Module 4: The Procurement Process Flashcards
What is organizational data?
Client
Company code
Plant
Storage location
Purchasing organization
Purchasing group
What is master data?
Material Master
Vendor Master
Purchasing info record
Conditions
What are some key concepts of the procurement process?
Item categories
Account determination
Stock type/status
Goods movement
What are the process steps
Trigger
Data
Task details
Outcomes
What is reporting?
Source of data
Instance level reporting
Process level reporting (lists and reports, purchasing information system)
What is a plant?
It is a location that a) holds valuated stock for distribution, b) where production planning is carried out, c) where products and services are created, d) that contains service or maintenance facilities
Factory, warehouse, distribution centre
Can be assigned to one CC only
A CC can have many plants
What is a storage location?
A place within a plant, where material are stored
Areas designated for different types of material
More sophisticated divisions including storage bins, cabinets, trays
A plant must have at least one storage location
A storage location can belong to only one plant
What are purchasing organizations?
Identify and select vendors
Negotiate general conditions of purchase and contracts for one or more plants or companies
Determine pricing conditions
Typically three models for purchasing organization: Enterprise level, company level, plant level
What is an enterprise level purchasing organization?
It is one purchasing organization for the entire enterprise
What is a plant-level purchasing organization?
Also known as plant-specific model
Each plant has its own purchasing organization
Highly decentralized
What is a reference purchasing organization?
One centralized purchase organization for high-level decisions across the enterprise
Multiple CC-specific and plant-specific purchase Organization
What is a Purchasing Group
A buyer or group of buyers responsible for certain materials or groups of materials
Can be internal to the company or external (decide to purchase land, but use a realtor to execute purchase)
Not assigned to or related to purchasing organization
What is Material Master data?
It is data needed to execute transactions related to materials
Data are grouped by different user areas
Data are specific to different organizational levels
What are the material master views?
Basic Data: Description, unit of measure, weight, material group
Purchasing: purchasing group, GR processing time, delivery (under/over) tolerances
Accounting: currency, valuation class, price control
Forecasting
Sales
Plant/Storage: storage requirements
Work Scheduling
MRP
Classification
Warehouse Management
Shelf life: weight, volume
What are the material master views for other processes?
Different material types have different required views
Forecasting
Sales
Work scheduling
MRP
Classification
Warehouse Management
What are Material Master Org Levels?
It defines the level at which the master data is maintained
Can have different data for different combinations of Org data: Purchasing - plant, storage, location / Sales - Sales Area (Sales Org, Distribution Channel) / Warehouse - Warehouse #, storage type
What is the vendor master?
It is data needed to do business with vendors and to execute transactions related to vendors
It is data specific to (defined for) different organizational levels.
What are the three segments of vendor master data?
Client level data (General)
Company code level data (Accounting)
Purchasing organization level data (Purchasing)
What is contained in General Data (Client)?
Name
Address
Communication (phone, fax)
Search term
What is contained in Accounting Data (Company Code)
Account information
Bank information
Reconciliation account
Payment terms and methods
Communication (dunning)
What is contained in Purchasing Data (Purchasing Organization)?
Partner function
InCo Terms
What is the general data for the vendor master?
Client-level data
Valid across all CC in a client