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SAP Material Management REMSC, 2011-04-27

MM Module Overview

Doc no: 9AKK105408A1193

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April 13, 2012 | Slide 2

ABB LMS – SAP Material Management

Key learning:

Fundamental SAP Material Management (MM) knowledge,

including its organization structure

Basic knowledge about the MM functionality and its master data

Overview on the integration of the MM module into several other

modules

What will happen:

This slide based training will start with general SAP information on

the SAP MM module, covering the general functionality and

organization structure. The main part of this learning is about the

master data in the MM module, especially pertaining to the material

master. The learning concludes with a high level overview on module

integration enumerating the relation and dependencies of the MM

module with other modules.

Duration of this lesson : 20 min

MM Module Overview – lesson summary

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SAP MM Module Overview

Objective of the MM module

MM module functionality

Master Data

Module integration

Table of content

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SAP MM Module Overview

The MM (Material Management ) Module is a core

module of the logistics functionality of SAP.

It integrates closely with other modules like SD (Sales

and Distribution), PP (Production Planning), FI

(Finance) and CO (Controlling).

It contains key functions of SAP including Purchasing,

Inventory Management and Goods Receipt.

It includes creation and maintenance of Master Data

such as Material Master, Vendors and Purchasing Info

Records.

MM - Objective

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SAP Material Management MM - Process Overview

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SAP Material Management MM - Organization Structure

Client

Company Code

Plants

Storage Locations

AU01

AUDI

MN01 FG01

AULA AUMN

FG01 FG01 MN01

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SAP Material Management

Plant

An organizational unit within a company where an activity

takes place. A plant produces goods, renders services or

makes goods available for distribution. It can be a

manufacturing facility, warehouse distribution centre or a

regional sales office.

Storage Location

Storage locations are organizational units that allows the

differentiation of material stocks within a plant.

MM - Organization Structure

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Master Data in the MM Module are

Material Master All the information your company needs to manage a material is stored in a

data record in the material master. (see next slides)

Vendor Master The vendor master contains information about the vendors that supply an

enterprise. This information is stored in individual vendor master records. A

vendor master record contains the vendor’s name and address, as well as

data such as:

The currency used for ordering from the vendor

Terms of payment

Names of important contact persons (sales staff)

MM – Master Data

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Master Data in the MM Module are

Info Record The info record is a source of information for purchasing and contains

information on a specific material and a vendor supplying the material. For

example, the vendor's current pricing is stored in the Info record.

The info record allows buyers to quickly determine:

Which materials have been previously offered or supplied by a specific

vendor.

Which vendors have offered or supplied a specific material.

Service Master Repository for the descriptions of all services that a firm frequently has to

procure. There is a service master record for each individual service

description.

MM – Master Data

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Material Master All the information your company needs to manage a material is stored in a data

record in the material master.

The data in a material master record can be divided into two categories:

Data of a purely descriptive nature

Data that the system uses to perform a control function

Material Number :

For every material that your company uses, you must create a material master

record in the material master. This record is uniquely identified by a material

number.

Industry Sector:

The industry sectors have control functions in the SAP system. For example, it is

factor determining the screen sequence and field selection in a material master

record. Once you have assigned an industry sector to a material, you cannot

change the industry sector again afterwards. In ABB we only use “Mechanical

Engineering”

MM – Material Master

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Material Type:

Materials with the same basic attributes are grouped together and assigned to a

material type. This allows you to manage different materials in a uniform manner

in accordance with your company's requirements. This is important especially with

regard to Accounting and Inventory Management.

Examples of material types are:

ERSA (Spare parts); HALB (semi finished products); ROH (raw material); DIEN

(services) etc.

Material Group: Grouping of materials and services according to their characteristics (e.g..

Bearings, Electrical Cables, etc…). In ABB we use the MDF code in this field.

Unit of Measure:

Different parts of the business can measure quantities in different units

e.g. Piece, box, crate, pallet


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Overview:

The material master contains different business related views, these are governed

by the material type selected

Basics Data is always required and shared between countries, so care should be

taken when creating or changing this data.

Other tabs can be selected to meet the business requirements e.g.. Warehouse

Management views are only relevant to businesses with Advanced Warehouse

functionality.


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Material Master primary view

Basic data is created at client level and is shared

between plants and countries. Plant level data is specific

to individual businesses. E.g.


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