Materials Management with SAP ERP: Functionality and Technical Configuration

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

About the Author :
A native of London, England, Martin Murray joined the computer industry upon his graduation from Middlesex University in 1986. In 1991, he began working with SAP R/2 in the Materials Management area for a London-based multi-national beverage company. In 1994, he moved to the United States to work as an SAP R/3 consultant. Since then, he's been implementing the Materials Management (MM) and Warehouse Management (WM) functionality in projects throughout the world. He works for IBM Global Business Services. Martin is the author of six best-selling books from SAP PRESS: Materials Management with SAP ERP, Warehouse Management with SAP ERP, Discover Logistics with SAP ERP, Maximize Your Warehouse Operations with SAP ERP, Understanding the SAP Logistics Information System, and SAP Transaction Codes: Your Quick Reference to T-Codes in SAP ERP. Jawad Akhtar works as the SAP Leader for Business Sales and Delivery at IBM Pakistan. He earned a chemical engineering degree from Missouri University of Science and Technology (USA) in 1996. He has more than 18 years of professional experience and has completed several large-scale SAP implementations and rollout lifecycles. He has led large teams in his roles as an SAP integration manager and SAP project manager, and has also been proactively involved in business development and solution architect roles. He is the technical advisor to SAPexperts and is a prolific contributor to SearchSAP, where he shares his views on logistics, supply chain management (SCM), product lifecycle management (PLM), and project management.You can view his profile on LinkedIn at http://pk.linkedin.com/in/jawadakhtar. You can also contact Jawad via email at jawad.akhtar@live.com or Twitter @jawadahl.