Within SAP Inventory Management, there are two methods how stock are moved between plants using a 2-step process:
Stock Transport Orders (UB)
Transfer Posting
What does 2-step mean?Example: Let’s assume stock is moving from Plant A (Storage Location 0001) to Plant B (storage location 0002). Two step means that two transactions will be used to move the stock. After the first transaction, stock has left plant A but it is not yet available at Plant B. Only after the second transaction is it available for use in Plant B.
Some reasons for using 2-step movements (and not 1 step):
1. Long time span between leaving Plant A and arriving at Plant B
2. Need to control when goods leave plant A but not received at plant B
Using Stock Transport Orders (STO) Steps:
Create a Stock Transport Order (ME21N, Purchase Order doc type UB)
Process Goods Issue against STO (MIGO > Goods Issue > PO) – movement type 351
Process Goods Receipt against STO (MIGO > Goods Receipt > PO) – movement type 101 The use of Planned Orders and Purchase Requisitions are optional.
Using Transfer Postings (TP) Steps:
Process a Transfer Posting (MIGO > Transfer Posting) – movement type 303
Process a Transfer Posting (MIGO > Transfer Posting) – movement type 305
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Client Copy - copy configuration data only
The action step is as below:
1. Use SCCL
2. Select the profile “SAP_CUST”
3. Click “Start Immediately” button
Other profiles:
SAP_USER
Users, user roles, and authorization profiles are copied. The client is not reset.
SAP_CUST
Client-dependent Customizing, including authorization profiles, are copied. The application data is deleted and the user data is retained.
SAP_UCUS
Corresponds to SAP_CUST with user master data.
SAP_ALL
All data belonging to a client, with the exceptions of change documents and local data, is copied.
SAP_APPL (as of SAP Web AS 6.10)
Corresponds to SAP_ALL without user master data.
1. Use SCCL
2. Select the profile “SAP_CUST”
3. Click “Start Immediately” button
Other profiles:
SAP_USER
Users, user roles, and authorization profiles are copied. The client is not reset.
SAP_CUST
Client-dependent Customizing, including authorization profiles, are copied. The application data is deleted and the user data is retained.
SAP_UCUS
Corresponds to SAP_CUST with user master data.
SAP_ALL
All data belonging to a client, with the exceptions of change documents and local data, is copied.
SAP_APPL (as of SAP Web AS 6.10)
Corresponds to SAP_ALL without user master data.
Very basics of SAP External Service Management
These notes are based on SAP ERP Central Component (ECC) 5.0
Firstly -- SAP External Service Management (ESM) must not be confused with SAP Service Management (SM). ESM is the procurement of services. SM is to provide services to a client. With External Services, you have a PO for services with Goods Receipt taking place. The Goods Receipt is called Service Entries. In contrast with goods (stock or non stock) where receiving is typically done by the inventory management group, the Service Entries are done by business themselves. The logic is that the business generated the request for the service, that is where it was done, it will be best if they do confirmation that service took place.
Lets look at the traditional SAP purchasing cycle vs SAP purchasing cycle for External Services.
Traditional SAP Purchasing Cycle
RFQ(optional) -> PR -> PO -> Good Receipt -> Invoice
SAP purchasing cycle for External Services
PR (optional) -> PO (itemCat:D) -> Service Entry Sheet + Accept SES -> Invoice
The big difference is that the item category is D (services) is used. For the item, detail Service to be performed can be specified. The receiving is a 2 step process. Create and then Accept Service Entry SheetLets step through the process and look at the documents. The steps are
Step 1 - Create Purchase RequisitionStep
2 - Convert to Purchase OrderStep
3a - Service Entry Sheet Step
3b - Acceptance of Service Entry SheetStep
4 - Invoice and payment
Firstly -- SAP External Service Management (ESM) must not be confused with SAP Service Management (SM). ESM is the procurement of services. SM is to provide services to a client. With External Services, you have a PO for services with Goods Receipt taking place. The Goods Receipt is called Service Entries. In contrast with goods (stock or non stock) where receiving is typically done by the inventory management group, the Service Entries are done by business themselves. The logic is that the business generated the request for the service, that is where it was done, it will be best if they do confirmation that service took place.
Lets look at the traditional SAP purchasing cycle vs SAP purchasing cycle for External Services.
Traditional SAP Purchasing Cycle
RFQ(optional) -> PR -> PO -> Good Receipt -> Invoice
SAP purchasing cycle for External Services
PR (optional) -> PO (itemCat:D) -> Service Entry Sheet + Accept SES -> Invoice
The big difference is that the item category is D (services) is used. For the item, detail Service to be performed can be specified. The receiving is a 2 step process. Create and then Accept Service Entry SheetLets step through the process and look at the documents. The steps are
Step 1 - Create Purchase RequisitionStep
2 - Convert to Purchase OrderStep
3a - Service Entry Sheet Step
3b - Acceptance of Service Entry SheetStep
4 - Invoice and payment
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Automatic GR/IR Clearing with "diff too large"
Remember to run F.13 - automatic GR/IR Clearing with "include tolerance" option.
Also, make sure the following settings are set through SPRO
1.Define Tolerance Groups for G/L Accounts
2.Define Tolerance Groups for Employees
3.Assign Users to Tolerance Groups
4.Create Accounts for Clearing Differences
5. Prepare Automatic Clearing(based on assignment number/ PO+PO_item needed to be clear.)
And assign the tolerance group to G/L account related GR/IR Clearing via FS00.
Also, make sure the following settings are set through SPRO
1.Define Tolerance Groups for G/L Accounts
2.Define Tolerance Groups for Employees
3.Assign Users to Tolerance Groups
4.Create Accounts for Clearing Differences
5. Prepare Automatic Clearing(based on assignment number/ PO+PO_item needed to be clear.)
And assign the tolerance group to G/L account related GR/IR Clearing via FS00.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Configuring Availability check
There are three types of availability checks –
A. Check on basis of ATP quantities.
B. Check against product allocation.
C. Check against planning.
Configuring Availability check through Checking Groups
1. The checking group + checking rule determine how the availability check is to be performed.
2. The checking group determines whether and how the system checks the stock availability and generates requirements for material planning. The checking group defines what type of requirements will be passed on i.e. summarized requirements (daily/weekly) or individual requirements for each sales order.
3. The checking rule applies to how the availability check is to be carried out at the transaction level. Note that you must define checking rules for each individual application such as for production orders for example. In Sales and Distribution, the checking rule is specified internally within the system and cannot be changed.
4. The checking rule, in conjunction with the checking group, determines the scope of the availability check for every business operation; that is, which stocks, receipts and issues are to be included in the availability check and whether the check is to be carried out with or without the replenishment lead time.
5. Briefly explaining the above – checking group determines which type of requirement to be passed on to MRP whether it be individual or summarized and checking rule which is at the transaction level and can be configured independently for each application module, determines which stocks, receipts and issues to be taken into account. For performing an availability check checking group has to work in conjunction with checking rule.
6. Advantages of individual processing over summarized processing –Backorder processing is possible.You can access (MD04) order, line and schedule line individually which gives a greater control on available stock and requirements placed on stock.The system automatically uses individual requirements in case of special stock items.
7. Required data for the Availability check to be carried out –The Availability check must be switched on at the requirement class level.The Availability check must be set at the schedule line level.A requirements type must exist by which the requirements class can be found.A plant must be defined in the sales order for each schedule line item (in other words plant must be defined for every material in MMR). A checking group must be defined in the material master record in the MRP3 screen in the availability check field.
8. Configuring Availability check and defining Checking Groups –Checking groups are introduced into the sales order based on the setting in the material master record.SAP standard checking groups are
01 – summarized requirements and
02 – individual requirements or you can create your own by copying the standard ones.
Total sales and total deliveries columns are there to configure a checking rule to sum up requirements to post to MRP either individually or by day or week.Block quantity required can be set if you want several users to be able to process the material simultaneously in different transactions without blocking each other.The no check indicator is CHECKED when you DO NOT want the system to carry out ATP check.
9. Defining material block for other users – the block check box is an indicator that enables you to block material master records of a particular material during the availability check and restrict other users from accessing same master record and reserve the material. If the block is not set, two users can confirm the same material at the same time for two different orders, not knowing if the stock is available or not. If you select this field, the material is blocked during the availability check and other users cannot:
a) Make changes in the material master record.
b) Create purchase orders for the material.
C) Create orders for the material.
10.Defining default values for checking groups - Checking groups are introduced into the sales order based on the setting in the material master record. However if there is no entry present in the material master record for the checking group, a default value can be set here, depending on material type and plant.This default value will be used by the system depending on the material type mentioned in MMR and plant in sales order.If an entry exists, this default value is over written by MMR.
11.Controlling Availability Check – in this section, you tell the system what stock on hand and what inward and outward movements of stock it must take into account when performing the availability check in addition to whether or not to consider the replenishment lead time.
12.These settings are based on the checking group that is assigned to the material master record and the checking rule that is predefined and assigned to the sales and distribution transaction.
13.These settings carry out control both for sales order and delivery as well. This is due to the fact that you may want to include specific stock or incoming stock for the sales order, yet at the time of the delivery only include physical stock on hand waiting to be shipped.
14.It is possible to indicate to the system that you would like the availability check NOT TO CHECK the stock at the storage location level. This indicator is used to set the scope of the availability check.
15.It is used to switch off the check at storage location level. You create a reservation for a particular storage location. However, the scope of the availability check is set in such a way as to exclude the storage location. In this case, the system carries out the check at plant level only and does not take the storage location into account that is specified in the reservation.
16.Should you not want the system to automatically check RLT, you may indicate so here. RLT is the time taken for a material to become available. It is only used when doing an ATP check and is taken from MMR.
17.defining the elements in the availability check entirely depends on the business needs, but a few tips are given under –When controlling the Availability check at the time of the sales order, a purchase requisition does not necessarily indicate by it is going to come into the plant.A shipping notification on the other hand - a confirmed purchase order – is a good indicator of receiving stock on a specified date.It is always recommended not to select the shipping notifications for the delivery requirements type as you may not actually receive the stock into plant or warehouse for which you are creating a delivery.
A. Check on basis of ATP quantities.
B. Check against product allocation.
C. Check against planning.
Configuring Availability check through Checking Groups
1. The checking group + checking rule determine how the availability check is to be performed.
2. The checking group determines whether and how the system checks the stock availability and generates requirements for material planning. The checking group defines what type of requirements will be passed on i.e. summarized requirements (daily/weekly) or individual requirements for each sales order.
3. The checking rule applies to how the availability check is to be carried out at the transaction level. Note that you must define checking rules for each individual application such as for production orders for example. In Sales and Distribution, the checking rule is specified internally within the system and cannot be changed.
4. The checking rule, in conjunction with the checking group, determines the scope of the availability check for every business operation; that is, which stocks, receipts and issues are to be included in the availability check and whether the check is to be carried out with or without the replenishment lead time.
5. Briefly explaining the above – checking group determines which type of requirement to be passed on to MRP whether it be individual or summarized and checking rule which is at the transaction level and can be configured independently for each application module, determines which stocks, receipts and issues to be taken into account. For performing an availability check checking group has to work in conjunction with checking rule.
6. Advantages of individual processing over summarized processing –Backorder processing is possible.You can access (MD04) order, line and schedule line individually which gives a greater control on available stock and requirements placed on stock.The system automatically uses individual requirements in case of special stock items.
7. Required data for the Availability check to be carried out –The Availability check must be switched on at the requirement class level.The Availability check must be set at the schedule line level.A requirements type must exist by which the requirements class can be found.A plant must be defined in the sales order for each schedule line item (in other words plant must be defined for every material in MMR). A checking group must be defined in the material master record in the MRP3 screen in the availability check field.
8. Configuring Availability check and defining Checking Groups –Checking groups are introduced into the sales order based on the setting in the material master record.SAP standard checking groups are
01 – summarized requirements and
02 – individual requirements or you can create your own by copying the standard ones.
Total sales and total deliveries columns are there to configure a checking rule to sum up requirements to post to MRP either individually or by day or week.Block quantity required can be set if you want several users to be able to process the material simultaneously in different transactions without blocking each other.The no check indicator is CHECKED when you DO NOT want the system to carry out ATP check.
9. Defining material block for other users – the block check box is an indicator that enables you to block material master records of a particular material during the availability check and restrict other users from accessing same master record and reserve the material. If the block is not set, two users can confirm the same material at the same time for two different orders, not knowing if the stock is available or not. If you select this field, the material is blocked during the availability check and other users cannot:
a) Make changes in the material master record.
b) Create purchase orders for the material.
C) Create orders for the material.
10.Defining default values for checking groups - Checking groups are introduced into the sales order based on the setting in the material master record. However if there is no entry present in the material master record for the checking group, a default value can be set here, depending on material type and plant.This default value will be used by the system depending on the material type mentioned in MMR and plant in sales order.If an entry exists, this default value is over written by MMR.
11.Controlling Availability Check – in this section, you tell the system what stock on hand and what inward and outward movements of stock it must take into account when performing the availability check in addition to whether or not to consider the replenishment lead time.
12.These settings are based on the checking group that is assigned to the material master record and the checking rule that is predefined and assigned to the sales and distribution transaction.
13.These settings carry out control both for sales order and delivery as well. This is due to the fact that you may want to include specific stock or incoming stock for the sales order, yet at the time of the delivery only include physical stock on hand waiting to be shipped.
14.It is possible to indicate to the system that you would like the availability check NOT TO CHECK the stock at the storage location level. This indicator is used to set the scope of the availability check.
15.It is used to switch off the check at storage location level. You create a reservation for a particular storage location. However, the scope of the availability check is set in such a way as to exclude the storage location. In this case, the system carries out the check at plant level only and does not take the storage location into account that is specified in the reservation.
16.Should you not want the system to automatically check RLT, you may indicate so here. RLT is the time taken for a material to become available. It is only used when doing an ATP check and is taken from MMR.
17.defining the elements in the availability check entirely depends on the business needs, but a few tips are given under –When controlling the Availability check at the time of the sales order, a purchase requisition does not necessarily indicate by it is going to come into the plant.A shipping notification on the other hand - a confirmed purchase order – is a good indicator of receiving stock on a specified date.It is always recommended not to select the shipping notifications for the delivery requirements type as you may not actually receive the stock into plant or warehouse for which you are creating a delivery.
Availability check
1. Availability check is an integral part of the business process that determines if the required delivery quantity can be met on a required delivery date. For this purpose the system takes into account pre-delivery activities such as scheduling for picking or packing times and the time taken to produce or obtain the material. It also performs several background functions such as
Backorder processing, rescheduling and ATP quantities.
2. Backorder processing: processing of a sales order that has not been fully confirmed or not confirmed at a certain delivery date.
3. Rescheduling: is a proposal of how – confirmed quantities already assigned to a sales order can be reassigned to other sales orders that have a higher priority.
4. Available to promise (ATP): is a process of checking the available quantities of a material. The ATP quantity consists of warehouse stock + planned receipts (incoming stock) – planned issues (outgoing stock). to examine stock on hand (CO09) proceed to logistics – sales & distribution – sales – environment – availability overview.
5. Replenishment lead time (RLT): is the time taken for the material to become available either internally (in house production) or externally (from a vendor). The most important things to consider during an external procurement are purchasing and MRP2 (procurement) views of MMR where the processing time for purchasing, planned delivery time and goods receipt processing time are taken into account. On the other hand internal procurement is based on in house production time (MRP 2 view) goods receipt processing time or alternatively RLT time, which is found on MRP 3 view.
6. RLT (Replenishment Lead Time) is the time taken for the material to become available. RLT is only used when doing an ATP check (Available To Promise). The value of RLT for a material is specified on material master record.
Backorder processing, rescheduling and ATP quantities.
2. Backorder processing: processing of a sales order that has not been fully confirmed or not confirmed at a certain delivery date.
3. Rescheduling: is a proposal of how – confirmed quantities already assigned to a sales order can be reassigned to other sales orders that have a higher priority.
4. Available to promise (ATP): is a process of checking the available quantities of a material. The ATP quantity consists of warehouse stock + planned receipts (incoming stock) – planned issues (outgoing stock). to examine stock on hand (CO09) proceed to logistics – sales & distribution – sales – environment – availability overview.
5. Replenishment lead time (RLT): is the time taken for the material to become available either internally (in house production) or externally (from a vendor). The most important things to consider during an external procurement are purchasing and MRP2 (procurement) views of MMR where the processing time for purchasing, planned delivery time and goods receipt processing time are taken into account. On the other hand internal procurement is based on in house production time (MRP 2 view) goods receipt processing time or alternatively RLT time, which is found on MRP 3 view.
6. RLT (Replenishment Lead Time) is the time taken for the material to become available. RLT is only used when doing an ATP check (Available To Promise). The value of RLT for a material is specified on material master record.
Monday, April 14, 2008
Information Structure
We can make use of information structure as transaction data table to do various custom made
The information structure started with S03X is related to inventory controlling.
For examples, S031- Stock Movement. All key figures relating to material movements involving current valuated stock are updated to this information structure.
1) S031 Movements
2) S032 Stocks
3) S033 Movements (individual records)
4) S034 Movements (Batches)
5) S035 Stocks (Batches)
6) S039 Planning
If you wish to fill the information structure S039 with actual data, then you can use the report RMCBS039.
7) S094 Stock/Requirements Analysis
It is referenced from http://help.sap.com/saphelp_di46c2/helpdata/EN/c1/37551e449a11d188fe0000e8322f96/content.htm
The information structure started with S03X is related to inventory controlling.
For examples, S031- Stock Movement. All key figures relating to material movements involving current valuated stock are updated to this information structure.
1) S031 Movements
2) S032 Stocks
3) S033 Movements (individual records)
4) S034 Movements (Batches)
5) S035 Stocks (Batches)
6) S039 Planning
If you wish to fill the information structure S039 with actual data, then you can use the report RMCBS039.
7) S094 Stock/Requirements Analysis
It is referenced from http://help.sap.com/saphelp_di46c2/helpdata/EN/c1/37551e449a11d188fe0000e8322f96/content.htm
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Archive price change documents
To archive price change documents (MR21), use archiving tool SARA and type the object CO_ML_BEL
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Common Tables used by MM
Below are few important Common Tables used in Materials Management Modules:
EINA Purchasing Info Record- General Data
EINE Purchasing Info Record- Purchasing Organization Data
MAKT Material Descriptions
MARA General Material Data
MARC Plant Data for Material
MARD Storage Location Data for Material
MAST Material to BOM Link
MBEW Material Valuation
MKPF Header- Material Document
MSEG Document Segment- Material
MVER Material Consumption
MVKE Sales Data for materials
RKPF Document Header- Reservation
T023 Mat. groups
T024 Purchasing Groups
T156 Movement Type
T157H Help Texts for Movement Types
MOFF Lists what views have not been created
A501 Plant/Material
EBAN Purchase Requisition
EBKN Purchase Requisition Account Assignment
EKAB Release Documentation
EKBE History per Purchasing Document
EKET Scheduling Agreement Schedule Lines
EKKN Account Assignment in Purchasing Document
EKKO Purchasing Document Header
EKPO Purchasing Document Item
IKPF Header- Physical Inventory Document
ISEG Physical Inventory Document Items
LFA1 Vendor Master (General section)
LFB1 Vendor Master (Company Code)
NRIV Number range intervals
RESB Reservation/dependent requirements
T161T Texts for Purchasing Document Types
EINA Purchasing Info Record- General Data
EINE Purchasing Info Record- Purchasing Organization Data
MAKT Material Descriptions
MARA General Material Data
MARC Plant Data for Material
MARD Storage Location Data for Material
MAST Material to BOM Link
MBEW Material Valuation
MKPF Header- Material Document
MSEG Document Segment- Material
MVER Material Consumption
MVKE Sales Data for materials
RKPF Document Header- Reservation
T023 Mat. groups
T024 Purchasing Groups
T156 Movement Type
T157H Help Texts for Movement Types
MOFF Lists what views have not been created
A501 Plant/Material
EBAN Purchase Requisition
EBKN Purchase Requisition Account Assignment
EKAB Release Documentation
EKBE History per Purchasing Document
EKET Scheduling Agreement Schedule Lines
EKKN Account Assignment in Purchasing Document
EKKO Purchasing Document Header
EKPO Purchasing Document Item
IKPF Header- Physical Inventory Document
ISEG Physical Inventory Document Items
LFA1 Vendor Master (General section)
LFB1 Vendor Master (Company Code)
NRIV Number range intervals
RESB Reservation/dependent requirements
T161T Texts for Purchasing Document Types
Relevant MM T-Codes
Purchase Order Requisition-ME51N
RFQ to Vendor ----------------- ME41
Raising Quotation ------------- ME47
Comparison of Price ----------ME49
Vendor Evaluation -------------ME61
Creation of PO ------------------ME21N
Goods Receipt with PO ------MIGO
Goods Receipt without PO --MBIC
Invoice Verification -------------MIRO
Goods Issue --------------------- MB1A
Physical Inventory -------------- MI01( Create doc) MI04 (Enter Count) MI07 (Post)
RFQ to Vendor ----------------- ME41
Raising Quotation ------------- ME47
Comparison of Price ----------ME49
Vendor Evaluation -------------ME61
Creation of PO ------------------ME21N
Goods Receipt with PO ------MIGO
Goods Receipt without PO --MBIC
Invoice Verification -------------MIRO
Goods Issue --------------------- MB1A
Physical Inventory -------------- MI01( Create doc) MI04 (Enter Count) MI07 (Post)
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