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Importance of Materials management
Organization structure
Organizational Units in Materials Management.
Master Data in Materials Management.
Procurement cycle, Pricing Procedure ,Release Strategy in Materials Management.
Topics of Discussion
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Material management is concerned with the planning, identification, procuring, storage, receiving and distribution of materials.
The aim of material management is to assure that the right materials are in the right place, in the right quantities from right resource's at right cost prices.
The purpose of material management is to control the flow of materials effectively there by reducing inventory cost.
Timely delivery of the product to the customer.
Agenda
Importance of Materials Management
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Organization Structure SAP MM TRAINING ENDEVOUR FROM SAP COE - MM SAP MM Basics
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The SAP R/3 procurement business process uses the following R/3 organizational elements: Company code Plant Storage location Purchasing organization Purchasing group
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6 Company Code A company code represents an independent accounting unit; for example, a company within a corporate group. Balance sheets and Profit & Loss statements, required by law, are created at the company code level. COMPANY CODE SAP MM TRAINING ENDEVOUR FROM SAP COE - MM SAP MM Basics
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7 Purchasing organization 2 Plant 10 Plant 1 Purchasing organization 1 Purchasing group 1 Purchasing group 2 Plant 2 Plant 3 Purchasing Organization A Purchasing organization negotiates conditions of purchase with vendors for one or more plants. it is legally responsible for completing purchase contracts. SAP MM TRAINING ENDEVOUR FROM SAP COE - MM SAP MM Basics
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8 Purchasing Group A key for a buyer or group of buyers responsible for certain purchasing activities.
Purchasing group is a separate entity which is indirectly linked with the organizational elements.
Internally responsible for the procurement of a material or a class of materials. It's the principal channel for a company's dealings with its vendors.
Purchasing group in SAP is used for the reporting purpose.
Purchasing group is considered as a one of the important parameter in the release strategy of purchasing documents.
Purchasing group also helps in setting of the authorization SAP MM TRAINING ENDEVOUR FROM SAP COE - MM SAP MM Basics
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9 A plant is an organizational unit within a company. A plant produces goods, renders services or makes goods available for distribution. A plant can be one of the following types of locations: Manufacturing facility. Warehouse distribution center. Regional sales office. Corporate headquarters. Plant SAP MM TRAINING ENDEVOUR FROM SAP COE - MM SAP MM Basics
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10 Storage Location Storage locations are organizational units that allow the differentiation of material stocks within a plant. Storage Location 0001 Storage Location 0002 Storage Location 0003 Storage Location 0004 SAP MM TRAINING ENDEVOUR FROM SAP COE - MM SAP MM Basics
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Plant & Company code - 1:1
Company code & Plant - 1: N
( Several plants can be assigned to one company code)
Plant & Purchase organization - M:N
( Several Plants can be assigned to one Purchase org &Vice versa)
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Plant Storage Location Purchasing Organization/ Purchasing Group
Organizational Units in Material Management
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Define the Plant with Proper address and it should be assigned to company Code
Maintain Storage Location
Maintain Purchasing organization
Assignments of Purchasing organization.
Following are the options available for assignments of Purchasing organization
(A) Company-specific purchasing: Assign a purchasing organization to one company code. (B) Plant-specific purchasing: Assign a purchasing organization to one Plant. Sub options: One purchasing organization procures for several plants. And Several purchasing organizations procure for one plant. (C) Enterprise wide :One purchasing organization procures for all the company codes of a client - that is, for all companies belonging to a corporate group
Organizational Units in Material Management
Customization steps for Organizational Units SAP MM TRAINING ENDEVOUR FROM SAP COE - MM SAP MM Basics
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Assignment of Purchase organization
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Master data is vital requirement for SAP operation. The information stored in Master Data is used to create transactions in SAP. The system ensures that the master data records created are unique . Master data maintenance is one time activity.
Main Master data in MM are Material Master Vendor Master Service Master Info Records Source list
Master Data in Material Management
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The material master file contains the data and parameters that define each material used in an SAP Client. The information relevant to a particular organizational unit for a specific material is defined in a separate view of that material.
For example, the accounting view for a material for a particular plant where valuation takes place, would define how that material is valuated at that plant. There would be another accounting view for the same material at a different plant.
Material Master
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I nventory Quality Sales I nformation Production I nformation Desc:--------------------- Product - Ad_bboot_fs
Basic Data Work Scheduling Purchasing MRP Purchase Order Text Accounting Costing Sales Storage Classification Foreign Trade Forecasting Plant/Storage Location Stock
Views in Material Master
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Data that is valid for the whole company: For example, material no., material short text, material group, base and alternative units of measure, ... Data that is valid within one plant: For example, purchasing data, MRP data, forecasting data, work scheduling data, ... Data that is valid for one storage location: For example, storage bin description, picking area, ...
Material Master Organizational Levels
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Material Type in Material Master
A Material Type is a definition of a group of materials with similar attributes.
A Material Type controls: (A) Number Range(Internal/EXTERNAL) (B) Screen sequence (C) Field References (D) Price Control Indicator (E) Procurement type (F) User Departments (G)Account Determination
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Configurations in Material Master
Configuration of Material Type. Run the Transaction OMS2.
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Configurations in Material Master
Configuration of Material Type
For example a new Material Type Building Maintenance needs to configure. Select the standard material type belongs to Raw Material(ROH)and Click on Copy, system will give you following screen. SAP MM TRAINING ENDEVOUR FROM SAP COE - MM SAP MM Basics
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Configurations in Material Master Configuration of Material Type. Save the material type SAP MM TRAINING ENDEVOUR FROM SAP COE - MM SAP MM Basics
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Configurations in Material Master
Material Number range Run the Transaction MMNR Click on you will find below screen Contd SAP MM TRAINING ENDEVOUR FROM SAP COE - MM SAP MM Basics
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Configurations in Material Master
Material Number range By default, system will put the newly configured Material type in Group1.As,system will assign the Number Range only as per the Groups and not as per the Material Types therefore an user have to create the separate group. Contd. SAP MM TRAINING ENDEVOUR FROM SAP COE - MM SAP MM Basics
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Configurations in Material Master
Material Number range Now click on Group and then click on Insert. You will find below Screen Contd.... SAP MM TRAINING ENDEVOUR FROM SAP COE - MM SAP MM Basics
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Configurations in Material Master
Material Number range. You can check the result by clicking on Interval Display Interval As the material is still lying in Group1 it must be pulled into newly created Material Group(Building & Maintenance) as under:- Select the Material Group
Double Click on Material Type(ZBUI)
Click on Element/Group
System will put the Material Type(ZBUI) under desired Group SAP MM TRAINING ENDEVOUR FROM SAP COE - MM SAP MM Basics
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Configurations in Material Master
Now user can check the results by running the transaction MM01
System had correctly picked the Number 2100000000. SAP MM TRAINING ENDEVOUR FROM SAP COE - MM SAP MM Basics
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Vendor Master Data
The vendor master database contains information about the vendors that supply an enterprise. This information is stored in individual vendor master records.
A vendor master record contains The vendors name and address. The currency used for ordering from the vendor Terms of payment
Vendor master record is maintained by both Accounting and Purchasing SAP MM TRAINING ENDEVOUR FROM SAP COE - MM SAP MM Basics
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Vendor Master Data levels
Purchasing organization data Purchasing data Partner roles Company code data Account management Payment transactions Correspondence Withholding tax General data Address, communication, control data, bank details Euro check Vendor master Vendor master record record SAP MM TRAINING ENDEVOUR FROM SAP COE - MM SAP MM Basics
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Configurations in vendor Master
Vendor Account Group acts like a controlling Parameter in Vendor Master. It Determines:- The type of number range (Internal/External) Whether the vendor is a one-time vendor? Which fields appear on the screen?
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Configurations in vendor Master
Configuration of Vendor Account Group Run the Transaction OBD3. Click on copy you will find below screen. Change the account Group and Name and save the results. SAP MM TRAINING ENDEVOUR FROM SAP COE - MM SAP MM Basics
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Configurations in vendor Master
Configuration of Vendor Number range Run the Transaction XKN1.
Now click on you will find below screen Contd Now click on Interval SAP MM TRAINING ENDEVOUR FROM SAP COE - MM SAP MM Basics
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Configurations in vendor Master
Configuration of Vendor Number range. Now enter and save. In the below screen you will find the Number Range is configured. SAP MM TRAINING ENDEVOUR FROM SAP COE - MM SAP MM Basics
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Configurations in vendor Master
Assignment of Number range to Vendor Account Group.
Customization Path:- IMG->Financial Accounting->Vendor Accounts->Master Data->Preparations for Creating Vendor Master Data->Assign Number Ranges to Vendor Account Group As shown in above screen assign the No. belongs to newly created Number Range to ZVEN Account Group. Save the results SAP MM TRAINING ENDEVOUR FROM SAP COE - MM SAP MM Basics
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Now user can check the results by running the transaction XK01.
Configurations in vendor Master
System had correctly picked the Number 0000031001. User can also check the result in XKN1. System will give you current Number automatically. SAP MM TRAINING ENDEVOUR FROM SAP COE - MM SAP MM Basics
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The information linking with a specific material that is purchased from a specific vendor is called a Purchasing Info Record.
This data is proposed into purchasing order when they are being created. They can be created manually or automatically.
The Info Records provide the following information
Which vendors supply a certain material?
Which materials does a certain vendor supply?
Purchasing Info Records
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Purchasing organization / plant data Control (delivery time, minimum quantity ...) Prices & conditions (gross price, discount, freight ...) Statistics (Price history, PO statistics ...) Texts (purchase order text ...) Purchasing organization data Control (delivery time, minimum quantity ...) Prices & conditions (gross price, discount, freight ...) Statistics (Price history, PO statistics ...) Texts (purchase order text ...) General data Vendor data (reminder data, vendors material no.) Origin data Order unit (conversion...) Internal info record memo A dministrative data
Purchasing Purchasing info record info record + Structure of Pur. Info Records SAP MM TRAINING ENDEVOUR FROM SAP COE - MM SAP MM Basics
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Purchasing Info Records
Four categories of Purchasing Information Records can be created. Standard:- Information Records for Standard Purchase Order.
Pipeline:- Information on Vendor Material that is supplied through a pipeline, cables, or Pipes, such as water or oil.
Consignment:- Information on material that a vendor owns and stores at the plant of the Purchaser.
Subcontracting:- Information for subcontract orders. SAP MM TRAINING ENDEVOUR FROM SAP COE - MM SAP MM Basics
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Purchasing Info Records
Run The Transaction ME11 SAP MM TRAINING ENDEVOUR FROM SAP COE - MM SAP MM Basics
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Purchasing Info Records
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The Service Master Record is the document that contains the basic information of Service, similar to Material Master Records.
Service Master
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