Procurement with SAP MM: Business User Guide (Hardcover, 2, Enlarged)

1 ... Management at a Glance ... 15 1.1 ... Materials Management Overview ... 16 1.2 ... Materials Management with SAP ... 19 1.3 ... Materials Management Organizational Structures ... 31 1.4 ... Summary ... 37 2 ... Master Data ... 39 2.1 ... Importance of Master Data in Procurement ... 39 2.2 ... Material Master ... 40 2.3 ... Service Master ... 49 2.4 ... Business Partners ... 55 2.5 ... Vendor Hierarchies ... 69 2.6 ... Source Lists ... 71 2.7 ... Quota Arrangement ... 74 2.8 ... Purchasing Info Records ... 79 2.9 ... Pricing ... 85 2.10 ... Taxes ... 91 2.11 ... Other Master Data ... 99 2.12 ... Summary ... 101 3 ... Planning and Forecasting ... 103 3.1 ... Material Requirements Planning Procedures ... 104 3.2 ... Master Data in Planning ... 111 3.3 ... Forecasting ... 122 3.4 ... Sales and Operations Planning and Flexible Planning ... 135 3.5 ... Planning Execution ... 143 3.6 ... Evaluation and Analysis ... 147 3.7 ... Summary ... 150 4 ... Purchasing from Third Parties ... 151 4.1 ... Requests for Quotation (RFQs) ... 152 4.2 ... Outline Agreements ... 159 4.3 ... Purchase Requisitions ... 178 4.4 ... Purchase Orders ... 182 4.5 ... Subcontracting ... 193 4.6 ... Third-Party Orders ... 209 4.7 ... Release Strategies ... 212 4.8 ... Return Materials to Vendor ... 221 4.9 ... Vendor Evaluation ... 226 4.10 ... Reporting ... 237 4.11 ... Summary ... 251 5 ... Intracompany and Cross-Company Procurement ... 253 5.1 ... Classic Stock Transport Order Process ... 253 5.2 ... Classic Cross-Company Code Stock Transport Order ... 281 5.3 ... Stock Transport Orders with Stock In-Transit ... 294 5.4 ... Summary ... 325 6 ... Kanban ... 327 6.1 ... Kanban Procedures and Categories ... 327 6.2 ... Master Data ... 330 6.3 ... The Kanban Board and Signals ... 336 6.4 ... Summary ... 337 7 ... Order Optimizing ... 339 7.1 ... Investment Buying ... 341 7.2 ... Quantity Optimizing ... 343 7.3 ... Load Building ... 347 7.4 ... Summary ... 358 8 ... Procurement of Services ... 359 8.1 ... Processing Requirements ... 360 8.2 ... Service Entry and Acceptance ... 371 8.3 ... Using Outline Agreements for Services ... 377 8.4 ... Summary ... 380 9 ... Inbound Logistics ... 383 9.1 ... Confirmation Controls ... 384 9.2 ... Order Acknowledgements ... 388 9.3 ... Rough Goods Receipts ... 392 9.4 ... Inbound Delivery: Shipping Notification ... 395 9.5 ... Inbound Shipments ... 419 9.6 ... Shipment Cost Document ... 432 9.7 ... Summary ... 438 10 ... Inventory Management ... 439 10.1 ... Overview ... 440 10.2 ... Receiving ... 442 10.3 ... Managing Special Stocks ... 451 10.4 ... Transfer Postings ... 456 10.5 ... Summary ... 459 11 ... Logistics Invoice Verification ... 461 11.1 ... Invoice Processing ... 462 11.2 ... Automatic Settlement ... 477 11.3 ... Processing Subsequent Debits and Credits ... 483 11.4 ... Cancelling an Invoice Document ... 485 11.5 ... Summary ... 486 ... Appendices ... 489 A ... Procurement Tables ... 491 B ... Working with Procurement Documents: Quick Reference Guide ... 501 C ... Additional Resources ... 513 D ... The Authors ... 515 ... Index ... 517