Materials Management

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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The pdf document Inventory Management Process in SAP is a continuation of the guide on how to manage inventory in the MM module of SAP, focusing on automatic batch determination (general overview and configuration steps). Here’s the summary of the sections covered:

1. Automatic Batch Determination: This section explains the purpose of automatic batch determination in the logistics process, which is used for all types of goods movements from the warehouse to find batches that meet defined specifications.
2. Configuration of Automatic Batch Determination in SAP:The document provides a detailed guide on how to configure SAP for automatic batch determination. Here are the steps:
   • Define Condition Tables (T-code: OMJJ): This process explains how to define condition tables in SAP, which consist of a number of fields. Among those fields, particular fields are selected and assigned to the condition table.
   • Access Sequences (T-code: OMCX): This process explains how to define access sequences in SAP. For each strategy type, there is a batch determination access sequence. The main function of the access sequence is to allow the strategy type to access the condition tables in a sequential manner.
   • Batch Strategy Types (T-code: OMCW): This process explains how to define batch strategy types in SAP. It is the procedure to select what type of criteria to be used during the batch determination process.
   • Batch Search Procedure (T-code: OMCY): This process explains how to define the batch search procedure in SAP. The batch search procedure defines how the search procedure is defined for the batches.
   • Batch Search Procedure Activation (T-code: OMCG): This process explains how to activate the batch search procedure in SAP. In this step, you can assign the search procedure for the particular Movement Type.
   • Import Standard SAP Characteristics (T-code: BMSM): This process explains how to import all the important standard SAP characteristics by copying them from the client 000. These characteristics are hard-coded in the ABAP functions.
   • Creation of a Class: This process explains how to create a class named as Z-CLASS1 of Class type “Batch (023)” and assign a standard SAP Characteristics “LOBM_VFDAT – Expiration date, shelf life” and LOBM_LWEDT- Date of Last Goods Receipt to this class.
   • Material Master Settings (T-code: MM01): This process explains how to add the class to it in the classification view, activate batch management in the purchasing view, and give data for remaining shelf life and total shelf life in the Plant storage1 view.
   • Create Sort Sequence in CU70: This process explains how to create a sort sequence in CU70 and assign your characteristic value to it. This step is repeated for both FEFO and FIFO methods.
   • Create Batch Search Strategy (T-code: MBC1): This process explains how to create a batch search strategy in SAP. This step involves entering the Strategy type ME01, Movement Type 201, a plant, and the material number, and adding Classification and Sort Rule.
3. Test Functionality: This section provides examples of how to test the functionality of automatic batch determination in SAP, covering three methods: First Expired, First Out (FEFO), First In, First Out (FIFO), and Last In, First Out (LIFO). For each method, it explains the concept, the steps to perform a goods receipt (GR) and goods issue (GI) in SAP, and how the system determines the batch based on the method used.

The document concludes by providing screenshots of the SAP system for each step of the configuration and testing process.

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The pdf document of Inventory Management Process SAP is a continuation of the guide on how to manage inventory in the MM module of SAP. Here’s the summary of the sections covered:

1. Goods Issue (T-code: MIGO): This section explains the concept of goods issue, which means moving a stock out of inventory due to several reasons like withdrawing of material for sampling or returning the goods back to the vendor. It covers goods issue for scrapping (Movement type – 551), goods issue for cost center (Movement type – 201), and goods issue with reference to a reservation.
2. Transfer Postings (T-code: MIGO): This section discusses various types of transfer postings, including transfer stock from Quality Inspection to Unrestricted Use (Movement type – 321), Material-to-Material Transfer (Movement type – 309), and Consignment to Warehouse (Movement type – 411k).
3. Stock Transfer (T-code: MIGO, MMBE): This section explains the process of stock transfer, including one-step procedures between storage locations (Movement type – 311), two-step procedures between storage locations (Movement type – 313, 315), one-step procedure between plants (Movement type – 301), and two-step procedure between plants (Movement type – 303, 305).
4. Stock Transport Order Without Delivery (T-code: ME21N, MIGO, MB5T): This section explains the process of stock transport order without delivery, which involves not only Inventory Management but also Purchasing in the receiving plant. The goods issue posting in Inventory Management is carried out without the involvement of Sales (SD).
5. Stock Transport Order with Delivery (SD) (T-code: ME21N, VL10B, MIGO): This section explains the process of stock transport order with delivery, which involves the receiving plant entering a stock transport order with order type UB and item category U. The stock transport order is used to plan the movement.

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This pdf document of Inventory Management Process In SAP is a guide on how to manage inventory in the MM module of SAP. Here’s the summary of the sections covered:

1. Movement Types (T-code: OMJJ): This section explains the role of movement types in SAP, how to customize them, and provides examples of movement types.
2. Goods Receipt (T-code: MIGO, ME23N): This section provides a guide on how to manage goods receipt in SAP, including receipt into unrestricted stock, quality inspection stock, and blocked stock. It also covers automatic creation of purchase orders during goods receipt, return delivery for goods receipt, entering a subsequent delivery, goods receipt without a purchase order or production order, and checking and calculating the Shelf Life Expiration Date (SLED) in SAP.
3. Units of Measure in Inventory Management (T-code: MM02): This section discusses how you can purchase raw material with one unit of measure (e.g., kg) but maintain the same goods in your inventory management with another unit of measure (e.g., pc).
4. Cancellation in MIGO (T-code: MIGO): This section provides an example of how to cancel a transaction in MIGO if a mistake was made during the entry of stock.
5. Reservation (T-code: MIGO, MMBE): This section explains the concept of reservation in SAP, which is the process of blocking stock in advance so that it can be available at a particular point in time. It also covers goods issue with reference to a reservation.

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The flexible workflow allows you to define condition-based workflows for approval processes. It supports both overall release (header-level approval) and release of purchase requisition items (item-level approval). Notifications about new work items can be sent to approvers via the SAP Fiori launchpad or email.

This pdf document is a 9-step guide on how to set up and use the flexible workflow for purchase requisitions in SAP S4HANA MM. Here’s a summary:

1. Check Automatic Workflow Customizing: This step ensures that the automatic Customizing is active for the workflow functionality. It can be done in transaction SWU3 or in Customizing for SAP NetWeaver.
2. Activate Flexible Workflows Scenario: This involves activating the workflow scenarios for a type of business document, such as a purchase requisition. It’s done in Customizing for SAP NetWeaver.
3. Define Step Names and Decision Options in My Inbox: This step involves checking step names and decision options to be used in the app My Inbox. It’s done in Customizing for SAP NetWeaver.
4. Define Visualization Metadata for My Inbox: This step ensures that the app My Inbox is available and set up for your approvers. It involves entering data in Customizing for Materials Management.
5. Deactivate Event Type Linkages for SAP Business Workflows: This step involves deactivating workflows based on old workflow scenarios. It’s done in transaction Event Type Linkages (SWETYPV).
6. Generalize Tasks and Activate Event Type Linkages for Flexible Workflow: This step ensures that the system events are linked to your workflow scenarios, and defines the potential agents of workflow tasks to clearly define the organizational responsibility for processing work items.
7. Register Gateway Service for Value Helps: This step involves registering an OData service to enable the value help in the flexible workflow. It’s done in transaction Activate and Maintain Services /IWFND/MAINT_SERVICE.
8. Adapt Flexible Workflow Settings: This step involves adapting the default settings, if required. By default, the flexible workflow is active for the document types NB (standard purchase requisition) and NBS.
9. Adapt the Conditions under Which the Flexible Workflow is Restarted: This step involves selecting or deselecting the fields that exist in purchase requisitions. Whenever the values of these fields are updated in a purchase requisition, the system triggers a restart of the approval process.

The document provides detailed instructions and screenshots for each step. It’s intended for users who are setting up or managing the flexible workflow for purchase requisitions in SAP S4HANA MM.

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