Materials Management

This manual, specialized for steel industry, provides a step-by-step guide for carrying following list of activities required for Materials Management module configuration in SAP. Besides activities this also contains explanations and screenshots, including the order in which you need to make customization.

• Financial Accounting Settings relevant to Materials Management
• Configuring the Material Master
• Tax On Goods Movement
• Purchasing Related Configuration Settings
• Settings for Stock Transport Order
• Setting up Confirmation Control
• Define Price Determination Process
• Account Assignment
• Define Default Values for Document Type
• Configuration Settings to Define Number Assignments
• Goods Issue / Transfer Postings
• Goods Receipt
• Creating Storage Location Automatically
• Physical Inventory
• Movement Types
• Valuation and Account Assignment
• Configure Price Change in Previous Period/Previous Year
• Logistics Invoice Verification
• Set Tolerance Limits for Invoice Blocking

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This training guide provides end users , who are involved in the procurement process, with an overview of the purchasing process in SAP for MRP/Inventory, and Market Price contracts.

• Search SAP for vendor, material, MRP, requisition, contract, purchase order, Goods Receipt, or Invoice information
• Create [ME51N], Change [ME52N], Delete, or Process [ME53N] a Purchase Requisition
• Create [ME21N], Change [ME22N] or Delete a Purchase Order
• Run Purchase Order reports in SAP
• Approve Purchase Orders

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This sample powerpoint slide gives an overview of the procedures listed below which are involved in Materials Management module of SAP

• SAP Navigation and Overview
• Organizational Levels in Purchasing
• Master Data in Materials Management
• Procurement of Stock Materials
• Procurement of Consumable Material
• Blanket Purchase Order
• Procurement of External Services
• Procurement of Fix Assets
• Releasing purchasing documents
• Goods Receipt
• Return Delivery
• Goods Issues
• Stock Transfers/Transfer Postings
• Physical Inventory
• Logistic Invoice Verification Procedure
• Vendor Consignment Process
• Subcontracting Process
• Vendor Evaluation
• Reporting and Analysis Functions
• Evaluation

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This training document (120 pages) provides instructions including menu paths and screenshots for most common end user functions listed below in SAP’s Materials Management (MM) module:

• Local/Domestic Purchase
• Import Purchase
• Asset Purchase
• Export/Domestic Sales Return
• Account Assignment Purchase (Cost Center Purchase)
• Sub-Contracting
• Service Rate Contract/Annual Rate Contract
• Stock Transfer
• Material Issue Against Cleaning Order
• Material to Material Transfer
• Asset Transfer
• Purchase Return from Other Plant
• Return Delivery to Vendor
• Batch to Batch Transfer

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This manual shows the configuration sequences that was developed for the MM module in SAP. Following configurations are covered in this guide:

• Enterprise Structure Definition relevant to MM
• Purchasing
• Logistics General
• Inventory Management
• Tax on Purchase
• Valuation and Account Assignment

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Many of the concepts described in this handbook will help anyone who is responsible managing Materials Management module in SAP System. This document does not serve as a starting point but it is helpgul for anyone interested in learning about and understanding the key principles and concepts of MM in SAP. Following content is covered in this document:

• Procurement cycle
• Stock Management
• Special procurement
• Subcontracting
• Consignment
• Stock transport order
• Physical inventory

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In SAP, when buying goods, you can account for the cost of shipping in the purchase order by adding a line for freight to the overall Purchase Order (PO), or by using Freight Conditions.
Freight Conditions have the advantage of being invisible to the Goods Receiver while being visible to the AP Processor. Freight conditions can apply to the overall PO, or be different for each line, and can be entered as a fixed amount or as a percentage of the order value.

In this guide, following activities are explained for the management of Freight Conditions in SAP-MM,

• Including freight conditions in the purchase order header – ME21N
• Including freight conditions at the purchase line item level

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In this guide, all Material Master Data views are covered with the implication on vital processes in SAP system. You will find how each of the following list of view is created, its obligatory data, optional fields, and how its creation reflects the system.

• Basic Views
• Classification View
• Sales Organization Datas
• Sales General / Plant View
• Foreign Trade / Export View
• MRP Views
• Plant data – Storage 1 View
• Warehouse Management ViewsQuality management View
• Accounting View
• Costing Views
• Purchasing View
• Foreign Trade Import View
• Purchase order text View
• Additional data

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