SAP MM

Material Management

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Introduction Why Material Management ??? Process Flow Material Management Integration Material Management Component Benefits of Material Management Implementation Challenges Q&A Thank you !!!  Appendix A - MM Definition  Appendix B – Material Material Type Type  Appendix C – MM Terms & Definition  Appendix D – Important Important MM Tables Tables

Introduction SAP MM Module is one of the most important SAP Modules where MM stands for Materials Management - underpins the supply chain, including 

Requisitions

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Purchase orders  Goods receipts   Accounts

payable

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Inventory management

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BOM’s

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Master raw materials, finished goods etc

Why Need MM ??? 

amount spend on material is higher  than other inputs 

material offer considerable scope for  reducing cost and improving profit 

material add value to the product

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quality of end product depend on material 

efficiency of any organization depend upon the availability of right material, in right quantity at right time and at right place.

Process Flow orders S U P P I E R S

R E C I V I N G

Purchasing

Raw Material Storage

Finish Goods Storage

Transformation Processes

In Process Storage

D I S T R I B T N

C U S T O M E R

MM Integration SD

Sales & Distribution PP

QM

Quality Management PM

MM

Production Planning

Production Management Financial Accounting

FI  AM

 Asset Management

Material Management Controls

CO PS

Project System

Material Management Component 

Consumption based planning (MM-CBP)

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Purchasing (MM-PUR)

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External Service Management (MM- SRV)

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Inventory Management (MM-IM)

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Logistic Invoice Verification (MM - IV)

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Vendor Evaluation Management

Consumption based planning CBP is based on the past consumption values and uses the forecast or  other statistical procedure to determine future requirements. It gets trigger when stock level falls below pre-defined reorder points. Procedure available for MRP :

Reorder point procedure

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Forecast based planning

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Time-phased materials planning

Purchasing Purchasing is a component of Material Management. Task of Purchasing as following : External procurement of material & services  Determination of possible source of  supply  Monitoring deliveries from and payment to vendors. Integration with :-

SD, FI & CO

External Service Management SRV is a MM component. It supports the complete cycle of bid invitation, award / order placement & acceptance of  services. Task of Purchasing as following : External procurement of material & services  Determination of possible source of  supply  Monitoring deliveries from and payment to vendors. Integration with :- PM & PS

Inventory Management Task of SAP-IM as following : Management of material stocks on a quantity and value basis 

Planning, entry and documentation of all goods movement 

Carrying out the physical inventory

Integration with :- SD, PP, QM & PM

Logistic Invoice Verification :It is a component of MM. It is in the logistic invoice verification that incoming invoice are verified in terms of content, price and arithmetic.

Task of SAP-IV-LIV as following : It completes material procurement process, which start with purchase requisition & result in goods receipts.  It allows invoices, that do not generate in material procurement like expenses to be processed. It allows credit memo to be processed.

Integration with :- FI & CO

Vendor Evaluation :The Vendor Evaluation component supports you in optimizing your procurement processes in the case of both materials and services .

Task of SAP-IV-LIV as following :

Helps you to select source of supply & monitoring of existing supply relationships  Vendor reliability

Criteria :- Price / Quantity / Delivery / General Service Support

Integration with :- QM & MM

Benefits of MM 

Material cost can be lowered down  Controlling of indirect cost  Risk of Inventory loss minimized  Reduction in loss of time of  direct labor   Control of manufacturing cycle  Material congestion in storage places avoided  Improvement in delivery of the product

Implementation Challenges Optimizing time and quality for  product

Selection of  appropriate vendors

Difficulty in forecast accurate demand

Management of  information

Q&A I hate it.

Thank you !!!

Appendix I – MM Definition • “Material management is the grouping of management functions supporting the complete cycle of material flow, from the purchase and the internal control of production material to the planning and control of  work in process to the warehouse shipping and distribution of the finished product”. – Thomas f Wallance.

• “Material management is the management of the flow of materials into an organization to the point, where those material are converted into firm's end products”.

Appendix II Material Type 

DIEN  FERT  FHMI  HALB  HAWA  HIBE  NLAG  ROH  UNBH  VERP  WETT

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Services Finished Product Production Resources / tools Semi finished Products Trading Tools Operating Supplies Non-stock material Row Material Non Valuated Material Packaging material Competitive product

Appendix III – MM Terms Definition •

Material Master Record Data record contain all the basic information required to manage a material.

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Material Requirement Planning Term for requirement planning that take into account and plan every future requirement during the creation of order proposal.

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Plant  An organization unit for dividing enterprise according to production, procurement, maintenance & material planning.

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Storage Location Warehouse Stock Location

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Vendor Master  Contains details about all the vendors within a company.

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Goods Receipts Term for inventory management denoting a physical inward movement of goods or material.

Appendix III – MM Terms Definition •

Material Group Grouping of material and services according to their characteristics.

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Material Master Record Data contains all the basic information required to manage a material.

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Release Strategy Plan define the release code with which a purchase requisition item, a complete purchase requisition or a complete external purchasing document must be release.

Appendix IV – MM Tables EINA

Purchasing info record – general data

EINE

Purchasing info/organization record

MAKT

Material description

MARA

General material data

MARC Plant data for material MARD Storage location data for material MAST

Material to BOM link

MBEW Material consumption RKPF

Document header 

T156

Movement type

T024

Purchasing group