SAP Materials Management module consists of several components and sub-components. The most prominent and widely used is the master data, purchasing and inventory.
All of these components has its sub-components, subassemblies necessary in specific business processes, and all processes are performed by using transactions.
Transaction (in SAP) refers to the treatment of certain information in order to complete the business process requirements. For example, if you purchase a 10 trash can, you can perform a specific transaction code (t-code), in order to reflect these changes in SAP. Most business processes involve multiple SAP transactions to be completed and distributed in one, two or more modules.
Let us briefly discuss the various sub-SAP MM module
main data
The data stored in SAP R / 3 is classified as
- Master Data and
- Transaction data.
Master data is used as the basis for any transaction of core data. If you are producing, transferring inventory, sales, purchasing, physical inventory, no matter what activity you are engaged, you need to maintain some master data.
Master Data Example
- Material Master
- Customer Master Data
- Vendor Master
- Pricing / condition master data
- Warehouse management master data (primary data storage bins)
All of these components has its sub-components, subassemblies necessary in specific business processes, and all processes are performed by using transactions.
Transaction (in SAP) refers to the treatment of certain information in order to complete the business process requirements. For example, if you purchase a 10 trash can, you can perform a specific transaction code (t-code), in order to reflect these changes in SAP. Most business processes involve multiple SAP transactions to be completed and distributed in one, two or more modules.
Let us briefly discuss the various sub-SAP MM module
Warehouse management master data (primary data storage bins)
MRP (Material Resource Planning) to create procurement proposals, and then converted into a purchase requisition. The next step is to assign purchase requisitions source, and issued a purchase requisition. PR is converted to a purchase order, after receipt, invoice receipt can be performed to complete the purchase process. In addition, payment processing (in FI module).
Inventory Management
Inventory management for inventory management of goods. It is based on several key processes, such as
- Movement type definition
- Reservations
- Goods issue
- Receipt of goods
Inventory management processes used in many functions and transactions.
Pricing Process
MM module pricing process is a method of determining the purchase price of the credential. It provides a different type of calculation of the distribution function for the different needs for us. To define the condition type pricing procedure may be created and assigned by the access order. Access order tells the system where to find the condition value.
