Materials Management

Question 1

Target MM

Answer 1

Sicherstellung, dass die Materialien verfügbar sind

• in time
• in requested quality
• at the right place
• with lowest cost

Question 2

Procure to Pay ProcessFlow for Stock Material

Answer 2

1. Create demand (MRP)
2. Process pur. req (Purchasing)
3. Create pur. order (Purchasing), notify the vendor
4. Monitor pur. order (Purch.), get notifcation from vendor about sales order
5. AND receive goods (inventory mgtm)
6. Verify infoice (Accounts payable)
7. Trigger Payment (Acc. payable)
8. End

Question 3

Organizational Levels for MM Proc2Pay

Answer 3

1. Client
2. Company Code/ Purchasing organization/ purchasing group
3. Plant
4. Storage Location

Question 4

Views for a Material Master

Answer 4

1. Basic Data
2. Sales Data
3. Purchasing Data
4. Work Scheduling
5. Forecasting
6. MRP data
7. WM data
8. Material Accounting
9. Stock quantities/ values
10. Storage
11. Warehouse Mgmt.

Question 5

Material type in SAP ERP - Controls

Answer 5

• Procurement type
• views
• field selection
• quantity updates?
• value updates?
• allowed applications
• internal/external numbers

Question 6

MRP with Planning process

Answer 6

Long term: Sales History Forecasts -> Sales & Operations Planning
V
Mid term: Sales orders -> Demand Planning
V
Short term: MRP
V
Execution: Production Orders External Procurement Orders

Question 7

MRP Methods

Answer 7

• Plan driven (Planning critical parts, with BOM resolution, without BOM resolution)
• Consumption driven (Manual reorder point, automatic reorder point, stochastical planning)

Question 8

purchase requisitions

Answer 8

• internal documents
• define demands the purchasing has to care for
• can trigger
  
  • procurement for stock
  • procurement for consumption
  • Delivery schedules for scheduling agreements
  • Stock transfer orders
  • (RFQ processing)
• purchase orders resulting from purchase requisitions can reference a contract

Question 9

inventory categories for goods receipt

Answer 9

• unrestricted use -> unrestricted use stock
• blocked -> blocked stock
• quality inspection -> stock in quality inspection

Question 10

Posting of goods receipt

Answer 10

• update of quantities and values
• movement documentation
• update General ledger accounts
• open an inspection lot to trigger the quality inspection
• transfer requirement for warehouse mgmt.
• printout (optional)
• update of purchase order, pur.order history
• message to ordering party (optional)