Materials Management

This document provides an overview of inventory management concepts and processes in SAP. It begins by explaining the movement type, a key idea in SAP inventory transactions. Movement types categorize and control various material movements like issues, receipts, and transfers. The document then covers the document principle, whereby every goods movement generates a material document and usually an accounting document for tracking.

Next, the guide examines common inventory types seen in SAP:

• Raw materials – Used in production, undergo physical change
• WIP (work in process) – Materials currently in production
• Finished goods – Completed products ready for sale
• Spare parts – Used for repairs and maintenance

Other inventory categories like consignment stock are also explained. Consignment refers to inventory stored with a customer but still owned by the supplier until consumed.

Finally, the document overview major inventory costs:

• Ordering costs – Expenses to place purchase orders
• Carrying/holding costs – Costs to store inventory
• Stockout costs – Costs if inventory runs out

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This document provides a step-by-step guide to performing physical inventory processes in SAP. Physical inventory is the process of counting stock on hand and reconciling it to book inventory balances. This is critical for maintaining accurate inventory records and financial reporting.

The document breaks down into following main parts :

• Creating, changing, and displaying physical inventory documents to plan and record counts
• Entering inventory counts and making changes if needed
• Performing recounts if discrepancies are found
• Reviewing difference lists between counted and booked quantities
• Posting differences to adjust inventory balances

The guide walks through end-to-end physical inventory procedures from initial document creation through executing counts, making updates, and posting adjustments. It provides transaction codes, screenshots, and step-by-step instructions for users to follow. Master data elements, required entries, and SAP navigation are explained.

List of transaction codes covered in the guide are;

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This document provides an overview of physical inventory processes and configurations in SAP S/4HANA MM. It covers the need for physical inventory, different types of physical inventory, and the overall process flow. Key configurations like number ranges, movement types, and tolerances are explained. An example exercise demonstrates creating inventory documents, counting, posting differences, and reporting.

Key topics covered in the document:

• Introduction to physical inventory and its importance
• Types of physical inventory like annual, cycle, and perpetual
• Physical inventory process steps
• Key reports for physical inventory
• Configuration settings like document numbers, movement types, freezing balances
• Master data settings like inventory groups and tolerances
• Exercise example to create documents, count, post differences, and check results

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This document provides an overview of physical inventory procedures and best practices in SAP MM. Physical inventory involves physically verifying stock quantities on hand and is a critical component of inventory management and overall supply chain operations. This paper reviews key considerations when planning and executing physical inventory counts, including inventory procedures (periodic, continuous, cycle counting, sampling), blocking materials from posting during counts, entering and analyzing count data, handling differences and recounts, as well as system configuration to support the physical inventory process. Insights are provided to help ensure accurate tracking of inventory through robust physical inventory protocols.

Key Sections covered in the document are:

• Physical Inventory Overview: Defines physical inventory and its importance for inventory visibility and planning
• Physical Inventory Procedures: Explains periodic, continuous, cycle counting, and sampling inventory methods
• Physical Inventory Process: Details key steps for inventory preparation, count, and analysis
• Entering and Analyzing Count Data: Covers entering results, handling differences and recounts
• Configuration Settings: Highlights SAP customizing settings that support physical inventory
• Examples: Includes sample transactions for creating physical inventory documents and posting differences

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This document provides configuration steps for customizing the purchase order (PO) document type in SAP S/4HANA Materials Management (MM) module. It outlines how to define a new PO document type, restrict allowed item categories, link the document type to the purchase document configuration, define internal/external number ranges, make certain fields mandatory, and assign field selection keys. The goal is to configure a customized PO document type in SAP MM for handling special procurement types like subcontracting and consignment.

Key configuration steps covered in the document are:

• Step 1: Define a new PO document type by copying the standard type and giving it a custom name
• Step 2: Restrict allowed item categories for the document type
• Step 3: Link the new document type to the purchase document configuration to specify valid item category combinations
• Step 4: Define internal and external number ranges and assign to the new document type
• Step 5: Make certain fields mandatory in the screen layout and assign a field selection key to the document type

The document provides a business scenario, explanations of configuration settings, and screenshots demonstrating the SAP configuration steps in detail. In summary, it covers the key SAP MM customizations required for setting up a specialized PO document type.

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This PDF document provides an end-to-end view of configuring a custom pricing procedure in SAP S/4HANA Materials Management (MM) module. The pricing procedure is used to combine different charges like gross price, freight, discounts, surcharges, taxes etc.

Following list of pricing procedure steps are covered in the document:

• Setting up the calculation schema
• Defining condition types such as taxes
• Defining schema groups for suppliers and purchasing organizations
• Assigning schema groups to purchasing organizations
• Determining calculation schema for standard purchase orders
• Assigning condition types to calculation schema
• Assigning schema group to business partner
• Validating pricing procedure in purchase order
• Maintaining condition tables
• Defining access sequences
• Assigning access sequence to condition types
• Maintaining condition records

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This document provides an overview of special procurement types in SAP MM, which are used for specific procurement scenarios that differ from standard procurement. The key sections covered are:

• What is special procurement and the role of the special procurement type key ?
• Different special procurement scenarios:
  • Direct procurement
  • Subcontracting
  • Vendor consignment
  • Pipeline procurement
  • Withdrawal from alternate plant
  • Stock transfer

For each special procurement type, the document explains the purpose, configuration settings, and steps involved such as creating purchase orders, goods receipts, consumption postings, and settlement. Key transactions, movement types, and accounting entries are also listed for the different scenarios. Understanding these special procurement types allows handling non-standard material requirements that come up in planning and production.

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