Materials Management Flashcards
1
Q
Target MM
A
Sicherstellung, dass die Materialien verfügbar sind
- in time
- in requested quality
- at the right place
- with lowest cost
2
Q
Procure to Pay ProcessFlow for Stock Material
A
- Create demand (MRP)
- Process pur. req (Purchasing)
- Create pur. order (Purchasing), notify the vendor
- Monitor pur. order (Purch.), get notifcation from vendor about sales order
- AND receive goods (inventory mgtm)
- Verify infoice (Accounts payable)
- Trigger Payment (Acc. payable)
- End
3
Q
Organizational Levels for MM Proc2Pay
A
- Client
- Company Code/ Purchasing organization/ purchasing group
- Plant
- Storage Location
4
Q
Views for a Material Master
A
- Basic Data
- Sales Data
- Purchasing Data
- Work Scheduling
- Forecasting
- MRP data
- WM data
- Material Accounting
- Stock quantities/ values
- Storage
- Warehouse Mgmt.
5
Q
Material type in SAP ERP - Controls
A
- Procurement type
- views
- field selection
- quantity updates?
- value updates?
- allowed applications
- internal/external numbers
6
Q
MRP with Planning process
A
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
7
Q
MRP Methods
A
- Plan driven (Planning critical parts, with BOM resolution, without BOM resolution)
- Consumption driven (Manual reorder point, automatic reorder point, stochastical planning)
8
Q
purchase requisitions
A
- 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
9
Q
inventory categories for goods receipt
A
- unrestricted use -> unrestricted use stock
- blocked -> blocked stock
- quality inspection -> stock in quality inspection
10
Q
Posting of goods receipt
A
- 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)