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MODULE MM

Materials Management

MM (Materials Management) manages what the company buys, stores and consumes. Every material movement creates a material document and, if it has a value, an accounting document: MM is the bridge between logistics and finance.

Audience
Buyers, warehouse staff, accounts payable clerks, key users, MM consultants, people retraining into SAP.
Prerequisites
None for level 1; basic debit/credit knowledge for levels 2 and 3.
Duration
5 days (1 + 2.5 + 1.5)
35 h · day-by-day schedule

Day-by-day schedule

5 days, 35 h of training. Beginner 1 d, intermediate 2,5 d, advanced 1,5 d. Durations are calculated from the content of each chapter. Click a line to open the chapter.

BeginnerIntermediateAdvancedAssessment
Day 1Beginner

Morning · 9:00 – 12:30

Afternoon · 13:30 – 17:00

Day 2Intermediate

Morning · 9:00 – 12:30

Afternoon · 13:30 – 17:00

Day 3Intermediate

Morning · 9:00 – 12:30

Afternoon · 13:30 – 17:00

Day 4Intermediate · Advanced

Morning · 9:00 – 12:30

Afternoon · 13:30 – 17:00

Day 5Advanced

Morning · 9:00 – 12:30

Afternoon · 13:30 – 17:00

MM curriculum

11 parts, 47 topics. Open a part, then follow the link to the chapter, the guide or the mini-process.

1. Enterprise structure
  • Company code and plant
    The legal framework and the site.
    Chapter →
  • Storage location and purchasing organization
    Where things are stored, who buys.
    Chapter →
  • Purchasing groups
    Who in the organization handles what.
    Chapter →
2. Master data
  • Material master and material types
    Views, levels, types FERT, ROH, HALB.
    Chapter →
  • Non-valuated and non-stock materials
    UNBW and NLAG: what changes.
    Chapter →
  • Standard price or moving average price
    Indicator S or V.
    Chapter →
  • Supplier master
    Data levels and account groups.
    Chapter →
  • Purchasing info record
    Types, data, conditions, scales.
    Guide →
  • Source list
    Authorized suppliers, fixed source.
    Guide →
  • Quota arrangements
    Split between suppliers.
    Guide →
3. Purchasing documents
  • Purchase requisition
    Creation and adoption.
    Process →
  • RFQs and quotations
    Comparing prices.
    Process →
  • Contracts and blanket orders
    Value, quantity, release orders.
    Chapter →
  • Purchase order
    Types, item categories, account assignments.
    Chapter →
  • Item categories
    Standard, K, L, D, S, U.
    Chapter →
  • Automatic purchase orders
    The conditions and ME59N.
    Guide →
  • Purchase order created at goods receipt
    Movement 101 without a purchase order.
    Guide →
  • Release strategy
    With or without classification.
    Guide →
  • Price calculation
    Tables, sequence, procedure.
    Guide →
  • Version management
    Tracking changes.
    Chapter →
4. Planning
  • MRP or consumption-based planning
    When to choose which.
    Chapter →
  • Manual reorder point VB
    Threshold entered.
    Process →
  • Automatic reorder point VM
    Threshold calculated by the forecast.
    Chapter →
  • Forecast-based planning VV
    Consumption, forecast, MRP.
    Chapter →
5. Inventory management and physical inventory
  • Effects of a movement
    Material document and FI document.
    Chapter →
  • Stock types
    Unrestricted, quality inspection, blocked, returns.
    Chapter →
  • Internal transfers
    One or two steps.
    Process →
  • GR blocked stock
    Difference with blocked stock.
    Chapter →
  • Negative stock
    Prerequisites and risks.
    Chapter →
  • Physical inventory
    From the document to the clearing.
    Process →
  • Batches
    Traceability.
    Process →
6. Subcontracting
7. Consignment
8. Transfers between sites
9. Third-party
  • Third-party order processing
    Linked sales order and purchase.
    Process →
10. Account determination
11. Invoice verification

Configuration guides

MM · MM-PURConfiguring automatic purchase ordersMM · MM-IMCreating a purchase order at goods receiptMM · MM-PURMastering purchasing info recordsMM · MM-PURConfiguring a purchase order release strategyMM · MM-PURSetting up pricing in purchasingMM · MM-PURSource lists and quota arrangementsMM · MM-IVConfiguring invoice tolerancesMM · MM-IMCompleting account determination