This document provides an overview of the key components and processes within the Materials Management module in SAP R/3, including procurement, inventory management, warehousing, and materials planning. It describes organizational elements like company codes, plants, and storage locations. It also explains master data such as the material master and vendor master. Additionally, it outlines the basic procurement process and details aspects like purchase requisitions, purchase orders, goods receipt, invoice verification, and payment.
3. Organizational Elements
Organizational elements are structures that
represent the organizational views of an
enterprise.
Company structure is designed based on
business processes.
The organizational elements provide a
framework that supports all business
activities.
4. Organizational Elements for the
Procurement Process
Company Code
Plant
Storage Location
Purchasing Organization
Purchasing Group
5. Company Code
A company code represents an
independent accounting unit.
Balance sheets and Profit and Loss
statements, required by law, are created at
the company code level
6. Plant
A plant is an organizational unit within a
company. It produces goods, renders
services, or distributes goods.
A plant can be one of the following types
of locations:
Manufacturing facility
Warehouse distribution center
Regional sales office
Corporate headquarters
7. Storage Location
Storage locations are organizational units
that allow the differentiation of material
stocks within a plant.
8. Purchasing Organization and
Groups
Decentralized with a separate organization
for each plant.
Centralized, one organization for all plants.
Hybrid - multiple organizations buy for
multiple plants.
Groups can be a further division of
purchasing responsibility and/or structure.
9. Material Master
The material master contains all data
required to define and manage material.
It integrates data from engineering,
manufacturing, sales and distribution,
purchasing, accounting, and other
departments.
The material master is used as a source
of data for purchase order processing
throughout the procurement cycle.
10. Material Master - View(s)
The R/3 system allows selection and
maintenance of the data that is relevant to
a particular department.
To create a view, the view must be selected
on the Select View(s) screen before the
material data is entered.
Users are responsible for creating and
maintaining the view(s) of the materials that
are relevant to their departments.
11. Material Master - Industry Sector
Industry sector determines the type of
industry to which the material will be
assigned.
Industry sector information determines:
which screens will appear and in what
sequence
what industry-specific data will appear
12. Material Master - Maintenance
Defaults - speeds entry of data by using the most
frequently used organizational levels and views
as default values. These defaults are user-
specific and may be overridden.
Reference Material - speeds entry by copying
pertinent data from existing material master
records.
Profiles - speeds entry by copying standard data
created in a profile into a selected view.
Collective entry of storage locations - speeds
creation of additional storage locations by adding
multiple locations at one time.
13. Material Master - Material Type
Groups material with same basic attributes
Determines:
which department views are maintained
whether changes in material quantities are
updated
whether internal or external procurement is
allowed
which general ledger accounts are updated
14. Vendor Master
The vendor master includes all the data
necessary for processing business
transactions and corresponding with
vendors.
Information is shared between the
accounting and purchasing departments.
Data is grouped into three categories:
general data
accounting data
purchasing data
15. Basic Procurement Process
Requirements determination - purchase
requisition
Source determination - RFQ and quotation
Vendor selection
Order processing - purchase order
Order follow-up
Goods receipt and inventory management
Invoice verification
Payment
16. Purchase Requisitions
Internal document
Requesting a certain quantity of material or
service on a certain date
Can be created:
Manually
Automatically (MRP, sales orders, etc.)
Release approval procedures can be
established
17. Purchase Requisition Sources
Manually created by user department
Automatically created by:
Planning (MRP, MPS)
Plant maintenance
Production orders
Sales orders
18. Processing Purchase
Requisitions
Create purchase requisition (manually or
automatically)
Determine source of supply
Release procedure (optional)
Allocate vendor and process
19. Creating a Purchase Requisition
Default data for line items
delivery dates, plants, purchasing groups,
etc.
Maintain line item data
materials, quantities, delivery dates, etc.
Maintain account assignment (if required)
cost center, G/L accounts, project number,
etc.
Check data
Save
22. Purchase Orders
Purchase orders are:
a formal request to provide materials or
services
an internal planning and tracking tool
Purchase orders identify:
vendor
material and/or service
quantity and price
delivery dates
terms of payment
23. Purchase Order Structure
Header - information specific to the entire
purchase order
vendor
currency
payment terms
24. Purchase Order Structure
Line item details
account assignment
delivery schedule
materials/services quantity
price
description
item category
25. Item Category
Item category defines the form of
procurement
Whether a purchase order requires:
material number
account assignment
goods receipt and/or invoice receipt
Examples:
subcontracting
consignment
stock transfer
28. Purchase Order - Menu Paths
Create: Logistics -> Materials management ->
Purchasing -> -> Purchase order -> Create
vendor known
vendor unknown
via requisition
Change: Logistics -> Materials management ->
Purchasing -> -> Purchase order -> Change
Display: Logistics -> Materials management ->
Purchasing -> -> Purchase order -> Display
29. Purchase Order Transaction
Codes
Create: Logistics -> Materials management ->
Purchasing -> -> Purchase order -> Create
vendor known
vendor unknown
via requisition
Change: Logistics -> Materials management ->
Purchasing -> -> Purchase order -> Change
Display: Logistics -> Materials management ->
Purchasing -> -> Purchase order -> Display
30. Goods Receipt
Goods receipt with reference to a purchase
order:
copy data from purchase order
delivery notification
invoice verification
updates PO history
inventory update
automatic update of G/L accounts
You can search for the PO number with:
material number, vendor number, etc.
31. Goods Receipt Destinations
Stock - given a storage location, can be
posted to three different stock types:
unrestricted-use
quality inspection
blocked stock (valuated)
Consumption - can be assigned a recipient
or unloading point
Goods Receipt Blocked Stock - updates
inventory, but material is not valuated
(conditional acceptance)
32. Goods Receipt - Movement
Types
Movement types - stock transactions:
goods receipt
goods issue
stock transfer
Movement type determines which:
quantity fields are updated
stock types are updated
G/L stock or consumption accounts are
updated
fields are displayed during document entry
33. Movement Type - Examples
101 - goods receipt for purchase order
into warehouse/stores
102 - reversal of goods receipt for
purchase order into warehouse/stores
122 - return delivery to vendor
501 - receipt w/o purchase order into
unrestricted-use stock
34. Goods Receipt - Account
Postings
Inventory account is debited at standard
price
GR/IR clearing account is credited at
purchase order price
Price difference account is debited
(credited) with difference between standard
price and purchase order price
35. Effects of a Goods Receipt
PO history and PO updated
Material master - stock and value updated
Notification of goods receipt issued (optional)
Transfer request to Warehouse Management
system (if active)
Material and financial documents created and/or
updated
Stock and consumption accounts updated
Inspection notification in QM (if active)
36. Goods Receipt - Menu Paths
Create: Logistics -> Materials management ->
Inventory management -> -> Goods movement ->
Goods receipt -> For purchase order ->
PO number known
PO number unknown
Change: Logistics -> Materials management ->
Inventory management -> -> Material document -
> Change
Display: Logistics -> Materials management ->
Inventory management -> -> Material document -
> Display
37. Goods Receipt Transaction Codes
Create: Logistics -> Materials management ->
Inventory management -> -> Goods movement ->
Goods receipt -> For purchase order ->
PO number known
PO number unknown
Change: Logistics -> Materials management ->
Inventory management -> -> Material document -
> Change
Display: Logistics -> Materials management ->
Inventory management -> -> Material document -
> Display
38. Invoice Verification
Matches the vendors invoice to the
purchase order and the goods receipt (3rd
part of 3-way match)
Matches price and quantity
Updates the purchase order and its history
Updates accounting information
39. Invoice Payment
Selects invoices for payment based on the
payment terms in the vendor master or
purchase order
Generates payment for released invoices
Updates accounting information
40. Accounts Payable Payment
Process
Determines:
open items to be paid
when they will be paid
bank from which payment will be made
payment medium
who will get paid
Payment process creates a financial
accounting document to record the
transaction
41. Invoice Processing - Menu Paths
Enter an Invoice: Logistics -> Materials
management -> Invoice verification -> Invoice
verification ->-> Document entry -> Enter invoice
Change: Logistics -> Materials management ->
Invoice verification -> Invoice verification ->->
Further processing -> Change
Display: Logistics -> Materials management ->
Invoice verification -> Invoice verification ->->
Further processing -> Display
42. Invoice Processing - Menu Paths
Payment Processing: Accounting ->
Financial accounting -> Accounts payable -
>-> Document entry -> Outgoing payment
-> Post
View PO History Documents: Logistics ->
Materials management -> Purchasing ->->
Purchase order -> List display -> By PO
number
44. Invoice Processing - Menu Paths
Payment Processing: Accounting ->
Financial accounting -> Accounts payable -
>-> Document entry -> Outgoing payment
-> Post
View PO History Documents: Logistics ->
Materials management -> Purchasing ->->
Purchase order -> List display -> By PO
number