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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

The sub-modules of MM

A module is split into areas. Choose one to see its logic, its transactions and where to learn it.

MM-PURPurchasingMM-IMInventory managementMM-IVInvoice verificationMM-CBPConsumption-based planningMM-SRVExternal servicesSpecial flowsSubcontracting, consignment, transfers
MM-PUR

Purchasing

Requisitions, RFQs, purchase orders, contracts.

The logic
  1. Need
  2. Source
  3. Purchase order
  4. Monitoring
Transactions
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Tables
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How to
MM · MM-PURConfiguring automatic purchase ordersMM · MM-PURMastering purchasing info recordsMM · MM-PURConfiguring a purchase order release strategyMM · MM-PURSetting up pricing in purchasingMM · MM-PURSource lists and quota arrangements
Mini-processes
Expressing a needChoosing a supplierPlacing a purchase order
Read the chapter: The purchase order from A to Z
MM-IM

Inventory management

Movements, stock types, physical inventory, values.

The logic
  1. Receipt
  2. Transfer
  3. Goods issue
  4. Physical inventory
Transactions
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Tables
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How to
MM · MM-IMCreating a purchase order at goods receiptMM · MM-IMCompleting account determination
Mini-processes
Receiving the goodsIssuing stock to a departmentCounting the stock
Read the chapter: Goods receipt and inventory management
MM-IV

Invoice verification

Compare invoices, purchase orders and goods receipts.

The logic
  1. Entry
  2. Matching
  3. Block
  4. Release
Transactions
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Tables
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How to
MM · MM-IVConfiguring invoice tolerances
Mini-processes
Checking a supplier invoiceClear the GR/IR account
Read the chapter: Invoice verification
MM-CBP

Consumption-based planning

Replenish according to past consumption.

The logic
  1. Consumption
  2. Threshold
  3. Request
Transactions
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Tables
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Mini-processes
Replenishing at the reorder point
Read the chapter: Consumption-based planning
MM-SRV

External services

Buy and approve services.

The logic
  1. Purchase order
  2. Service entry sheet
  3. Invoice
Transactions
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Tables
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Mini-processes
Buying a service
Read the chapter: Account-assigned purchases, blanket orders and services
Special flows

Subcontracting, consignment, transfers

Purchases outside the classic scheme.

The logic
  1. Special order
  2. Dedicated movement
  3. Settlement
Transactions
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Tables
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Mini-processes
Subcontracting an operationConsignment stockTransferring between sites
Read the chapter: The special procurement flows