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How to Create a Global Template to Configure SAP

MM Processes in Implementations and Rollouts
by M. S. Baraneedharan, SAP Consultant, Infosys Ltd.
April 7, 2014

Learn how to create a global template for configuring materials management (MM) processes. Follow the MM
configuration steps involved in SAP implementation and roll-out projects and see how to optimize the global
template.

Learning Objectives

Reading this article, you will learn how to:

Define and assign an enterprise structure
Define purchasing-related settings
Configure inventory management and physical inventory settings
Configure logistics-general settings
Define valuation and account assignment settings
Define Logistics Invoice Verification settings

Key Concept

In the current business context, businesses are spending billions of dollars in SAP implementations and
rollouts. By creating a global template, they can reduce costs, time, and external dependencies on their
rollout projects by managing project rollouts with their internal IT team members.

Consider a large manufacturing organization that has a global presence. It has implemented an SAP system. For its
ongoing business needs of acquisitions, mergers, and organization split activities, it has to roll out the SAP system
continuously into new organizational units. Organization split refers to divesting of a particular business unit or division
for some business reasons. That involves creating new company codes, plants, and sales org and profit centers. The
need for a global template for continuous business development arises.
I explain the steps involved in creating a template for configuring an SAP materials management (MM) process.
However, the design methodology is the same for creating a template for other SAP processes, including sales and
distribution (SD), FI, managerial accounting (CO), and production planning (PP). The assumption is that other related
activities in integrated modules (FI/CO, SD, and PP) would be maintained by their respective teams.

Step 1. Create a Plant

A plant is an organizational logistics unit that structures the enterprise from the perspective of production,
procurement, plant maintenance, and materials planning. Company code creation is a prerequisite for plant creation.
You can create a new plant by copying data from an existing plant so that all the relevant plant customizing and
tables are copied into the new plant. Enter transaction code SPRO in the SAP Easy Access screen (Figure 1).

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Figure 1 The initial Easy Access screen

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M. S. Baraneedharan
M.S. Baraneedharan has more than 13 years of professional experience, including more than eight years of SAP
consulting experience in materials management (MM), Supplier Relationship Management (SRM), Warehouse
Management, and sales and distribution (SD). He has been an SAP consultant at Infosys since July 2008.
Currently, he is the SAP MM lead in a transfer price setup automation project to reflect the market price changes
and any material economics-related price changes to the appropriate material groups for a leading automotive
Fortune 500 client. He has worked in an SAP implementation project for one of the largest energy companies
and SAP global roll-out projects for the largest chip manufacturing company. He holds a business technology
degree from the premier technical university from India.
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