chap 3 Flashcards
All data in a SAP system may be classified into what 3 categories?
organizational data
master data
transaction data
what is Organizational data?
defined as part of the configuration process.
what is master data?
type of data that is relatively static or unchanged over a period of time.
“customer name, address, telephone, fax, contact name, “this is an example of what type of data?
master data
“plant=1000, storage location=001” this is an example of what type of data?
organizational data
what is transaction data?
result from executing a transaction or data base entry. Transaction data will contain certain master data and organizational data elements.
what is organizational unit within a company?
plant
A plant is a place where valuated goods and services are:?
Manufactured
Stored
Consumed
Distributed
what is storage location?
An organizational unit where various inventories of materials may be kept in a plant.
A storage location will typically but not always store:
Raw materials
Component materials
Maintenance and repair (MRO) materials
(true or false?)
true
what can storage locations be referred as?
warehouse
what is basic building block of all supply chain management activity?
material master
Some systems may refer to this as an item, part number, part, etc.. what term is this in SAP?
material
A material may be described in SAP using many _____ ______?
different parameters
description, weight, physical dimensions, inventory management policy, cycle time, etc.
This describes what?
material
Material Masters are always defined with respect to a?
Material AND A Plant.
The material master has a _______ structure
hierarchical
Client, plant, storage location.. these are what in material master?
Organizational Levels for Material Master Record
The material master hierarchical structure makes it easier for what?
makes it easier to organize information on materials and minimizes data redundancy.
Material master records are grouped according to?
industry sector and material type
What determines which industry-specific data appears in the material master record?
industry sector
what determines which departments can enter data and whether quantities and/or values are updated in inventory management?
material type
what is material type?
groups together materials that have attributes in common.
material type controls?
Which departments (views) are able to maintain material data
Whether and how quantities and values are updated in the system
Whether the material is procured internally or externally
Which G/L accounts (for example, material stock account) are updated
what is industry sector?
determines, which branch of industry the material is assigned to.
The industry sector determines….?
Which screens appear and in which order
Which industry-specific data appears
Most important views in the material master?
MRP 1, MRP 2, MRP 3 & MRP 4
most scm data is contained in what view in the material master?
MRP data views
As base quantity changes it only impacts the processing time. The setup time and interoperation will_______
will remain the same
what are Maintenance of the MM?
Use of profiles to populate default values
Mass maintenance
Engineering Change Control
what is Engineering Change Control?
essential to document the history of changes to the MM.
what is mass maintenance in MM?
allows mass changes to the MM by material type.
What difficulties are there in managing materials?
Inventory Management – defining the best inventory policy and managing the inventory balance so there is adequate but not too much inventory.
Material Selection – different material numbers that describe the same material.
Material Sourcing – too many sources for the same material.
Inactive Materials
-purging inventory of inactive materials
-Identifying the replacement material
Maintaining data in SAP
Centralized vs de-centralized data maintenance responsibility
Inadequate IT security for data maintenance
what is complete, formally structured list of the components that make up a product or assembly?
BOM
What is BOM?
The list contains a description and object number for each component together with the quantity and unit of measure.
Bill of material almost all of them are _____?
SINGLE LEVEL
Single level means there is a parent and child relationship
What BOM of category do we mostly use?
material BOM
What is BOM usage?
define where the BOM is being used
Validity Period( think our own driver license where it has an expiration)
BOMs may have effective dates
Valid from date(start date) to valid to date (expires)
what is Simple BOM?
1 produced with fixed set of material items
what is Alternative BOM?
1 product with multiple sets of material items
what is Variant BOM?
Multiple products with multiple sets of material items
what are the three important BOM techincal types?
simple bom
alternative bom
variant bom
Why use engineering change management?
-Monitoring and documentation of changes (history of changes)
-Planning and execution at a specific point in time
-Saving of several change states of the same object
-Integration in the supply chain
-Collation of changes that belong together
BOM explosion allows you to what?
allow you to look at different levels
BOM deletion can be carried out using the:
Delete function
Deletion indicator
BOMs can be deleted:
-Without history
-Wit history using engineering change management (ECH)
