Materials Management with SAP Erp: Functionality and Technical Configuration (Hardcover, 4, Enlarged)

'... Acknowledgments ... 29 ... Preface ... 31 1 ... Materials Management Overview ... 37 1.1 ... Materials Management as a Part of SAP ERP ... 37 1.2 ... Materials Management as Part of Logistics ... 39 1.3 ... Materials Management Integration ... 41 1.4 ... Summary ... 43 2 ... Materials Management Organizational Structure ... 45 2.1 ... Client Structure ... 45 2.2 ... Company Code ... 49 2.3 ... Plants ... 51 2.4 ... Storage Locations ... 55 2.5 ... Warehouse and Storage Types ... 58 2.6 ... Purchasing Organization ... 60 2.8 ... Summary ... 67 3 ... Master Data in Materials Management ... 69 3.1 ... Material Master ... 69 3.2 ... Vendor Master ... 75 3.3 ... Purchasing Information Data ... 80 3.4 ... Batch Management Data ... 83 3.5 ... Serial Number Data ... 86 3.6 ... Business Examples: Master Data in Materials Management ... 89 3.7 ... Summary ... 93 4 ... Material Master Data: Part 1 ... 95 4.1 ... Industry Sector ... 96 4.2 ... Material Type ... 96 4.3 ... Basic Data ... 103 4.4 ... Classification Data ... 114 4.5 ... Purchasing Data ... 116 4.6 ... Forecasting Data ... 128 4.7 ... Work Scheduling Data ... 133 4.8 ... Sales Organizational Data ... 138 4.9 ... Sales General Data ... 144 4.10 ... Business Examples: Material Master Data ... 147 4.11 ... Summary ... 151 5 ... Material Master Data: Part 2 ... 153 5.1 ... Production Resources/Tools (PRT) Data ... 153 5.2 ... Plant Data/Storage Location ... 156 5.3 ... Warehouse Management Data ... 162 5.4 ... Quality Management Data ... 168 5.5 ... Material Requirements Planning Data ... 172 5.6 ... Accounting Data ... 191 5.7 ... Costing Data ... 197 5.8 ... Business Examples: Material Master Data ... 201 5.9 ... Summary ... 205 6 ... Vendor Master Data ... 207 6.1 ... General Data ... 207 6.2 ... Accounting Information ... 218 6.3 ... Purchasing Data ... 229 6.4 ... Business Examples: Vendor Master Data ... 239 6.5 ... Summary ... 241 7 ... Purchasing Information Data ... 243 7.1 ... Purchasing General Data ... 243 7.2 ... Purchasing Organization Data ... 247 7.3 ... Business Examples: Purchasing Information Data ... 255 7.4 ... Summary ... 256 8 ... Batch Management Data ... 259 8.1 ... Batch Management Overview ... 259 8.2 ... Batch Master Record ... 262 8.3 ... Batch Determination ... 270 8.4 ... Batch Information Cockpit ... 274 8.5 ... Business Examples: Batch Management Data ... 278 8.6 ... Summary ... 280 9 ... Material Master Record ... 281 9.1 ... Creating a Material Master Record ... 281 9.2 ... Changing a Material Master Record ... 282 9.3 ... Material Master Deletion ... 286 9.4 ... Loading Material Master Records ... 290 9.5 ... Production Versions ... 292 9.6 ... Revision Levels ... 296 9.7 ... Business Examples: Material Master Record ... 297 9.8 ... Summary ... 300 10 ... Vendor Master Record ... 301 10.1 ... Creating the Vendor Master Record ... 301 10.2 ... Changing the Vendor Master Record ... 305 10.3 ... Deleting Vendor Master Record ... 308 10.4 ... Display Vendor Master Record ... 310 10.5 ... Blocking Vendors ... 312 10.6 ... One-Time Vendor ... 313 10.7 ... Vendor Subrange Functionality ... 314 10.8 ... Business Examples: Vendor Master ... 315 10.9 ... Summary ... 318 11 ... Purchasing Overview ... 319 11.1 ... Purchase Requisition ... 319 11.2 ... Request for Quotation ... 320 11.3 ... Quotation ... 322 11.4 ... Purchase Order ... 323 11.5 ... Source List and Source Determination ... 324 11.6 ... Conditions in Purchasing ... 330 11.7 ... Vendor Evaluation ... 333 11.8 ... Quota Arrangement ... 340 11.9 ... Business Examples: Purchasing ... 341 11.10 ... Summary ... 344 12 ... Purchase Requisition ... 345 12.1 ... Indirectly Created Requisition ... 345 12.2 ... Direct