Interview Questions on SAP MM 1. What are the types of special
stocks available? Subcontracting, consignement, pipeline, project,
sales order, RTP, stock transfer ,third party. 2. What are the
types of inforecords? Standard, consignment,subcontracting &
pipeline. 3. What is meant by consignment stock? The stock supplied
by the vendor is in the companies premises with the company having
no liability for the same. The liability for the company will only
be affected when the goods are issued from the consignment stock
for use. 4. What are the steps involved in consignment cycle?
Create consignment info record with proper tax code, create Po with
item category K, maintain output condition record for KONS, process
GR, no invoice verification done, but settlement is done through
MRKO transaction. 5. Tell me about the subcontracting cycle. The Po
is created with item category L , the goods is transferred to
subcontractor by 541 movemet. for this movement note no accounting
docs take place. When GR is done automatically, 543 movemnt takes
place which take care of the consumption of components from stock.
6. How are the byproducts taken care of in subcontracting? You can
add these by products in the BOM for the header matl. 7. What is
meant by scales? Can scales be used in standard purchase order? You
can fix a price in the info record for a say qty from 1-100 price
RS150 & if the order qty is 101- 500- the prices is 140 .
Scales cannot be used directly in PO but can be pulled into the PO
from various master data like info record, quota arrangement. 8.
What is the difference between a contract and a scheduling
agreement? With regard to Outline Agreement: 1. You can create the
centrally contract (cross-plant) where you can maintain different
pricing conditions for each and every plant 2. You have to create
the Release Order with reference to Outline Agreement. 3. No
detailed delivery schedule can be made in the Release Order. 4. No
Release documentation is created. 5. Only time-dependent conditions
can be created. 6. Some Item Category 'M' and 'W' can be used. With
regard to Scheduling Agreement: 1. The Plant Location must be
entered in the Scheduling Agreement. 2. We do not have to create
any other purchasing document except for delivery schedule line via
Transaction ME38 or MRP running (with the appropriate setting of
Source List). 3. Delivery Schedule line items are created subject
to your specific requirement. 4. Can create both Scheduling
Agreement with and without Release Documentation (subject to the
Document Type LP or LPA) with the selection of either FRC or JIT
delivery schedule. 5. Either time-dependent or time-independent
conditions can be created subject to the customizing in the
Document Type of the Scheduling Agreement. 6. Item Category 'M' and
'W' can not be used. 9. How does the system calculate taxes? 10.
How does the system calculate nondeductible taxes? 11. What is
meant by batches? How can the batches be searched? A batch is a
subdivision of your stock of a material having the same
characteristics. For instance: - food production uses batches to
indicate the day of production. - paint production uses batches
based on production date and the used ingredients. It is very hard
to reproduce the same color in exactly the same way at two
different moments. - ore may be divided in batches based on their
mineral content. You can search batches using the standard search
facility (match code, key F4) based on the naming convention of the
batches or, if you use batch classification, based on the
characteristics of the batches. 12. How is a shelf-life item
managed in SAP? What is the full cycle? 13. What are the settings
required for quota arrangement? To set up a quota arrangement for
the procurement of a material, proceed as follows: Master data
-> Quota arrangement -> Maintain, enter the material and
plant number, press ENTER to display the overview screen for the
quota arrangement periods, Enter a validity period for quota
arrangement, Enter date until which the quota arrangement is valid.
The start date is calculated by the system. Press ENTER . Select
the quota arrangement and choose Goto -> Item overview to
display the item overview screen of the quota arrangement. Enter a
quota arrangement item for each source of supply you want to
include in the quota arrangement. You must enter the following
data. - Procurement type - Special procurement type, Enter k in the
S column, for example, if a consignment arrangement for the
material exists with the vendor. - Vendor number - Procurement
plant (supplying plant): - Quota column, enter the quota assigned
to each item. Press ENTER . The percentage distribution of the
quotas is calculated and displayed automatically by the system.
Save the quota arrangement. The system assigns a number to the
quota arrangement item automatically 14. What is meant by MRP Type
and lot sizing? 15. Can it be configured in such a way that the
external requisitions can also be taken into account while MRP runs
in consumption-based planning if VB is selected as MRP type? 16.
How are free items managed in a PO? yu need to tick the tem as free
in the PO. The price will be zero for such PO's. 17. What are the
differences between release procedure with classification and
release procedure without classification? When are they used?
Release procedure with classification means the Purchase requsition
can be released both at item level & at the header level.
Release procedure with out classification can also be used for PR
which is used for item level release only. all other external
documents cannot be relesed with classification. The two procedures
are mutually exclusive (that is to say, you must decide in favor of
one of them only - you cannot use both). 18. Is it possible to have
a release procedure without classification for a PO? No 19. What is
the maximum number of levels available in SAP? Did not get this
question pls clarify. 20. Is it possible to have scales in a
quotation? No 21. What is GR blocked stock? When it can be used?
Whenever you are not sure about the quality of the product
received, you can put in GR blocked stock. 22. How are the
variations in subcontracting taken care of in SAP? 23. How to give
specifications for developments? We normally prepare a business
requirement document in which we specify what is required. what
field & tables have to be referred for the required
development. 24. How to create PR or PO by MRP? The PR is created
according to the safety stock mentioned for the material or can be
triggered from a requirement . For creating a PO, you need to have
the scheduling agreement in place .After the MRP is run the
schedule lines are generated which are nothing but the PO. SAP MM
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Question 1: What MRP procedures are available in MM-CBP
(Consumption Based Planning)?A: Various material planning methods
are used in MRP (Material Requirements Planning).Reorder point
procedure (VM)Forecast-based planning (VV)Time-Phased materials
planning (PD)These are specified in material creation (MM01)Under
the MRP 1 tab.Question 2: Under what conditions are planned orders
created? What may planned orders be converted to and how is that
conversion accomplished?A: Planned orders are always created when
the system creates an internal procurement proposal.In the case of
vendor procurement, the MRP Controller may create a planned order
or directly create a PR. The next step for a planned order is to be
converted to a PR so it goes to purchasing and is to eventually
become a PO. A planned order can be converted to a PR using
transaction code MD14.Question 3: What are the organizational
levels of the Enterprise Structure in R/3?A: The top level of the
organizational plan is the Client, followed by Company Code, which
represents a unit with its own accounting, balance, P&L, and
possibly identity (subsidiary). The next level down is plant, an
operational unit within a company (HQ, assembly Plant, call center,
etc.).The purchasing organization is the legally responsibly group
for external transactions. This group is further subdivided into
purchasing groups.Question 4: What are the different ways to
organize purchasing organizations?A: A Purchasing Organization may
be responsible for multiple plants and this is referred to as
Distributed Purchasing. On the other hand, Centralized Purchasing
features one purchasing Organization per plant. A Purchasing
Organization doesnt necessarily need to be assigned to a Company
Code. This would enable procurement for every company code as long
as buyers are acting for an individual Plant, and that Plant is
assigned to the Purchasing Organization. Hence, a plant may be
assigned to more than one purchasing Organization.Question 5: What
are Special Stocks?A: Special Stocks are stocks that are accounted
for but are not owned by the client, or are not stored at a regular
facility. Consignment, sales order, and project stock are
examples.Question 6: What are some of the options available to
transfer materials from one plant to another?A: Although it is
possible to transfer materials from one plant to another without a
Stock Transport Order, many advantages are lost including entering
a vendor number, planning a goods receipt in the receiving plant,
monitoring process from PO history, and the ability to create STO
directly from a MRP PR.Question 7: What are some of the common
Stock Transport Order Movement Types? A: One step transfers of
materials can be posted using MT 301. Other various transport
scenarios differ in the MTs by the Goods Issues and Good Receipts.
Common Goods Issues may use MTs 303, 351, 641, or 643 in the STO. A
STOs Good Receipt often uses MT 101.Question 8: What is the
difference between a Purchase Order and a Purchase Requisition?A: A
Purchase Requisition is a document type thatgives notification of a
need for materials or services.A Purchase Order is a document type
that is aformal request for materials or services from anoutside
vendor or plant. Procurement types maybe defined at the line item
and can be standard,subcontracting, consignment, stock transfer, or
anexternal service.
Question 9: What is an indirectlycreated Purchase Requisition?A:
An indirectly created Purchase Requisition hasbeen initiated by
CBP, the PS Project System, PMMaintenance, and Service Management,
or PPProduction Planning and Control. The directlycreated Purchase
Requisition, on the other hand,is created by a person manually in
the requestingdepartment specifying what materials/services,units,
and a delivery date.
Question 10: What is an RFQ and how isit different from the
Quotation Form?A: A RFQ is a purchasing document and aninvitation
to a vender(s) for quotation regardingneeded materials or services.
If multiple an RFQ issent to multiple vendors, the system
canautomatically determine the best quote and sendrejection letters
in response to all others. The RFQand the Quotation Form are one in
the same in thesystem as vendors quotes are entered directly inthe
RFQ.
Question 11: What are the transactionsthat will result in a
change of stock?A: A Goods Receipt is a posting acknowledgingthe
arrival of materials from a vendor or production,which results in
an increase in warehouse stock, aGoods Issue which results in a
reduction in stock,or a Stock Transfer moving materials from
onelocation to another.
Question 12: When would it be prudentto post goods movements via
the ShippingApplication?A: If picking, packing, and
transportationoperations need to be planned in detail. Also,
inshipping, you can manage movements like returnsfrom customers,
vendors, and returns to stock.Movement Types in shipping start with
a 6.
Question 13: What is a Reservation?A: A Reservation is a
document used to make surethat the warehouse keeps a certain amount
of amaterial or materials ready for transfer at a laterdate. It
contains information on what, quantity,when, where from and to.
Reservations helpeffective procurement by utilizing the MRP
systemto avoid out of/lack of stock situations.Requirements can be
automatically generated withMRP that reference a Scheduling
Agreement if thesource list is maintained for
item-vendorcombination.
Question 15: How is GR/IR accountrelated to Inventory? A: If you
are involved with inventory, then youneed the GR/IR account
(Inventory Account) whenthe IR is posted. If you are not involved
aboutinventory, then the system does not need theGR/IR account when
the IR is posted; the systemneeds a G/L instead of the GR/IR
account.
Question 16: How do planned andunplanned consumption affect
MovementTypes?A: In a customized Movement Type, you havedefined
which consumption value gets posted inthe movement. Many will
always be planned orunplanned, but for some there is a dependency
onif the movement references a reservation. Thiswould be planned
consumption.
Question 17: What are DepartmentalViews?A: All functional areas
of the system use the samematerial master data. The material master
data isdefined in individual screens (departmental views)that can
be added as needed. Thus a material canbe created with only basic
data and otherdepartments can add other information later as
itbecomes available.
Question 18: Is Material Data valid forall organizational
levels?A: Control of master data depends largely on howeach company
sets up its Organizational levels -centralized or decentralized.
Some material data isvalid for all organizational levels while
other data isvalid only at certain levels. (I.e.: client, plant,
salesorg., etc.).
Question 19: Why would you want tocreate physical inventory
sheets to performan inventory cycle-count on a material
ormaterials?A: For a cycle counting procedure, physicalinventory
documents need to be created. Theseare used to record inventory
levels of the materialbeing cycle counted.
Use transaction MICN. Click on the Execute button.On screen
Batch Input: Create Physical InventoryDocuments for Cycle Counting,
perform thefollowing, Click on the Generate Session buttonand Click
on the Process Session button. Thisprocedure details how to create
the physicalinventory documents for cycle counting in a
batch,rather than one at a time, based on certain criteria.This
would print physical inventory documents forall material/batches
that meet those requirements.
Question 20: What is the differencebetween a Blanket Purchase
Order and theFramework Order?A: In general, the Blanket POs are
used forconsumable materials such as office paper with ashort text,
with item category B. There need notbe a corresponding master
record, for thesimplicity of the procurement. The FO,
FrameworkOrder, document type is used. Here, the POvalidity period
as well as the limits are to bementioned.The GR, or Service Entry
for the PO are notnecessary in the case of Blanket POs. One neednot
mention the account assignment categoryduring creation of the PO.
It can be U, orunknown and be changed at the time of IR.
Question 21: What is ReleaseProcedure?A: Release Procedure is
approving certaindocuments like PRs or POs by criteria defined
inthe configuration. It is sensible to define separaterelease
procedures for different groups of materialsfor which different
departments are responsible,and to define separate procedures for
investmentgoods and consumption goods.
Question 22: If you have a multi-lineitemPO, can you release the
PO item byitem?A: No, a PO is released at the header levelmeaning a
total release or With Classification.
PRs, on the other hand, have two releaseprocedures possible.
With Classification asdescribed above, and Without
Classificationwhere it is only possible to release the PR item
byitem.
Question 23: What is a Material Type?A: A Material Type
describes the characteristics ofa material that are important in
regards toAccounting and Inventory Management. A materialis
assigned a type when you create the materialmaster record. Raw
Materials, FinishedProducts, and Semi-Finished Products
areexamples. In the standard MM module, theMaterial Type of ROH
denotes an externallyprocured material, and FERT indicates that
therelevant material is produced in-house.
Question 24: What is a pricecomparison?A: Perform a price
comparison using ME49 andone may compare quotations from
differentvendors.
Question 25: What is a Source List?A: The Source List identifies
preferred sources ofsupply for certain materials. If its
beenmaintained, it will ID both the source of supply andthe time
period. The Source List facilitates gaininga fixed source of
supply, blocked source of supply,and/or helps us to select the
proffered sourceduring the source determination process.
Question 26: What are the varioussteps in the MM Cycle from
materialcreation through invoice?A: The following creates a rough
picture of theMM Cycle. Create material, create vendor,
assignmaterial to vendor, procure raw material throughPR, locate
vendor for certain material, processingGR, goods issue, and invoice
verification.
Question 27: Give some examples of theinformation relating to a
materialsstorage/warehousing?A: Some examples are Unit of Issue,
StorageConditions, Packaging Dimensions, Gross Weight,Volume, and
Hazardous Materials Number. Also,there are various Storage
Strategies informationand options.Question 28: What are the
variousfeatures of Consignment Stocks?A: Consignment Stocks remain
the legal propertyof the Vendor until the organization withdraws
thematerial from the consignment stores. The invoicecan be due at
set periods of time, for examplemonthly, and it is also a
configuration possibilitythat the organization will take ownership
of thestock after a certain period of time. ConsignmentStock is
allocated to the available stock becausethe Consignment Stock is
managed under thesame material number as your companys stock.The
most important characteristic of ConsignmentStock is that it isnt
valuated. When the material iswithdrawn, it is valuated at the
price of therespective vendor. Before procuring the
stock,consideration should be given if one consignmentis coming
from multiple vendors. If so, we canmanage all of them
independently at the price ofthe individual vendors. In the Info
Record, we will maintain three different prices for the
samematerial for three different vendors.
Question 29: What is a Quotation?A: Once a vendor has received
an RFQ, the vendorwill send back a quote that will be legally
bindingfor a certain period of time. Specifically, aQuotation is an
offer by a vendor to a purchasingorganization regarding the supply
of material(s) orperformance of service(s) subject to
specifiedconditions. The Quotation then need to bemaintained in the
Maintain Quotation: XXXXscreens.
Question 30: What is the Source List?A: The Source List
identifies preferred sources ofsupply for certain materials. If the
Source List hasbeen properly maintained, it will identify both
thesource of a material and the period of time inwhich you can
order the material from the source.
Question 31: What is an InvoiceVerification?A: The Invoice
Verification component completesthe material procurement process
and allows creditmemos to be processed. Invoice
Verificationincludes entering invoices and credit memos thathave
been received, checking accuracy of invoiceswith respect to price
and arithmetic, and checkingblock invoices (these are the ones
which differ toomuch from the original PO).
Question 32: What are the differenttypes of Invoice
Verification?A: Invoices based on Purchase Orders.
Withpurchase-order-based Invoice Verification, all ofthe items of a
purchase order can be settledtogether, regardless of whether or not
an item hasbeen received in several partial deliveries. All ofthe
deliveries are totaled and posted as one item.Invoices based on
Goods Receipts. With goodsreceipt-based Invoice Verification, each
individualgoods receipt is invoiced separately.Invoices without an
order reference. When thereis no reference to a PO, it is possible
to post thetransaction directly to a Material Account, a
G/LAccount, or an Asset Account. You can park Invoices that
reference POs and GRsas well as Invoices with no reference in the
system.When you park a document or change a parkeddocument, neither
substitution nor validation issupported. The system only carries
out these functions after you actually post a parkeddocument.
Question 33: Why would an organizationneed to allow Negative
Stocks?A: Negative Stocks are necessary when GoodsIssues are
entered necessarily (business processreasons) prior to the
corresponding Goods Receiptsand the material is already located
physically in thewarehouse.
Question 34: How do you create amovement type? When will
movement typenumbers be odd?A: When prompted by a dialog box after
anactivity, you copy a movement type. Select thefield Movement Type
and Continue. In theDefine Work area, enter the movement type to
becopied in From: and the name your new movementtype in the To:
field. Now choose Continue.Choose the desired movement type you
want thenchoose Edit Copy as and re-type the selectedmovement type
with the new type copy alldependent entries and make sure to begin
with aproper prefix (9,X,Z). All control indicators arecopied to
the new movement type. Review thenew movement type changing any
necessarycontrols. Reversal movement types are numberedas the
number type plus one. The reversal formovement type 451 (Returns
From Customer) is 452. As a last step before saving your
settings,add a copy the reversal movement type and enterit in
Reversal/follow-on movement types.
Question 35: How do you adopt standardsettings for the Message
DeterminationFacility In MM-PUR?A: The Message Determination
Facility is bydefault active and message determination schemais
supplied for all purchasing documents includingPOs, PRs, RFQs etc.
All of the desired message types must bemaintained. Choose Master
data Messages Purchasing document Create or Change fromthe
Purchasing menu. Add the message type andpick the key combination.
The key combinationdecides the condition table where the
conditionrecord is stored. Enter all needed items. Nextscreen,
create the individual conditionrecords. Using the menu options Goto
Means ofCommunication, enter the proper peripheral, oroutput for
each message record. Save.
Question 36: How do you set pricecontrol for receipts
(goods/invoice) tellingthe system how to value stocks?A:
Transaction Code OMW1 allows you to set pricecontrol to S (Standard
Price) or V (Moving AveragePrice). Under Standard Price (S), the
materials andaccounting documents are both valid. The onewith the
lower value will be posted with a pricevariance entry.
Question 37: How do you access theMaterials Management
Configuration Menu?A: Transaction Code OLMS has a host of
optionsthat are not accessible through the IMG.
Question 38: How are the various MMconfiguration Transactions
accessed?A: Transaction Codes OLMD accesses MM-CBP,OLMB accesses
MM-IM, OLME accesses MM-PUR,OLML accesses MM-Warehouse
Management,OLMS accesses Material Master Data, and OLMW isthe
proper transaction for valuation and accountassignment.
Question 39: What are some of the moreimportant Materials
Management Tables?A: EINA contains general data of the
(Purchasing)Information Record; EINE includes
PurchasingOrganization of the same. MAKT is the
MaterialsDescription table, MARA-General Materials data,MARC-Plant
Data for Materials, MARD-StorageLocation Data for Material,
MAST-Material to BOMLink, MBEW-Material Valuation, and
MKPF-HeaderMaterial Document. Some of the tables that directly
pertain to thedocument types are T156 Movement Type andT023/T024
Groups Material and Purchasing.
Question 40: Can you add custom fieldsto POs and RFQs?A: Yes.
You must add custom fields to thecustomer including structures
I_EKKODB andI_EKPODB. Create a project via CMOD for
enhancementMM06E005. Follow the documentation forMM06E005, and
create the sub-screens forfunction group XM06 using transaction
SE80. Addfields to the appropriate screen. It is recommendedthat
you call the screen fields EKPO_CI-name orEKKO_CI-name. This
simplifies transferring datato/from the screen. Put code
inEXIT_SAPMM06E_018 to transfer data from subscreento structure
E_CI_EKPO. Put code inEXIT_SAPMM06E_016 to transfer data
fromdatabase to sub-screen using structure I_CI_EKPO.In the PBO of
the sub-screen, do any processing tomake fields display only, or
hide them. If you needvalues from the main screen to make decisions
in the sub-screen, define variables in the global datapart of the
function module, and fill the variables inEXIT_SAPMM06E_016 (PBO of
main screen) Makesure everything has been activated like user
exists,screens, etc.
Question 41: Where can you dictate howPlanned Orders are
converted intoRequisitions in MRP?A: Look at the Transaction Code
OPPR indicator.Assign proper indicator.
Question 42: What SAP program is usedto update or create
Material Master Records?A: RMDATIND is used to update Material
MasterRecords and can be used for such assignments asextending all
materials to a new plant.
Question 43: What Views are possiblefor a material?A: The
material type selected controls the viewspossible for material.For
a material to be used in the system it needs tobe created for each
plant. Multiple views of amaterial are possible but at a minimum,
thematerial needs to have a description and a baseunit of measure
assigned on the basic data view.Additional department views (i.e.
Accounting, Sales,Purchasing, MRP, Warehouse) can be added at
alater time by extending the material. As additionalplants are
added, a material will need to beextended to the plants before it
can be used there.
Question 44: When can a ProductionResource/Tool be defined as a
material?A: A Production Resource / Tool can be definedas a
material if purchasing and inventoryfunctions are to be carried out
for that PRT.The information required to be input is dependentupon
which department views are being created.Thus, material master
information is typicallyentered at different times by numerous
systemusers. Note that to add a view, the CreateMaterial
transaction is used rather than theChange Material transaction.
Question 45: When creating a newMaterial, what may prompt some
of thepossible Material Types?A: Pressing F4 gives a list of
choices. Select thematerial type for the material you are creating.
Forexample, FHMI for Prod. Resources/tools, ROH forRaw Materials,
FERT for Finished Products, etc.
Question 46: How do you determinewhich views of a material need
to be addedor to see which plants a material has beenextended to?A:
You can use transaction MM50
To extend a material to a different plant requiresselecting the
new plant on the organizational levelscreen. Note that all views of
a material are notextended unless they were selected on the
initialscreen. In addition, each plant may have adifferent system
configuration requiring additionalinputs on each of the
departmental screens.Material changes made in one plant do not
changethat material in other plants.
Question 47: How can you set userdefaults for views and
organizational levels?A: The user defaults for views can be set
underMenus: Defaults Views. Select those views tobe checked on by
default when generating a newmaterial. Select View selection only
on requestwhen the select view pop-up is to be by-passedunless
selected.For organizational levels, Menus: Defaults organizational
levels. Enter those organizationallevels to be defaulted when
generating a newmaterial. Select Org. levels/profiles only
onrequest when the select view pop-up is to be bypassedunless
selected.
Question 48: What needs to be presentin order for Material Type
to be automaticallycopied from one view to another?A: When creating
any view, the Industry Sectorand Material type will be
automatically copied froman existing view, so long as at least one
view exists.
Question 49: How do you create adocument/e-mail notifying your
supplier orinternal personnel when an invoice plan issettled?A: The
IMG setting is Material Management Logistics Invoice Verification
MessageDetermination. If these settings are not made, the
messageInvoicing Plan: No Message Was Found forPartner XXX, Company
Code XXX. If the notifyingdocuments are not required, simply turn
off themessage by changing the message from error toinformation
using Material Management Logistic Invoice Verification Define
Attributes ofSystem Messages.
Question 50: How can one keep usersfrom using standard MM
Movement Types?A: Standard Movement Types should not bedeleted from
the system. The accountassignments, however, may be deleted for
aparticular Movement Type in table T030 usingtransaction OBYC.
Another way to achieve the same result is to enterMovement Type in
transaction OMJJ. RemoveMBXX from allowed transactions.
Question 51: How do you define aRelease Procedure for PRs and
POs?A: Use Transaction ME54 and ME28 respectively.
Question 52: How do you ChangeCharacteristic?A: Use Transaction
Code CT04. Follow thesesteps: Format (numeric, character, etc.),
Unit ofMeasure, Templates, Required Entry, Intervals asValues (?),
descriptions for texts for characteristicsand characteristic
values, display options forcharacteristics on the value assignment
screen,Allowed Values, Default Values that are setautomatically on
the Value Assignment Screen.
Question 53: How do you create a Class?A: Class is defined as
the group of characteristics,which can be attributed to a product.
UseTransaction CL01. Enter the value for the Classname and a small
description. Select the groupfrom it. The values on the different
tabs are notmandatory, so you can skip the values if you wishor you
can go to any extent needed. Save, andthe Class is created.
Question 54: How do you configure theRelease Procedure?A: Use
Transaction OMGQ.
Question 55: Will ROH have a salesview? Will FERT have a
purchasing view?A: They shouldnt because ROH type materials
areprocured from the outside not sold and FERT typematerials are
created inside and arent procured.In some special cases, we have to
sell rawmaterials (ROH) and buy finished goods (FERT)from outside
sources. The views must beextended in these cases using
transactions OMS2and MM50.
Question 56: Where do we create VendorAccount Groups, or screen
layout in VendorMaster?A: Using SPRO, Financial Accounting
AccountsPayable/Receivable Vendor Accounts MasterRecords
Preparations for Creating VendorMaster Records Define Account
Groups WithScreen Layout (Vendors) orDefine Screen Layout Per
Activity.
Question 57: What are the key fields forthe Material Master?A:
Material Groups, External Material Groups,Divisions, Material
Status, Labs & Offices, BasicMaterials, Storage Conditions,
TemperatureConditions, Container Requirements, and Units orMeasure
Groups.
Question 58: What are the mainPurchasing Tables?A:EKBN Purchase
RequisitionEBKN Purchase Requisition AccountAssignmentEKAB Release
DocumentationEKBE History of Purchase Document
Question 59: How do you create amaterial?A: Use Transaction Code
MM01. Name thematerial, choose an industry sector, choose amaterial
type, create or copy the views, add abasic description, give its
attributes/values, MRPinformation, reorder point, accounting
valuation,warehouse management information and then savethe
data.
Question 60: What are some of the datapoints provided by
Purchasing for amaterial?A: Some of the key inputs when creating
amaterial are Base Unit of Measure, PurchasingGroup, Reminder days,
tolerance levels, shippinginstructions, GR processing time, JIT
scheduleindicator, Critical part (?), etc.
Question 61: What are the Lot Sizeattributes a material can
posses?A: Lot Sizing dictates the reorder quantity for amaterial. A
material can have a static, periodic,optimum, or fixed lot
size.
Question 62: How do you create aVendor?A: Use Transaction Code
XK01. Add the Vendorname, Company Code, Purchasing
Organization,Account Group, and the Vendor address. Next addthe
country, Bank Key, Bank Account, AccountHolder (an actual name),
and then save the data.
Question 63: How are materialsassigned to vendors?A: Information
Record links materials to thevendor, thus facilitating the process
of selectingquotations. Use Transaction Code ME11 orLogistics
Material Management Purchasingand then Master Data Info Record
Create.
Question 64: What data does theInformation Record contain?A: The
Information Records has data on Units ofMeasure, Vendor price
changes after a certain level,what materials have been procured by
a specificvendor, price and conditions for relevant
PurchaseOrganization, Tolerance limits for over/underdelivery,
Vendor evaluation data, planned deliverytime, and availability time
the vendor can supplythe material.
Question 65: How do you create theInformation Record based on
the MaterialMaster record?A: In the IMG, Master Data Info Record
Create. Enter Vendor Number, Material Number,Purchasing
Organization or Plant Number. Enterthe number of the Information
Record if externalnumber assignments are used (left blank,
thesystem will assign a number). Enter the GeneralData for the
Vendor, order unit, origin data, andsupply option, Customs Tariff
Number. Next, enterthe Vendors planned delivery time (used
forscheduling), responsible Purchasing Group, andStandard PO
quantity (used in conjunction withprice scales for price
determination). Check theControl Data. The tolerance data and
theresponsible purchasing group are taken as defaultvalues from the
Material Master record. Enter thenet price. Now, from the top of
the screen Go To Texts to display the text overview. You canenter
the info memo or the PO text. If the PO textis already defined in
the Material Master record, itappears as a default value. Save the
record.
Question 66: What are some of theinitial configuration steps for
PurchaseRequisitions?A: Define Document Types, Processing
Time,Release Procedure (with and without classification),Setup
Authorization Check for G/L Accounts, DefineNumber Range.
Question 67: When, in initialconfiguration, why would you have
to SetupStock Transport Order?A: If it is required to carry out an
inter-plant StockTransfer through SD, then this configuration
isrequired and must be carried out.
Question 68: What are some of theinitial configuration steps for
InventoryManagement?A: Plant Parameters, Define System
MessageAttributes, Number Assignment (Allocate documenttype FI to
transactions), Goods Issues, TransferPostings, Define Screen
Layout, Maintain CopyRules for Reference Documents, Setup
DynamicAvailability Check, Allow Negative Stocks (?)
Question 69: What are some of theinitial configuration steps for
PhysicalInventory?A: Define Default Values for Physical
InventoryDocument, Batch Input Reports, Tolerances forPhysical
Inventory Differences, and InventorySampling. Cycle Counting should
be configured aswell.