Materials Management with SAP ERP: Functionality and Technical Configuration
4th Edition
Published on 28. February 2016
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739 pages
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Get the most out of your Materials Management implementation with this updated, comprehensive guide to configuration and functionality. You'll learn the ins and outs of Materials Management in SAP, from goods receipt and invoice verification to early warning systems and special procurement types. Dive into master data and other configuration tasks to ensure your MM system is optimized for your logistics needs!Materials Management FunctionalityLearn to use MM for essential tasks like requesting quotations, purchase orders, and inventory management and for more advanced tasks like forecasting, using classification systems, and handling special procurement types.Business Scenarios and ExamplesConfigure settings for critical processes, and explore master data for materials and vendors.Cloud Migration and SAP S/4HANAExpand your understanding of MM processes with expert advice, real-world examples, and sample business scenarios.Highlights:Materials master dataVendor master dataPurchasing information dataBatch managementExternal Services ManagementMaterial requirements planning (MRP)Inventory managementGoods issue/goods receipt (GI/GR)Material LedgerBalance sheet valuationInvoice verificationDocument management
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A native of London, England, Martin Murray joined the computer industry upon his graduation from Middlesex University in 1986. In 1991, he began working with SAP R/2 in the Materials Management area for a London-based multi-national beverage company. In 1994, he moved to the United States to work as an SAP R/3 consultant. Since then, he's been implementing the Materials Management (MM) and Warehouse Management (WM) functionality in projects throughout the world. He works for IBM Global Business Services.Martin is the author of six best-selling books from SAP PRESS: Materials Management with SAP ERP, Warehouse Management with SAP ERP, Discover Logistics with SAP ERP, Maximize Your Warehouse Operations with SAP ERP, Understanding the SAP Logistics Information System, and SAP Transaction Codes: Your Quick Reference to T-Codes in SAP ERP.
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Jawad Akhtar is an SAP logistics and supply chain management expert with a focus on business sales and delivery. He earned his chemical engineering degree from Missouri University of Science and Technology in the United States. He has 20 years of professional experience, 14 of which have been spent working with SAP systems. He has experience working on several large-scale, end-to-end SAP project implementation lifecycles, including rollouts. He works with SAP clients to help them identify root causes of business issues and address those with the appropriate SAP products and change management strategies. He now focuses on next-generation SAP products such as SAP S/4HANA, SAP IBP, SAP Ariba, and SAP Hybris. Akhtar is also a technical advisor to SAPexperts, an ASUG speaker, and a contributor to SearchSAP, where his "Ask the Expert" column shares real-life lessons and best practices gleaned from SAP implementations, ways to avoid common project pitfalls, and features of various SAP products that solve key business issues.
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Content
... Acknowledgments ... 29
... Preface ... 31
1 ... Materials Management Overview ... 37
1.1 ... Materials Management as a Part of SAP ERP ... 37
1.2 ... Materials Management as Part of Logistics ... 39
1.3 ... Materials Management Integration ... 41
1.4 ... Summary ... 43
2 ... Materials Management Organizational Structure ... 45
2.1 ... Client Structure ... 45
2.2 ... Company Code ... 49
2.3 ... Plants ... 51
2.4 ... Storage Locations ... 55
2.5 ... Warehouse and Storage Types ... 58
2.6 ... Purchasing Organization ... 60
2.8 ... Summary ... 67
3 ... Master Data in Materials Management ... 69
3.1 ... Material Master ... 69
3.2 ... Vendor Master ... 75
3.3 ... Purchasing Information Data ... 80
3.4 ... Batch Management Data ... 83
3.5 ... Serial Number Data ... 86
3.6 ... Business Examples: Master Data in Materials Management ... 89
3.7 ... Summary ... 93
4 ... Material Master Data: Part 1 ... 95
4.1 ... Industry Sector ... 96
4.2 ... Material Type ... 96
4.3 ... Basic Data ... 103
4.4 ... Classification Data ... 114
4.5 ... Purchasing Data ... 116
4.6 ... Forecasting Data ... 128
4.7 ... Work Scheduling Data ... 133
4.8 ... Sales Organizational Data ... 138
4.9 ... Sales General Data ... 144
4.10 ... Business Examples: Material Master Data ... 147
4.11 ... Summary ... 151
5 ... Material Master Data: Part 2 ... 153
5.1 ... Production Resources/Tools (PRT) Data ... 153
5.2 ... Plant Data/Storage Location ... 156
5.3 ... Warehouse Management Data ... 162
5.4 ... Quality Management Data ... 168
5.5 ... Material Requirements Planning Data ... 172
5.6 ... Accounting Data ... 191
5.7 ... Costing Data ... 197
5.8 ... Business Examples: Material Master Data ... 201
5.9 ... Summary ... 205
6 ... Vendor Master Data ... 207
6.1 ... General Data ... 207
6.2 ... Accounting Information ... 218
6.3 ... Purchasing Data ... 229
6.4 ... Business Examples: Vendor Master Data ... 239
6.5 ... Summary ... 241
7 ... Purchasing Information Data ... 243
7.1 ... Purchasing General Data ... 243
7.2 ... Purchasing Organization Data ... 247
7.3 ... Business Examples: Purchasing Information Data ... 255
7.4 ... Summary ... 256
8 ... Batch Management Data ... 259
8.1 ... Batch Management Overview ... 259
8.2 ... Batch Master Record ... 262
8.3 ... Batch Determination ... 270
8.4 ... Batch Information Cockpit ... 274
8.5 ... Business Examples: Batch Management Data ... 278
8.6 ... Summary ... 280
9 ... Material Master Record ... 281
9.1 ... Creating a Material Master Record ... 281
9.2 ... Changing a Material Master Record ... 282
9.3 ... Material Master Deletion ... 286
9.4 ... Loading Material Master Records ... 290
9.5 ... Production Versions ... 292
9.6 ... Revision Levels ... 296
9.7 ... Business Examples: Material Master Record ... 297
9.8 ... Summary ... 300
10 ... Vendor Master Record ... 301
10.1 ... Creating the Vendor Master Record ... 301
10.2 ... Changing the Vendor Master Record ... 305
10.3 ... Deleting Vendor Master Record ... 308
10.4 ... Display Vendor Master Record ... 310
10.5 ... Blocking Vendors ... 312
10.6 ... One-Time Vendor ... 313
10.7 ... Vendor Subrange Functionality ... 314
10.8 ... Business Examples: Vendor Master ... 315
10.9 ... Summary ... 318
11 ... Purchasing Overview ... 319
11.1 ... Purchase Requisition ... 319
11.2 ... Request for Quotation ... 320
11.3 ... Quotation ... 322
11.4 ... Purchase Order ... 323
11.5 ... Source List and Source Determination ... 324
11.6 ... Conditions in Purchasing ... 330
11.7 ... Vendor Evaluation ... 333
11.8 ... Quota Arrangement ... 340
11.9 ... Business Examples: Purchasing ... 341
11.10 ... Summary ... 344
12 ... Purchase Requisition ... 345
12.1 ... Indirectly Created Requisition ... 345
12.2 ... Directly Created Requisition ... 347
12.3 ... Processing a Purchase Requisition ... 354
12.4 ... Business Examples: Purchase Requisitions ... 359
12.5 ... Summary ... 361
13 ... Request for Quotation ... 363
13.1 ... Creating a Request for Quotation ... 363
13.2 ... Changing a Request for Quotation ... 372
13.3 ... Releasing a Request for Quotation ... 374
13.4 ... Issuing a Request for Quotation to a Vendor ... 376
13.5 ... Business Examples: Request for Quotation ... 377
13.6 ... Summary ... 379
14 ... Quotation ... 381
14.1 ... Entering a Quotation ... 381
14.2 ... Comparing Quotations ... 383
14.3 ... Rejecting Quotations ... 387
14.4 ... Business Examples: Quotations ... 389
14.5 ... Summary ... 390
15 ... Purchase Order ... 391
15.1 ... Create a Purchase Order ... 391
15.2 ... Maintaining a Purchase Order ... 395
15.3 ... Blocking and Canceling a Purchase Order ... 395
15.4 ... Account Assignment in a Purchase Order ... 397
15.5 ... Outline Purchase Agreement ... 401
15.6 ... Scheduling Agreement ... 401
15.7 ... Contracts ... 405
15.8 ... Vendor Confirmation ... 409
15.9 ... Messages and Outputs ... 414
15.10 ... Pricing Procedures ... 417
15.11 ... Reporting ... 424
15.12 ... Release Procedures ... 425
15.13 ... Business Examples: Purchase Orders ... 429
15.14 ... Summary ... 432
16 ... External Services Management ... 433
16.1 ... Service Master Record ... 433
16.2 ... Standard Service Catalog ... 437
16.3 ... Conditions in External Services Management ... 438
16.4 ... Procurement of Services ... 440
16.5 ... Entry of Services ... 443
16.6 ... Blanket Purchase Order ... 444
16.7 ... Business Examples: External Services Management ... 445
16.8 ... Summary ... 448
17 ... Consumption-Based Planning ... 449
17.1 ... Master Data in Consumption-Based Planning ... 449
17.2 ... Planning Process ... 452
17.3 ... Planning Evaluation ... 455
17.4 ... Procurement Proposal ... 456
17.5 ... Implementing the Material Requirements Planning Area ... 457
17.6 ... Business Examples: Consumption-Based Planning ... 458
17.7 ... Summary ... 460
18 ... Material Requirements Planning ... 461
18.1 ... Reorder-Point Planning ... 461
18.2 ... Forecast-Based Planning ... 463
18.3 ... Time-Phased Planning ... 464
18.4 ... Business Examples: Material Requirements Planning ... 467
18.5 ... Summary ... 469
19 ... Forecasting ... 471
19.1 ... Forecast Models ... 471
19.2 ... Forecast Parameters ... 473
19.3 ... Forecast Options ... 478
19.4 ... Business Examples: Forecasting ... 480
19.5 ... Summary ... 482
20 ... Inventory Management Overview ... 485
20.1 ... Goods Movements ... 485
20.2 ... Goods Issue ... 489
20.3 ... Goods Receipt ... 490
20.4 ... Physical Inventory ... 490
20.5 ... Returns ... 491
20.6 ... Reservations ... 496
20.7 ... Stock Transfers ... 502
20.8 ... Business Examples: Inventory Management ... 509
20.9 ... Summary ... 511
21 ... Goods Issue ... 513
21.1 ... Goods Issue to a Production Order ... 513
21.2 ... Goods Issue to Scrap ... 519
21.3 ... Goods Issue for Sampling ... 521
21.4 ... Goods Issue Posting ... 522
21.5 ... Goods Issue Reversal ... 524
21.6 ... Business Examples: Goods Issue ... 525
21.7 ... Summary ... 527
22 ... Goods Receipt ... 529
22.1 ... Goods Receipt for a Purchase Order ... 529
22.2 ... Goods Receipt for a Production Order ... 534
22.3 ... Initial Entry of Inventory ... 536
22.4 ... Other Goods Receipts ... 537
22.5 ... Business Examples: Goods Receipts ... 541
22.6 ... Summary ... 543
23 ... Physical Inventory ... 545
23.1 ... Physical Inventory Preparation ... 545
23.2 ... Counting and Recounts ... 550
23.3 ... Physical Inventory Posting ... 554
23.4 ... Business Examples: Physical Inventory ... 558
23.5 ... Summary ... 560
24 ... Invoice Verification ... 561
24.1 ... Standard Three-Way Match ... 561
24.2 ... Evaluated Receipt Settlement ... 565
24.3 ... Document Parking ... 568
24.4 ... Variances ... 569
24.5 ... Blocking Invoices ... 572
24.6 ... Releasing Invoices ... 578
24.7 ... Business Examples: Invoice Verification ... 579
24.8 ... Summary ... 582
25 ... Balance Sheet Valuation ... 583
25.1 ... Last In, First Out Valuation ... 583
25.2 ... First In, First Out Valuation ... 589
25.3 ... Lowest Value Determination ... 593
25.4 ... Business Examples: Balance Sheet Valuation ... 599
25.5 ... Summary ... 600
26 ... Material Ledger ... 603
26.1 ... Material Ledger Overview ... 603
26.2 ... Material Ledger Data ... 605
26.3 ... Material Price Determination ... 608
26.4 ... Business Examples: Material Ledger ... 611
26.5 ... Summary ... 612
27 ... Classification System ... 613
27.1 ... Classification Overview ... 613
27.2 ... Characteristics ... 615
27.3 ... Classes ... 620
27.4 ... Class Type ... 622
27.5 ... Class Hierarchies ... 625
27.6 ... Object Dependencies ... 626
27.7 ... Finding Objects Using Classification ... 627
27.8 ... Business Examples: Classification ... 630
27.9 ... Summary ... 632
28 ... Document Management ... 633
28.1 ... Document Management Overview ... 634
28.2 ... Document Information Record ... 634
28.3 ... Creating a Document ... 636
28.4 ... Linking an Object to a Document ... 638
28.5 ... Documents and Classification ... 640
28.6 ... Summary ... 644
29 ... Early Warning System ... 645
29.1 ... Overview ... 646
29.2 ... Early Warning System Setup ... 647
29.3 ... Schedule an Early Warning System ... 655
29.4 ... Early Warning System in Action ... 656
29.5 ... Exception Analysis ... 658
29.6 ... Business Example: Early Warning System ... 659
29.7 ... Summary ... 660
30 ... Special Procurement Types ... 661
30.1 ... Overview ... 662
30.2 ... Direct Procurement ... 664
30.3 ... Stock Transfer (Interplant Transfer) ... 667
30.4 ... Withdrawal from Alternative Plant ... 670
30.5 ... Subcontracting ... 671
30.6 ... Consignment ... 675
30.7 ... Pipeline Material ... 677
30.8 ... Business Examples: Special Procurement Key ... 677
30.9 ... Summary ... 678
31 ... Reporting in SAP ERP ... 679
31.1 ... The Basics of Reporting ... 679
31.2 ... Purchasing Reports ... 681
31.3 ... Inventory Management Reports ... 686
31.4 ... Standard Analyses ... 689
31.5 ... Batch Information Cockpit ... 695
31.6 ... Summary ... 697
... Appendices ... 699
... Index ... 719
... Preface ... 31
1 ... Materials Management Overview ... 37
1.1 ... Materials Management as a Part of SAP ERP ... 37
1.2 ... Materials Management as Part of Logistics ... 39
1.3 ... Materials Management Integration ... 41
1.4 ... Summary ... 43
2 ... Materials Management Organizational Structure ... 45
2.1 ... Client Structure ... 45
2.2 ... Company Code ... 49
2.3 ... Plants ... 51
2.4 ... Storage Locations ... 55
2.5 ... Warehouse and Storage Types ... 58
2.6 ... Purchasing Organization ... 60
2.8 ... Summary ... 67
3 ... Master Data in Materials Management ... 69
3.1 ... Material Master ... 69
3.2 ... Vendor Master ... 75
3.3 ... Purchasing Information Data ... 80
3.4 ... Batch Management Data ... 83
3.5 ... Serial Number Data ... 86
3.6 ... Business Examples: Master Data in Materials Management ... 89
3.7 ... Summary ... 93
4 ... Material Master Data: Part 1 ... 95
4.1 ... Industry Sector ... 96
4.2 ... Material Type ... 96
4.3 ... Basic Data ... 103
4.4 ... Classification Data ... 114
4.5 ... Purchasing Data ... 116
4.6 ... Forecasting Data ... 128
4.7 ... Work Scheduling Data ... 133
4.8 ... Sales Organizational Data ... 138
4.9 ... Sales General Data ... 144
4.10 ... Business Examples: Material Master Data ... 147
4.11 ... Summary ... 151
5 ... Material Master Data: Part 2 ... 153
5.1 ... Production Resources/Tools (PRT) Data ... 153
5.2 ... Plant Data/Storage Location ... 156
5.3 ... Warehouse Management Data ... 162
5.4 ... Quality Management Data ... 168
5.5 ... Material Requirements Planning Data ... 172
5.6 ... Accounting Data ... 191
5.7 ... Costing Data ... 197
5.8 ... Business Examples: Material Master Data ... 201
5.9 ... Summary ... 205
6 ... Vendor Master Data ... 207
6.1 ... General Data ... 207
6.2 ... Accounting Information ... 218
6.3 ... Purchasing Data ... 229
6.4 ... Business Examples: Vendor Master Data ... 239
6.5 ... Summary ... 241
7 ... Purchasing Information Data ... 243
7.1 ... Purchasing General Data ... 243
7.2 ... Purchasing Organization Data ... 247
7.3 ... Business Examples: Purchasing Information Data ... 255
7.4 ... Summary ... 256
8 ... Batch Management Data ... 259
8.1 ... Batch Management Overview ... 259
8.2 ... Batch Master Record ... 262
8.3 ... Batch Determination ... 270
8.4 ... Batch Information Cockpit ... 274
8.5 ... Business Examples: Batch Management Data ... 278
8.6 ... Summary ... 280
9 ... Material Master Record ... 281
9.1 ... Creating a Material Master Record ... 281
9.2 ... Changing a Material Master Record ... 282
9.3 ... Material Master Deletion ... 286
9.4 ... Loading Material Master Records ... 290
9.5 ... Production Versions ... 292
9.6 ... Revision Levels ... 296
9.7 ... Business Examples: Material Master Record ... 297
9.8 ... Summary ... 300
10 ... Vendor Master Record ... 301
10.1 ... Creating the Vendor Master Record ... 301
10.2 ... Changing the Vendor Master Record ... 305
10.3 ... Deleting Vendor Master Record ... 308
10.4 ... Display Vendor Master Record ... 310
10.5 ... Blocking Vendors ... 312
10.6 ... One-Time Vendor ... 313
10.7 ... Vendor Subrange Functionality ... 314
10.8 ... Business Examples: Vendor Master ... 315
10.9 ... Summary ... 318
11 ... Purchasing Overview ... 319
11.1 ... Purchase Requisition ... 319
11.2 ... Request for Quotation ... 320
11.3 ... Quotation ... 322
11.4 ... Purchase Order ... 323
11.5 ... Source List and Source Determination ... 324
11.6 ... Conditions in Purchasing ... 330
11.7 ... Vendor Evaluation ... 333
11.8 ... Quota Arrangement ... 340
11.9 ... Business Examples: Purchasing ... 341
11.10 ... Summary ... 344
12 ... Purchase Requisition ... 345
12.1 ... Indirectly Created Requisition ... 345
12.2 ... Directly Created Requisition ... 347
12.3 ... Processing a Purchase Requisition ... 354
12.4 ... Business Examples: Purchase Requisitions ... 359
12.5 ... Summary ... 361
13 ... Request for Quotation ... 363
13.1 ... Creating a Request for Quotation ... 363
13.2 ... Changing a Request for Quotation ... 372
13.3 ... Releasing a Request for Quotation ... 374
13.4 ... Issuing a Request for Quotation to a Vendor ... 376
13.5 ... Business Examples: Request for Quotation ... 377
13.6 ... Summary ... 379
14 ... Quotation ... 381
14.1 ... Entering a Quotation ... 381
14.2 ... Comparing Quotations ... 383
14.3 ... Rejecting Quotations ... 387
14.4 ... Business Examples: Quotations ... 389
14.5 ... Summary ... 390
15 ... Purchase Order ... 391
15.1 ... Create a Purchase Order ... 391
15.2 ... Maintaining a Purchase Order ... 395
15.3 ... Blocking and Canceling a Purchase Order ... 395
15.4 ... Account Assignment in a Purchase Order ... 397
15.5 ... Outline Purchase Agreement ... 401
15.6 ... Scheduling Agreement ... 401
15.7 ... Contracts ... 405
15.8 ... Vendor Confirmation ... 409
15.9 ... Messages and Outputs ... 414
15.10 ... Pricing Procedures ... 417
15.11 ... Reporting ... 424
15.12 ... Release Procedures ... 425
15.13 ... Business Examples: Purchase Orders ... 429
15.14 ... Summary ... 432
16 ... External Services Management ... 433
16.1 ... Service Master Record ... 433
16.2 ... Standard Service Catalog ... 437
16.3 ... Conditions in External Services Management ... 438
16.4 ... Procurement of Services ... 440
16.5 ... Entry of Services ... 443
16.6 ... Blanket Purchase Order ... 444
16.7 ... Business Examples: External Services Management ... 445
16.8 ... Summary ... 448
17 ... Consumption-Based Planning ... 449
17.1 ... Master Data in Consumption-Based Planning ... 449
17.2 ... Planning Process ... 452
17.3 ... Planning Evaluation ... 455
17.4 ... Procurement Proposal ... 456
17.5 ... Implementing the Material Requirements Planning Area ... 457
17.6 ... Business Examples: Consumption-Based Planning ... 458
17.7 ... Summary ... 460
18 ... Material Requirements Planning ... 461
18.1 ... Reorder-Point Planning ... 461
18.2 ... Forecast-Based Planning ... 463
18.3 ... Time-Phased Planning ... 464
18.4 ... Business Examples: Material Requirements Planning ... 467
18.5 ... Summary ... 469
19 ... Forecasting ... 471
19.1 ... Forecast Models ... 471
19.2 ... Forecast Parameters ... 473
19.3 ... Forecast Options ... 478
19.4 ... Business Examples: Forecasting ... 480
19.5 ... Summary ... 482
20 ... Inventory Management Overview ... 485
20.1 ... Goods Movements ... 485
20.2 ... Goods Issue ... 489
20.3 ... Goods Receipt ... 490
20.4 ... Physical Inventory ... 490
20.5 ... Returns ... 491
20.6 ... Reservations ... 496
20.7 ... Stock Transfers ... 502
20.8 ... Business Examples: Inventory Management ... 509
20.9 ... Summary ... 511
21 ... Goods Issue ... 513
21.1 ... Goods Issue to a Production Order ... 513
21.2 ... Goods Issue to Scrap ... 519
21.3 ... Goods Issue for Sampling ... 521
21.4 ... Goods Issue Posting ... 522
21.5 ... Goods Issue Reversal ... 524
21.6 ... Business Examples: Goods Issue ... 525
21.7 ... Summary ... 527
22 ... Goods Receipt ... 529
22.1 ... Goods Receipt for a Purchase Order ... 529
22.2 ... Goods Receipt for a Production Order ... 534
22.3 ... Initial Entry of Inventory ... 536
22.4 ... Other Goods Receipts ... 537
22.5 ... Business Examples: Goods Receipts ... 541
22.6 ... Summary ... 543
23 ... Physical Inventory ... 545
23.1 ... Physical Inventory Preparation ... 545
23.2 ... Counting and Recounts ... 550
23.3 ... Physical Inventory Posting ... 554
23.4 ... Business Examples: Physical Inventory ... 558
23.5 ... Summary ... 560
24 ... Invoice Verification ... 561
24.1 ... Standard Three-Way Match ... 561
24.2 ... Evaluated Receipt Settlement ... 565
24.3 ... Document Parking ... 568
24.4 ... Variances ... 569
24.5 ... Blocking Invoices ... 572
24.6 ... Releasing Invoices ... 578
24.7 ... Business Examples: Invoice Verification ... 579
24.8 ... Summary ... 582
25 ... Balance Sheet Valuation ... 583
25.1 ... Last In, First Out Valuation ... 583
25.2 ... First In, First Out Valuation ... 589
25.3 ... Lowest Value Determination ... 593
25.4 ... Business Examples: Balance Sheet Valuation ... 599
25.5 ... Summary ... 600
26 ... Material Ledger ... 603
26.1 ... Material Ledger Overview ... 603
26.2 ... Material Ledger Data ... 605
26.3 ... Material Price Determination ... 608
26.4 ... Business Examples: Material Ledger ... 611
26.5 ... Summary ... 612
27 ... Classification System ... 613
27.1 ... Classification Overview ... 613
27.2 ... Characteristics ... 615
27.3 ... Classes ... 620
27.4 ... Class Type ... 622
27.5 ... Class Hierarchies ... 625
27.6 ... Object Dependencies ... 626
27.7 ... Finding Objects Using Classification ... 627
27.8 ... Business Examples: Classification ... 630
27.9 ... Summary ... 632
28 ... Document Management ... 633
28.1 ... Document Management Overview ... 634
28.2 ... Document Information Record ... 634
28.3 ... Creating a Document ... 636
28.4 ... Linking an Object to a Document ... 638
28.5 ... Documents and Classification ... 640
28.6 ... Summary ... 644
29 ... Early Warning System ... 645
29.1 ... Overview ... 646
29.2 ... Early Warning System Setup ... 647
29.3 ... Schedule an Early Warning System ... 655
29.4 ... Early Warning System in Action ... 656
29.5 ... Exception Analysis ... 658
29.6 ... Business Example: Early Warning System ... 659
29.7 ... Summary ... 660
30 ... Special Procurement Types ... 661
30.1 ... Overview ... 662
30.2 ... Direct Procurement ... 664
30.3 ... Stock Transfer (Interplant Transfer) ... 667
30.4 ... Withdrawal from Alternative Plant ... 670
30.5 ... Subcontracting ... 671
30.6 ... Consignment ... 675
30.7 ... Pipeline Material ... 677
30.8 ... Business Examples: Special Procurement Key ... 677
30.9 ... Summary ... 678
31 ... Reporting in SAP ERP ... 679
31.1 ... The Basics of Reporting ... 679
31.2 ... Purchasing Reports ... 681
31.3 ... Inventory Management Reports ... 686
31.4 ... Standard Analyses ... 689
31.5 ... Batch Information Cockpit ... 695
31.6 ... Summary ... 697
... Appendices ... 699
... Index ... 719