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If you need to familiarize yourself with Materials Management (MM) customization or connect MM business processes to your SAP system, this book is for you. You'll gain a thorough understanding of the key processes for materials management, and learn how to customize SAP ERP to support your business. This new and expanded edition includes a new chapter on Batch Management and MRP, additional step-by-step configuration instruction, as well as extended customer and real-world examples throughout.
Highlights:
Organizational Structure
Master Data
Procurement Processes
Inventory Management Processes
Invoice Verification
Inventory Valuations
Material Classification
Batch Management
Materials Requirement Planning
List of contents
Aus dem Inhalt:
Acknowledgments 19
Preface 21
1 Introduction 25
1.1 Overview of SAP ERP 25
1.2 Overview of Materials Management 29
1.3 SAP System Environment: Development, Quality, and Production Clients 30
1.4 SAP Enhancement Packages 36
1.5 SAP Add-Ons and SAP Preconfigured Systems 38
1.6 Summary 39
2 The SAP Organizational Structure 41
2.1 Introduction to Organizational Structures 41
2.2 Business Scenarios and Organizational Structure 45
2.3 Setting Up Organizational Structures in an SAP System 49
2.4 Summary 62
3 Master Data 63
3.1 Vendor Master Records 64
3.2 Material Master Records 78
3.3 Purchasing Info Records 90
3.4 Source List 96
3.5 Quota Arrangement 98
3.6 Catalogs in SAP ERP 105
3.7 Summary 106
4 Procurement Processes 107
4.1 Item Category 108
4.2 Procure to Pay 110
4.3 Direct Material Procurement 117
4.4 Indirect Material Procurement 119
4.5 Blanket Purchase Orders for Consumable Materials 127
4.6 Service Procurement 130
4.7 Consignment Procurement 141
4.8 Subcontract Procurement 147
4.9 Third-Party Procurement 163
4.10 Outline Agreements 166
4.11 Stock Transfer 178
4.12 Intercompany Purchases 184
4.13 Summary 191
5 Inventory Management Processes 193
5.1 Movement Types 195
5.2 Unit of Measurement for Goods Movement 199
5.3 Inbound and Outbound Processes 202
5.4 Stock Types in Inventory Management 212
5.5 Physical Inventory Management Processes 220
5.6 Vendor Return Process 227
5.7 Cancellation of Material Document 234
5.8 Summary 236
6 Invoice Verification 237
6.1 Basics of Invoice Verification 239
6.2 PO-Based Invoice Verification 242
6.3 GR-Based Invoice Verification 242
6.4 Invoices for Account-Assigned Purchase Orders 243
6.5 Invoices for Blanket Purchase Orders 246
6.6 Evaluated Receipt Settlements 247
6.7 Invoicing Plans 252
6.8 Subsequent Debit/Credit 259
6.9 Credit Memos and Reversals 262
6.10 Invoice Verification in Background Processing 264
6.11 Invoice Reductions 267
6.12 Invoices with Variances 272
6.13 Taxes in Invoice Verification 276
6.14 Discounts in Invoice Verification 278
6.15 Invoice Blocking 282
6.16 GR/IR Account Maintenance 293
6.17 Duplicate Invoice Check 295
6.18 Invoices for POs with Down Payments 296
6.19 Invoices for POs with Retention Money 305...
About the author
Akash Agrawal has over 13 years of experience in SAP, and has worked with SAP MM, WM, and SRM. He s been a functional consultant, delivery architect, and lead consultant on various projects. He has also worked on global implementation projects throughout the US and Europe.
Summary
Are you tired of being constantly bogged down by overly technical information? This book provides exactly what functional consultants are looking for: information on how to connect Materials Management (MM) in SAP with industry best-business processes and practices. Get the big picture you need!
1. MM: When, Why, and How
Understand when and why to use each MM functionality to suit your specific business processes, and then learn how to accomplish the specific task with process steps.
2. Configure and Customize
Learn the basics of how to set up organizational structures and other MM elements, enhance master data, and then tweak the system based on different business requirements.
3. Detailed Diagrams and Screenshots
Visualize MM organizational structures and processes with practical diagrams, then understand how to configure and customize the system with the help of screenshots.
4. Business Scenarios
Benefit from detailed examples to understand how you best use MM to support specific business processes.
5. Updated Edition
Find new information on subcontract procurement, outline agreements, materials requirements planning (MRP), new enhancements in MM, and more, all updated for enhancement pack 5.
Highlights:
* Organizational Structure
* Master Data
* Procurement Processes
* Inventory Management Processes
* Invoice Verification
* Inventory Valuations
* Material Classification
* Batch Management
* Materials Requirement Planning
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