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SAP MMBold
Procurement Processes
Master Data
Nicolae Calota, Deloitte ERDC Bucharest
November, 2018
Overview of SAP as an ERP
Enterprise Resource Planning and its benefits
Definition
•Commercial software packages that promise the seamless integration of all information flowing through the company
– financial, accounting, human resources, supply chain and customer satisfaction (T.J. Davenport, 1988).
Benefits
•The analysis and reporting that can be used for long term planning
• SAP
SAP’s architecture is based on “3-tier” client-server technology (presentation server, application server and database
server)
• ABAP
Is the proprietary programming language in which the SAP product is programmed and customization done
At the end of this course, you will have a clear understanding of the following principles:
Maintaining Purchase Orders • Purchase Order Details Nicolae Calota 18:00 – 19:20
• Purchase Order Maintenance
Posting Goods Receipt • Goods Receipt in Procurement Nicolae Calota 18:00 – 19:20
• Goods Receipt Details
Break
Maintaining Vendor Master Records • Master Data in Procurement Processes Nicolae Calota 19:30 – 20:50
• Vendor Master Data
Maintaining Material Master Records • Material Master Record Nicolae Calota 19:30 – 20:50
• Material Master Record Creation
• Purchasing Info Record
In SAP MM we have the below processes, as part of SAP Standard System Setup:
Subcontracting
Vendor Consignment
• A company code represents an independent unit that produces its own financial statements
• It tracks the entry of all events that require posting to the accounts, and creates a complete audit
Company Code trail for balance sheets and profit and loss statements
• It is defined in the system by means of a 4 character alphanumeric key that is unique in the client
• It is an organizational unit within logistics that subdivides an enterprise from the viewpoints of
production, procurement, plant maintenance, and materials planning
Plant • The enterprise structure is created by assigning organizational units to each other.
• It is defined in the system by a four-character alphanumeric key that is unique to it in the client
• It is an organizational unit that facilitates the differentiation of stocks of materials within a plant
• Inventory management on a quantity basis is carried out in the plant at the storage location level
Storage Location
• It is defined by a unique 4 character alphanumeric key
• The purchasing group is a key organizational unit for a buyer, or group of buyers, responsible for
certain purchasing activities
Purchasing Organization and
Purchasing Group • A purchasing organization is an organizational unit within logistics that subdivides the enterprise
according to the purchasing requirements.
• It includes information about the vendors of a company which is stored in individual vendor master
records
Vendor Master Record • The are 3 categories of vendor master data (General Data, Company Code Data, Purchasing Org
Data)
• It represents the company’s central source of material-specific data which is used in all areas of
logistics
Material Master Record • Data stored in the material master is required for: Purchasing, Inventory management, Accounting,
Materials Planning (MRP – Material Requirements Planning)
• It provides the option of storing vendor and material information as the master data at purchasing
organization and plant level
Purchasing Info Record • You can define: current and future prices, delivery data, vendor data, texts
• It has the highest priority in information determination for procurement process
• General data includes the vendor’s address, control data, bank details, communication, and contact
persons. Is valid for a single client
General Data • Valid for a single client