Materials Management with SAP ERP: Functionality and Technical Configuration

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.

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