Procurement with SAP MM - Practical Guide, SAP Materials Management

This book provides practical, easy-to-use guidance for working with procurement in Materials Management in SAP ERP. Learn the key functions and system transactions you'll need for your everyday job, discover how to avoid problems and system issues, and explore advanced functions and concepts. You'll be able to perform procurement activities with fewer steps and greater ease than ever before!

* Details the most-used procurement business processes in day-to-day use
* Step-by-step instructions, from forecasting materials to sending invoices
* Helpful transaction codes and menu paths you'll use frequently

Core Procurement Tasks
Understand what steps are needed for each procurement activity: defining tasks, creating bids, selecting vendors, creating POs or contracts, and processing invoices and payments.

Special Procurement Activities
Work with outside-the-box tasks, such as providing vendors with materials from your plant or another vendor, moving stock between warehouses or company codes, and more.

Receiving Goods and Services
Set up your SAP system to receive your goods as quickly and economically as possible, manage your inventory once you have it, and understand how other MM components are involved.

* Master data
* MRP and consumption-based planning
* Materials forecasting
* Purchasing activities
* Quotation requests and contracts
* Subcontracting and third-party use
* Kanban
* Service procurement
* Inbound logistics and shipping
* Inventory management