SAP Configuration Flashcards
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Presents only selected material pertinent to a particular area
Raw materials
Goods purchased to be used in manufacturing process.
Purchase order
Instruction to a vendor to deliver a good or service.
Can include storage location (for purchasing organization).
Goods receipt
Records material being received into inventory
Vendor master record
Contains all information about a vendor
Types of stock
Unrestricted-use stock
Stock in quality inspection
Blocked stock
Storage location
Place where material is stored.
MRP system
- Materials Requirement Planning system.
* Anticipates future demand* for stock items through statistics.
Vendor
Business partners that are suppliers of materials or services.
Purchase requisition
Internal document that instructs purchasing department to buy a material/service.
MM module
Function: Materials Management
Process: Procurement Logistics
Functional Areas: Purchasing, invoice verification, inventory management, warehouse management
Finished goods
Produced goods sold to customers
Tolerance limits
Allowable deviation between:
- PO and GR (for amounts) or
- GR and IR (for price)
Invoice is still posted, but must be investigated before paid.
Provides balance between accuracy and efficiency.
Material master record
Tracks materials in SAP. Contains information about materials.
The most integrated data record within SAP.
Parallel Testing
Testing the new system or processes with a complete data set while running the same processes in the legacy system.
A successful test will show identical results when both the legacy system and new system results are compared.
A make-to-stock production system is one where…
Manufacture and maintain stock and sales made by this stock.
Stock transfer types
Storage location to storage location
Plant to plant
Company code to company code
In the SAP Controlling module, the controlling area is connected to…
Financial accounting
Types of transfer posting
Stock to stock
Material to material
Consignment to warehouse
Stock transfer
Physical movement in stock.
Can take place both within the same plant an between two plants.
Functional Unit Testing
Test of configuration, system settings or a custom development (it may follow the technical unit testing)
These usually use actual data or data that is masked but essentially the same as a real data set.
A successful test shows that the development or configuration works as designed and the data is accurate as a result.
Testing Types
- Unit Testing
- System Testing
- System Integration security Testing
- Performance Testing
- User Acceptance testing
- Regression Testing
Performance Testing
Tests how much time it takes to perform some actions
Usually it is done using software.
In SAP configuration, the relationship between Sales organisation and Company code is…
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Goods issue
Goods movement in which a material withdrawal, goods issue, material consumption, or goods shipment is posted to a customer.
A goods issue leads to a decrease of warehouse stock.
Master Data
Control information
Decide how transaction data gets posted into various accounts
Usually shared across modules
Fairly static.
System Testing
Tests the full cycle with its integration
Uses test cases which give a full cyclic test from order to invoice.
Function of a purchasing organization.
- Procurement for One or More Plants
- Negotiating Pricing and Delivery Terms
Assigned to A Company where Inventory is Legally Tracked or Costs are Legally Incurred
In SAP configuration, the relationship between Plant and Storage location is…
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Material Master – Levels
Client •Description •Units of measure •Material number •Engineering data Plant •Planning data •Manufacturing data •Purchasing data Storage Location •Stock quantities
Technical Unit Testing
Test of some technical development such as a user exit, custom program, or interface.
the test usually consists of a test data set that is processed according to the new program.
A successful test only proves the developed code works and that it performed the process as designed.
Types of BOMs
Material BOM
Variant BOM
Multiple BOM