Materials Management with SAP ERP - Functionality and Technical Configuration

Get 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!

Highlights include:
-Materials master data
-Vendor master data
-Purchasing information data
-Batch management
-External Services Management
-Material requirements planning (MRP)
-Inventory management
-Goods issue/goods receipt (GI/GR)
-Material Ledger
-Balance sheet valuation
-Invoice verification
-Document management

Highlights:

• Materials master data
• Vendor master data
• Purchasing information data
• Batch management
• External Services Management
• Material requirements planning (MRP)
• Inventory management
• Goods issue/goods receipt (GI/GR)
• Material Ledger
• Balance sheet valuation
• Invoice verification
• Document management

Table des matières

... Acknowledgments ... 29

... Preface ... 31

1 ... Materials Management Overview ... 37

1.1 ... Materials Management as a Part of SAP ERP ... 37

1.2 ... Materials Management as Part of Logistics ... 39

1.3 ... Materials Management Integration ... 41

1.4 ... Summary ... 43

2 ... Materials Management Organizational Structure ... 45

2.1 ... Client Structure ... 45

2.2 ... Company Code ... 49

2.3 ... Plants ... 51

2.4 ... Storage Locations ... 55

2.5 ... Warehouse and Storage Types ... 58

2.6 ... Purchasing Organization ... 60

2.8 ... Summary ... 67

3 ... Master Data in Materials Management ... 69

3.1 ... Material Master ... 69

3.2 ... Vendor Master ... 75

3.3 ... Purchasing Information Data ... 80

3.4 ... Batch Management Data ... 83

3.5 ... Serial Number Data ... 86

3.6 ... Business Examples: Master Data in Materials Management ... 89

3.7 ... Summary ... 93

4 ... Material Master Data: Part 1 ... 95

4.1 ... Industry Sector ... 96

4.2 ... Material Type ... 96

4.3 ... Basic Data ... 103

4.4 ... Classification Data ... 114

4.5 ... Purchasing Data ... 116

4.6 ... Forecasting Data ... 128

4.7 ... Work Scheduling Data ... 133

4.8 ... Sales Organizational Data ... 138

4.9 ... Sales General Data ... 144

4.10 ... Business Examples: Material Master Data ... 147

4.11 ... Summary ... 151

5 ... Material Master Data: Part 2 ... 153

5.1 ... Production Resources/Tools (PRT) Data ... 153

5.2 ... Plant Data/Storage Location ... 156

5.3 ... Warehouse Management Data ... 162

5.4 ... Quality Management Data ... 168

5.5 ... Material Requirements Planning Data ... 172

5.6 ... Accounting Data ... 191

5.7 ... Costing Data ... 197

5.8 ... Business Examples: Material Master Data ... 201

5.9 ... Summary ... 205

6 ... Vendor Master Data ... 207

6.1 ... General Data ... 207

6.2 ... Accounting Information ... 218

6.3 ... Purchasing Data ... 229

6.4 ... Business Examples: Vendor Master Data ... 239

6.5 ... Summary ... 241

7 ... Purchasing Information Data ... 243

7.1 ... Purchasing General Data ... 243

7.2 ... Purchasing Organization Data ... 247

7.3 ... Business Examples: Purchasing Information Data ... 255

7.4 ... Summary ... 256

8 ... Batch Management Data ... 259

8.1 ... Batch Management Overview ... 259

8.2 ... Batch Master Record ... 262

8.3 ... Batch Determination ... 270

8.4 ... Batch Information Cockpit ... 274

8.5 ... Business Examples: Batch Management Data ... 278

8.6 ... Summary ... 280

9 ... Material Master Record ... 281

9.1 ... Creating a Material Master Record ... 281

9.2 ... Changing a Material Master Record ... 282

9.3 ... Material Master Deletion ... 286

9.4 ... Loading Material Master Records ... 290

9.5 ... Production Versions ... 292

9.6 ... Revision Levels ... 296

9.7 ... Business Examples: Material Master Record ... 297

9.8 ... Summary ... 300

10 ... Vendor Master Record ... 301

10.1 ... Creating the Vendor Master Record ... 301

10.2 ... Changing the Vendor Master Record ... 305

10.3 ... Deleting Vendor Master Record ... 308

10.4 ... Display Vendor Master Record ... 310

10.5 ... Blocking Vendors ... 312

10.6 ... One-Time Vendor ... 313

10.7 ... Vendor Subrange Functionality ... 314

10.8 ... Business Examples: Vendor Master ... 315

10.9 ... Summary ... 318

11 ... Purchasing Overview ... 319

11.1 ... Purchase Requisition ... 319

11.2 ... Request for Quotation ... 320

11.3 ... Quotation ... 322

11.4 ... Purchase Order ... 323

11.5 ... Source List and Source Determination ... 324

11.6 ... Conditions in Purchasing ... 330

11.7 ... Vendor Evaluation ... 333

11.8 ... Quota Arrangement ... 340

11.9 ... Business Examples: Purchasing ... 341

11.10 ... Summary ... 344

12 ... Purchase Requisition ... 345

12.1 ... Indirectly Created Requisition ... 345

12.2 ... Directly Created Requisition ... 347

12.3 ... Processing a Purchase Requisition ... 354

12.4 ... Business Examples: Purchase Requisitions ... 359

12.5 ... Summary ... 361

13 ... Request for Quotation ... 363

13.1 ... Creating a Request for Quotation ... 363

13.2 ... Changing a Request for Quotation ... 372

13.3 ... Releasing a Request for Quotation ... 374

13.4 ... Issuing a Request for Quotation to a Vendor ... 376

13.5 ... Business Examples: Request for Quotation ... 377

13.6 ... Summary ... 379

14 ... Quotation ... 381

14.1 ... Entering a Quotation ... 381

14.2 ... Comparing Quotations ... 383

14.3 ... Rejecting Quotations ... 387

14.4 ... Business Examples: Quotations ... 389

14.5 ... Summary ... 390

15 ... Purchase Order ... 391

15.1 ... Create a Purchase Order ... 391

15.2 ... Maintaining a Purchase Order ... 395

15.3 ... Blocking and Canceling a Purchase Order ... 395

15.4 ... Account Assignment in a Purchase Order ... 397

15.5 ... Outline Purchase Agreement ... 401

15.6 ... Scheduling Agreement ... 401

15.7 ... Contracts ... 405

15.8 ... Vendor Confirmation ... 409

15.9 ... Messages and Outputs ... 414

15.10 ... Pricing Procedures ... 417

15.11 ... Reporting ... 424

15.12 ... Release Procedures ... 425

15.13 ... Business Examples: Purchase Orders ... 429

15.14 ... Summary ... 432

16 ... External Services Management ... 433

16.1 ... Service Master Record ... 433

16.2 ... Standard Service Catalog ... 437

16.3 ... Conditions in External Services Management ... 438

16.4 ... Procurement of Services ... 440

16.5 ... Entry of Services ... 443

16.6 ... Blanket Purchase Order ... 444

16.7 ... Business Examples: External Services Management ... 445

16.8 ... Summary ... 448

17 ... Consumption-Based Planning ... 449

17.1 ... Master Data in Consumption-Based Planning ... 449

17.2 ... Planning Process ... 452

17.3 ... Planning Evaluation ... 455

17.4 ... Procurement Proposal ... 456

17.5 ... Implementing the Material Requirements Planning Area ... 457

17.6 ... Business Examples: Consumption-Based Planning ... 458

17.7 ... Summary ... 460

18 ... Material Requirements Planning ... 461

18.1 ... Reorder-Point Planning ... 461

18.2 ... Forecast-Based Planning ... 463

18.3 ... Time-Phased Planning ... 464

18.4 ... Business Examples: Material Requirements Planning ... 467

18.5 ... Summary ... 469

19 ... Forecasting ... 471

19.1 ... Forecast Models ... 471

19.2 ... Forecast Parameters ... 473

19.3 ... Forecast Options ... 478

19.4 ... Business Examples: Forecasting ... 480

19.5 ... Summary ... 482

20 ... Inventory Management Overview ... 485

20.1 ... Goods Movements ... 485

20.2 ... Goods Issue ... 489

20.3 ... Goods Receipt ... 490

20.4 ... Physical Inventory ... 490

20.5 ... Returns ... 491

20.6 ... Reservations ... 496

20.7 ... Stock Transfers ... 502

20.8 ... Business Examples: Inventory Management ... 509

20.9 ... Summary ... 511

21 ... Goods Issue ... 513

21.1 ... Goods Issue to a Production Order ... 513

21.2 ... Goods Issue to Scrap ... 519

21.3 ... Goods Issue for Sampling ... 521

21.4 ... Goods Issue Posting ... 522

21.5 ... Goods Issue Reversal ... 524

21.6 ... Business Examples: Goods Issue ... 525

21.7 ... Summary ... 527

22 ... Goods Receipt ... 529

22.1 ... Goods Receipt for a Purchase Order ... 529

22.2 ... Goods Receipt for a Production Order ... 534

22.3 ... Initial Entry of Inventory ... 536

22.4 ... Other Goods Receipts ... 537

22.5 ... Business Examples: Goods Receipts ... 541

22.6 ... Summary ... 543

23 ... Physical Inventory ... 545

23.1 ... Physical Inventory Preparation ... 545

23.2 ... Counting and Recounts ... 550

23.3 ... Physical Inventory Posting ... 554

23.4 ... Business Examples: Physical Inventory ... 558

23.5 ... Summary ... 560

24 ... Invoice Verification ... 561

24.1 ... Standard Three-Way Match ... 561

24.2 ... Evaluated Receipt Settlement ... 565

24.3 ... Document Parking ... 568

24.4 ... Variances ... 569

24.5 ... Blocking Invoices ... 572

24.6 ... Releasing Invoices ... 578

24.7 ... Business Examples: Invoice Verification ... 579

24.8 ... Summary ... 582

25 ... Balance Sheet Valuation ... 583

25.1 ... Last In, First Out Valuation ... 583

25.2 ... First In, First Out Valuation ... 589

25.3 ... Lowest Value Determination ... 593

25.4 ... Business Examples: Balance Sheet Valuation ... 599

25.5 ... Summary ... 600

26 ... Material Ledger ... 603

26.1 ... Material Ledger Overview ... 603

26.2 ... Material Ledger Data ... 605

26.3 ... Material Price Determination ... 608

26.4 ... Business Examples: Material Ledger ... 611

26.5 ... Summary ... 612

27 ... Classification System ... 613

27.1 ... Classification Overview ... 613

27.2 ... Characteristics ... 615

27.3 ... Classes ... 620

27.4 ... Class Type ... 622

27.5 ... Class Hierarchies ... 625

27.6 ... Object Dependencies ... 626

27.7 ... Finding Objects Using Classification ... 627

27.8 ... Business Examples: Classification ... 630

27.9 ... Summary ... 632

28 ... Document Management ... 633

28.1 ... Document Management Overview ... 634

28.2 ... Document Information Record ... 634

28.3 ... Creating a Document ... 636

28.4 ... Linking an Object to a Document ... 638

28.5 ... Documents and Classification ... 640

28.6 ... Summary ... 644

29 ... Early Warning System ... 645

29.1 ... Overview ... 646

29.2 ... Early Warning System Setup ... 647

29.3 ... Schedule an Early Warning System ... 655

29.4 ... Early Warning System in Action ... 656

29.5 ... Exception Analysis ... 658

29.6 ... Business Example: Early Warning System ... 659

29.7 ... Summary ... 660

30 ... Special Procurement Types ... 661

30.1 ... Overview ... 662

30.2 ... Direct Procurement ... 664

30.3 ... Stock Transfer (Interplant Transfer) ... 667

30.4 ... Withdrawal from Alternative Plant ... 670

30.5 ... Subcontracting ... 671

30.6 ... Consignment ... 675

30.7 ... Pipeline Material ... 677

30.8 ... Business Examples: Special Procurement Key ... 677

30.9 ... Summary ... 678

31 ... Reporting in SAP ERP ... 679

31.1 ... The Basics of Reporting ... 679

31.2 ... Purchasing Reports ... 681

31.3 ... Inventory Management Reports ... 686

31.4 ... Standard Analyses ... 689

31.5 ... Batch Information Cockpit ... 695

31.6 ... Summary ... 697

... Appendices ... 699

... Index ... 719

A propos de l'auteur

Martin Murray has worked in the SAP area since 1990 for consulting firms like KPMG, Deloitte Consulting, and IBM. He hasheld positions ranging from senior project manger to MM Configurator. He is experienced with all aspects of MM functionality and with associated modules such as Warehouse Management, Production Planning, Service Management, and Project Management.

Jawad Akhtar is a Production Planning and SCM professional with over 15 years of professional experience. He has facilitated end-to-end SAP projects implementations in PP, MM, QM, PM, and DMS across a variety of industries that include automobile, FMCG, fertilizer, chemicals, building products, steel, and textiles. Jawad is an experienced writer in the SCM space.

Résumé

Get 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!Highlights include:-Materials master data-Vendor master data-Purchasing information data-Batch management-External Services Management-Material requirements planning (MRP)-Inventory management-Goods issue/goods receipt (GI/GR)-Material Ledger-Balance sheet valuation-Invoice verification-Document management

Highlights:

Materials master data
Vendor master data
Purchasing information data
Batch management
External Services Management
Material requirements planning (MRP)
Inventory management
Goods issue/goods receipt (GI/GR)
Material Ledger
Balance sheet valuation
Invoice verification
Document management

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Jawad Akhtar, Marti Murray, Martin Murray
• Edition: Rheinwerk Verlag
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 29.04.2016
• EAN: 9781493213573
• ISBN: 978-1-4932-1357-3
• Pages: 739
• Dimensions: 175 mm x 229 mm x 48 mm
• Poids: 1516 g
• Thèmes: SAP PRESS; SAP PRESS Englisch; SAP Press; SAP PRESS Englisch
• Catégories: Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Informatique, ordinateurs > Communication des données, réseaux; Classification, Inventory management, MRP, MM, Purchasing, Batch Management, Master data, Configuration, SAP ERP Materials Management