SAP MATERIALS MANAGEMENT

 

SAP MM (Material Management) is a module of the SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) package that is used for Procurement Handling and Management. SAP MM is a material management tool that can help automate and streamline corporate Procurement Handling and Inventory Management (in other words it is about managing resources). Materials management is integrated with other modules such as SD, PP and QM.

 

1. INTRODUCTION TO ERP
2. ERP Definition
3. Characteristics of ERP
4. Products of ERP
5. Benefits of using ERP
6. INTRODUCTION TO SAP
7. SAP History
8. SAP Product line
9. New Products of SAP
10. Relation of New SAP Products with the core product
11. Industry specific Products
12. Type of SAP Projects
13. Type of SAP Roles
14. Architecture of SAP
15. System Landscape
16. Types of data used in the SAP system

 

3. INITIAL SCREENS
4. How to login to the SAP system
5. SAP Client / GUI
6. SAP Session - What it is
7. How to open a new Session
8. Create new Sessions
9. Navigation between Sessions
10. Transactions and Activities
11. Shortcuts or Transaction Codes
12. SAP Easy Access screen
13. SAP IMG screen
14. Difference between Easy Access and IMG screens

 

4. ENTERPRISE STRUCTURE
   1. What is Enterprise Structure
   2. The different types of Enterprise Structure

• Company structure in real time

1. Company structure for each process
2. MM Structure against other process structure
3. Enterprise Structure terms in real time against those used in the SAP system

• Definitions of the elements of enterprise structure
• Creation of Enterprise Structure elements in the SAP system

1. Group
2. Company
3. Plant
4. Store
5. Purchasing Department
6. Valuation Area
7. Controlling Area
   1. Assignment of the Enterprise Structure elements in the SAP system
8. Assign Company to Group
9. Assign Plant to Company
10. Assign Store to Plant
11. Assign Purchasing Departments
12. Assign Controlling Area

 

5. MASTER DATA
6. Basics of Master Data
7. Significance of Master Data
8. Usage of Master Data

 

1. Material Master
   1. What is Material Master
   2. Views

• Subscreens

1. Fields
2. Maintenance of material data in the SAP system
3. Prerequisites for creation of Material Master Record

• Creation of Material Master Record
• Changes to Material Master Record

1. Other end user activities in Material Master
2. Configuration of Material Master

1. Screen Sequence

What is Screen Sequence

Significance and usage of Screen Sequence

1. Screen Reference

What is Screen Reference

Creating and using Screen Reference

1. Field Selection

What is Field Selection

Criteria for defining field selection

1. Field Reference

What is Field reference

Creating and using field references

1. Material Type

What is Material Type

Usage of Material Type in the SAP system

Defining and using Material Types

1. Assign Number Range to Material Type
2. Material Number formatting
3. Material Groups
4. Purchasing Group
5. Purchase Value Key
6. Shipping Instruction

 

1. Vendor Master
   1. Who is a Vendor
   2. What is Vendor Master Record

• Division of Vendor Master data

General Data

Company Code Data

Purchasing Data

1. Vendor Classification
2. Types of Vendor

Regular Vendor

One-time Vendor

Accounting Vendor

Purchasing Vendor
Central Vendor

1. Prerequisites for creating Vendor Master Record

• Vendor Account Group and its significance
• Creation of Vendor Master Record

1. Changing the Vendor Master Record
2. Other End user activities of Vendor Master
3. Configuration of Vendor Master

1. Vendor Field Selection

What is Vendor field selection

Significance of vendor field selection

Criteria for maintaining vendor field selection

1. Assignment of Number Ranges
2. Screen selection for Vendor Master records
3. Vendor Industries
4. Terms of Payment

 

 

• Purchasing Info Record
  1. Basics of Purchasing Info Record

What is Purchasing Info Record

Significance of Purchasing Info Record

1. Types of Purchasing Info Record

• Prerequisites for Purchasing Info Record

1. Creation of Purchasing Info Record
2. Changing the Purchasing Info Record
3. Other End User activities for Purchasing Info Record

• Configuration

Defining Number Ranges for Purchasing Info Record

Screen Selection for Purchasing Info Record

 

1. Source Determination
   1. Basics of Source Determination

What is Source Determination

Source Determination options in the SAP system

1. Source List
   1. Basics of Source List

What is Source List

Significance and usage of Source List

2. Creation of Source List
3. Changing the Source List
4. Other End User activities for Source List
5. Configuration

• Quota Arrangement
  1. Basics of Quota Arrangement

What is Quota Arrangement

Significance and usage of Quota Arrangement

2. Prerequisites for creating Quota Arrangement
3. Creation of Quota Arrangement
4. Changing the Quota Arrangement
5. Other End User activities of Quota Arrangement
6. Configuration

 

6. Purchasing
   1. Basics of Purchasing

What is Purchasing

Difference Between Purchasing and Procurement

1. Purchasing Cycle

• Purchasing Documents

Different types of Purchasing documents used

Division of Purchasing Document in the SAP system

Type of data maintained in each division of the purchase document

1. Purchase Requisition
   1. Basics of Purchase Requisition
   2. Creation of Purchase Requisition

• Other End User activities of Purchase Requisition

1. Request for Quotation (RFQ)
   1. Basics of RFQ
   2. Creation of RFQ

• Other End User activities of RFQ

1. Quotation
   1. Basics of Quotation
   2. Creation of Quotation

• Other End User activities of Quotation

• Comparison
  1. What is comparison
  2. Criteria for comparison in the real time and in the SAP system

• The comparison process

• Purchase Order
  1. What is a Purchase Order
  2. Creation of Purchase Order with reference

• Creation of Purchase Order without reference

1. Release Procedure
   1. Basics of Release Procedure
   2. Release Procedure and Approval process

• Release Characteristics

1. Release Classes
2. Release Groups
3. Release Codes

• Release Indicators
• Release Strategies

1. Releasing the Purchase Order through Release Procedure

1. Optimization of Purchasing
   1. Concepts of Purchase Optimization
   2. Prerequisites for creating a Purchase Order automatically

• Creation of Purchase Order automatically

1. Outline Agreements
   1. Basics
   2. Contracts
      1. Concepts
      2. Quantity Contract
      3. Value Contract
      4. Creation of a Contract
      5. Other End User activities of Contract

• Scheduling Agreements
  1. Concepts
  2. Creation of Scheduling Agreement
  3. Other End User activities of Scheduling Agreement
  4. Creation of Delivery Schedule
• Configuration of Purchasing
  1. Document Types configuration
  2. Assigning Number Ranges to Document Types

• Screen Selection for the Document Types

1. Text Types and Copying Rules
2. Tolerances for Archiving documents

 

7. Inventory Management
   1. Basics of Inventory Management
   2. Stock Types

• Movement Types

1. Process of Goods Receipt
2. Process of Goods Issue

 

1. Stock Transfers
   1. What is Stock Transfer
   2. Types of Stock Transfer

• Transfer between Plants

1. Transfer between Storage Locations
2. Transfer between Stock types
3. Transfer using Stock Transport Order

• Return to vendor
  1. Conditions under material returned to vendor
  2. Prerequisites for return to vendor
• Cancellation

1. Initial Stock
2. Reservations
3. Physical Inventory

• Configuration
  1. Plant Parameters
  2. Number Range assignment

• Screen Selection

1. End User Restrictions for Inventory Management activities
2. Movement Types and its attributes
3. Individual transaction configuration

 

8. Special Procurement Process / Special Stocks
   1. Basics of Special Procurement Process / Special Stocks
   2. Subcontracting
      1. What is the Subcontracting process
      2. Where used

• Steps defining the subcontracting process

1. Configuration for subcontract process

• Consignment
  1. What is the Consignment process
  2. Where used

• Steps defining the Consignment process

1. Configuration for Consignment process

 

1. Pipeline
   1. What is the Pipeline process
   2. Where used

• Steps defining the Pipeline process

1. Configuration for Consignment process

 

9. External Services Management
   1. Basics of External Services Management
   2. Service Master

• Service Conditions

1. Service Purchase Order
2. Service Entry Sheet
3. Configuration of External Services Management

 

10. Valuation and Account Determination
    1. Valuation Types
    2. Split Valuation
       1. What is Split Valuation
       2. Usage and Significance of Split Valuation

• Global Types

1. Global Categories
2. Assignment

 

11. Logistics Invoice Verification
    1. Concepts
    2. Planned Costs

• Unplanned Costs

1. Entry of Invoice
2. Blocking of Invoice
3. Releasing the blocked invoice

• Holding / Parking the invoice
• Releasing the parked invoice

 

12. Pricing Procedure
    1. Condition Table
    2. Access Sequence

• Condition Types

1. Calculation Schema
2. Schema Group
3. Schema Determination

• Condition Records
• Execution of Pricing Procedure

 

13. Batch Management
    1. Basics of Batch Management
    2. Configuration of Batch Management process in the SAP system

• Creation of Batch Master Record

1. End User activities of Batch Management
2. Batch Management with Classification

 

14. Output Determination
    1. Access Sequences
    2. Message Types

• Message Determination Schema

1. Partner Roles per Message Type
2. Assign Output Devices to Purchasing Groups

 

15. Integration with FI/CO
    1. Concepts
    2. Valuation Grouping Code

• Valuation Class

1. Account Category Reference
2. Automatic Postings
3. Modifiers

 

16. Integration with PP (Materials Requirement Planning)
    1. Concepts
    2. MRP Methods / Types

• MRP Group

1. MRP Controller
2. MRP Area
3. MRP Configuration

 

17. ASAP Methodology
    1. What is ASAP Methodology
    2. Steps of ASAP Methodology

Project Preparation

Blueprint

Realization

Final Preparation

Go-Live / Initial Support

• Time duration for each step

1. Post implementation process

 

18. Support Project Process

 

19. Real-time Project scenarios

 

 

 

 

SAP MM (Basic to Advanced) – Course Syllabus

Module 1: Getting Started with SAP MM

Tutorial 1.1: SAP MM Overview

Tutorial 1.2: SAP MM Organizational Structure

Tutorial 1.3: SAP Procure to Pay Process

Tutorial 1.4: SAP Stock Transfer Order and Stock Transfer Process

Tutorial 1.5: Subcontracting Process in SAP

Tutorial 1.6: Vendor Consignment Process in SAP

Tutorial 1.7: SAP Movement Types

Module 2: SAP MM Master Data

Tutorial 2.1: SAP Vendor Master Data

Tutorial 2.2: SAP MM Material Master

Tutorial 2.3: SAP Purchasing Info Record

Tutorial 2.4: SAP MM Pricing Conditions

Tutorial 2.5: SAP Mass Maintenance (MASS Transaction)

Module 3: Procurement Process

Tutorial 3.1: SAP Purchase Requisition

Tutorial 3.2: SAP Request for Quotation (RFQ)

Tutorial 3.3: Convert Purchase Requisition to Purchase Order in SAP

Tutorial 3.4: SAP Purchase Order (with Reference to RFQ)

Tutorial 3.5: SAP Purchase Order Acknowledgement

Tutorial 3.6: SAP Material Valuation

Tutorial 3.7: SAP Inventory Valuation

Tutorial 3.8: SAP Goods Receipt for Consumable Material

Tutorial 3.9: SAP Goods Receipt for Stock Material

Tutorial 3.10: SAP Stock Types

Tutorial 3.11: SAP Invoice Verification

Tutorial 3.12: SAP MMBE Stock Overview

Tutorial 3.13: SAP Blanket Purchase Order

Tutorial 3.14: SAP Source List

Tutorial 3.15: SAP Evaluated Receipt Settlement

Module 4: Procurement of External Services

Tutorial 4.1: SAP Service Master

Tutorial 4.2: SAP Service Conditions

Tutorial 4.3: SAP Service Entry Sheet

Tutorial 4.4: SAP Service Invoice Verification

Module 5: Reporting

Tutorial 5.1: SAP Purchase Order Report

Tutorial 5.2: SAP Purchase Requisition Report

Tutorial 5.3: SAP Vendor Invoice Report

Tutorial 5.4: SAP Logistics Information System

Tutorial 5.5: SAP MM Info Structure

Module 6: Material Requirements Planning

Tutorial 6.1: SAP MRP Process

Tutorial 6.2: SAP MRP vs CBP

Tutorial 6.3: SAP MRP Procedures

Tutorial 6.4: SAP MRP Types

Tutorial 6.5: SAP MRP Profile

Tutorial 6.6: SAP Material Status

Tutorial 6.7: SAP Reorder Point Planning

 

Module 7: Integration with Other Modules

Tutorial 7.1: SAP MM FI Integration