistics needs! Materials Management Functionality: Learn to use MM for essential tasks like requesting quotations, purchase orders, and inventory management and for more advanced tasks like forecasting, using classification systems, and handling special procurement types. Business Scenarios and Examples: Configure settings for critical processes, and explore master data for materials and vendors. Cloud Migration and SAP S/4HANA: Expand your understanding of MM processes with expert advice, real-world examples, and sample business scenarios. Highlights: Materials master dataVendor master dataPur
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Materials Management Overview
- Materials Management as a Part of SAP ERP
- Materials Management as Part of Logistics
- Materials Management Integration
- Summary
- Materials Management Organizational Structure
- Client Structure
- Company Code
- Plants
- Storage Locations
- Warehouse and Storage Types
- Purchasing Organization
- Summary
- Master Data in Materials Management
- Material Master
- Vendor Master
- Purchasing Information Data
- Batch Management Data
- Serial Number Data
- Business Examples: Master Data in Materials Management
- Summary
- Material Master Data: Part 1
- Industry Sector
- Material Type
- Basic Data
- Classification Data
- Purchasing Data
- Forecasting Data
- Work Scheduling Data
- Sales Organizational Data
- Sales General Data
- Business Examples: Material Master Data
- Summary
- Material Master Data: Part 2
- Production Resources/Tools (PRT) Data
- Plant Data/Storage Location
- Warehouse Management Data
- Quality Management Data
- Material Requirements Planning Data
- Accounting Data
- Costing Data
- Business Examples: Material Master Data
- Summary
- Vendor Master Data
- General Data
- Accounting Information
- Purchasing Data
- Business Examples: Vendor Master Data
- Summary
- Purchasing Information Data
- Purchasing General Data
- Purchasing Organization Data
- Business Examples: Purchasing Information Data
- Summary
- Batch Management Data
- Batch Management Overview
- Batch Master Record
- Batch Determination
- Batch Information Cockpit
- Business Examples: Batch Management Data
- Summary
- Material Master Record
- Creating a Material Master Record
- Changing a Material Master Record
- Material Master Deletion
- Loading Material Master Records
- Production Versions
- Revision Levels
- Business Examples: Material Master Record
- Summary
- Vendor Master Record
- Creating the Vendor Master Record
- Changing the Vendor Master Record
- Deleting Vendor Master Record
- Display Vendor Master Record
- Blocking Vendors
- One-Time Vendor
- Vendor Subrange Functionality
- Business Examples: Vendor Master
- Summary
- Purchasing Overview
- Purchase Requisition
- Request for Quotation
- Quotation
- Purchase Order
- Source List and Source Determination
- Conditions in Purchasing
- Vendor Evaluation
- Quota Arrangement
- Business Examples: Purchasing
- Summary
- Purchase Requisition
- Indirectly Created Requisition
- Directly Created Requisition
- Processing a Purchase Requisition
- Business Examples: Purchase Requisitions
- Summary
- Request for Quotation
- Creating a Request for Quotation
- Changing a Request for Quotation
- Releasing a Request for Quotation
- Issuing a Request for Quotation to a Vendor
- Business Examples: Request for Quotation
- Summary
- Quotation
- Entering a Quotation
- Comparing Quotations
- Rejecting Quotations
- Business Examples: Quotations
- Summary
- Purchase Order
- Create a Purchase Order
- Maintaining a Purchase Order
- Blocking and Canceling a Purchase Order
- Account Assignment in a Purchase Order
- Outline Purchase Agreement
- Scheduling Agreement
- Contracts
- Vendor Confirmation
- Messages and Outputs
- Pricing Procedures
- Reporting
- Release Procedures
- Business Examples: Purchase Orders
- Summary
- External Services Management
- Service Master Record
- Standard Service Catalog
- Conditions in External Services Management
- Procurement of Services
- Entry of Services
- Blanket Purchase Order
- Business Examples: External Services Management
- Summary
- Consumption-Based Planning
- Master Data in Consumption-Based Planning
- Planning Process
- Planning Evaluation
- Procurement Proposal
- Implementing the Material Requirements Planning Area
- Business Examples: Consumption-Based Planning
- Summary
- Material Requirements Planning
- Reorder-Point Planning
- Forecast-Based Planning
- Time-Phased Planning
- Business Examples: Material Requirements Planning
- Summary
- Forecasting
- Forecast Models
- Forecast Parameters
- Forecast Options
- Business Examples: Forecasting
- Summary
- Inventory Management Overview
- Goods Movements
- Goods Issue
- Goods Receipt
- Physical Inventory
- Returns
- Reservations
- Stock Transfers
- Business Examples: Inventory Management
- Summary
- Goods Issue
- Goods Issue to a Production Order
- Goods Issue to Scrap
- Goods Issue for Sampling
- Goods Issue Posting
- Goods Issue Reversal
- Business Examples: Goods Issue
- Summary
- Goods Receipt
- Goods Receipt for a Purchase Order
- Goods Receipt for a Production Order
- Initial Entry of Inventory
- Other Goods Receipts
- Business Examples: Goods Receipts
- Summary
- Physical Inventory
- Physical Inventory Preparation
- Counting and Recounts
- Physical Inventory Posting
- Business Examples: Physical Inventory
- Summary
- Invoice Verification
- Standard Three-Way Match
- Evaluated Receipt Settlement
- Document Parking
- Variances
- Blocking Invoices
- Releasing Invoices
- Business Examples: Invoice Verification
- Summary
- Balance Sheet Valuation
- Last In, First Out Valuation
- First In, First Out Valuation
- Lowest Value Determination
- Business Examples: Balance Sheet Valuation
- Summary
- Material Ledger
- Material Ledger Overview
- Material Ledger Data
- Material Price Determination
- Business Examples: Material Ledger
- Summary
- Classification System
- Classification Overview
- Characteristics
- Classes
- Class Type
- Class Hierarchies
- Object Dependencies
- Finding Objects Using Classification
- Business Examples: Classification
- Summary
- Document Management
- Document Management Overview
- Document Information Record
- Creating a Document
- Linking an Object to a Document
- Documents and Classification
- Summary
- Early Warning System
- Overview
- Early Warning System Setup
- Schedule an Early Warning System
- Early Warning System in Action
- Exception Analysis
- Business Example: Early Warning System
- Summary
- Special Procurement Types
- Overview
- Direct Procurement
- Stock Transfer (Interplant Transfer)
- Withdrawal from Alternative Plant
- Subcontracting
- Consignment
- Pipeline Material
- Business Examples: Special Procurement Key
- Summary
- Reporting in SAP ERP
- The Basics of Reporting
- Purchasing Reports
- Inventory Management Reports
- Standard Analyses
- Batch Information Cockpit
- Summary
- Appendices
- Index
