SAP MM Training - in Plain English

Explore the purchasing life cycle through a coffee shop example, including a purchase order, goods receipt, invoice receipt, and payment to a vendor.

Document the procurement cycle in a small company using POs, receipts, invoices, and payments to track spent, stock on hand, and costs for profit and loss statement and tax returns.

Expanding from one store to multiple stores makes it hard for a manager to track stock; you need a system that shows the stock picture for any store.

Explore how a centralized software lets store managers log in from anywhere to update stock, deliveries, and on hand quantities, using SAP-like ERP across multiple stores.

Track the procurement lifecycle from PO to payment, including GR and IRR, using a centralized SAP ERP to record, automate, and scale purchasing across stores.

Navigate the SAP MM purchase order cycle, from creating a purchase order to receiving goods and invoices. Learn to use the SAP GUI's hierarchical logistics menu to perform transactions.

Select a vendor, enter purchase data to complete the header, add line items with wildcard material search, specify plant, price, and quantity, then save to create a unique purchase order.

Create and print purchase orders in SAP GUI, review print preview, generate PDFs, and send the order details to the vendor via output messages.

Demonstrate how to create a purchase order in SAP via a hands-on exercise, covering vendor search criteria, purchase org data, zero quantity, material number, and plant price testing.

Discover how to create a purchase order in SAP MM, with vendor search criteria, org data header fields, no zero quantities, plant-material constraints, and rounding warning handling.

Learn to process a goods receipt in SAP: pull the purchase order, verify the packing slip, post the receipt with MIGO, and manage periods and storage locations.

Learn to check stock after goods receipt in sap mm with the mmbe transaction, view stock by plant and storage location.

Explore how goods receipts link to purchase orders, view PO history, and complete common SAP MM tasks like creating receipts, checking stock, and handling quantities.

Learn to perform a goods receipt in SAP MM using MIGO, view storage locations for plant 3100, and check stock with MMBE, while avoiding errors like unflagged items and over-quantity.

Learn how to process an invoice receipt in SAP MM by referencing a purchase order, posting the invoice with MIRO after goods receipt, and reviewing PO history.

Learn how to create an invoice receipt using transaction MIRO, view posting history and documents, and understand tolerance checks and messages when prices vary from a purchase order.

Learn how to process vendor payments in SAP MM, completing the procure-to-pay cycle from invoice receipt to outgoing payment using F 53 and a bank account.

Explore vendor payments in SAP MM using F-53, locate them in accounting's accounts payable with document entry for outgoing payments, and note the reference is the accounting document number.

Master the bare bones of the procure-to-pay cycle by creating POs, receiving goods, posting invoices, and vendor payments, while learning stock checks, search options, and posting periods.

Learn how to create a plant within the enterprise structure in SAP by copying an existing plant, assigning a Chicago-based plant code, and managing transport requests for changes.

Create storage locations under the Chicago plant in SAP MM via material management. Add entries for raw materials, coffee beans, and baked goods; the system auto-assigns them to the plant.

Create a purchase organization in SAP, such as US01 for Severe Coffee Company's US operations, and maintain purchasing organizations under material management.

Create a purchasing group in SAP MM for coffee procurement, attach vendors via contact details, and use it in purchase orders; it's set in material management purchasing, not enterprise structure.

Assign enterprise structure elements in SAP MM by linking the plant to a company code and assigning the standard purchasing organization to the plant.

Explore enterprise structure in SAP MM by defining and assigning plants, company codes, and storage locations, and practice copying company codes and purchase orders to new entities.

Explore SAP MM enterprise structure: define and assign company codes, plants, and storage locations; copy companies, create plant keys, and ensure transport requests generate unique numbers.

Create a vendor in purchasing master data using the enterprise structure, addressing number ranges and account group issues. Configure the tax procedure and set a zero tax rate in ftxp.

Verify purchase order creation by ensuring material master data is extended to the plant or a new material is created, then enter vendor, quantity, plant, and price.

Verify configuration for goods receipt and invoice receipt in SAP MM by fixing number ranges, posting, creating raw material Flower, and confirming stock at the Chicago plant.

Create a new material and vendor for coffee beans, place a purchase order, and complete goods receipt and invoice receipt, then verify stock increases by ten kilos.

Create coffee beans as a material for plant Chicago, copy vendor 4001 to 4002, place 10 kg PO at 10 USD per pound, and run GR/IR to verify stock.

Learn how SAP master data defines materials through views and material types, from finished goods to raw materials, trading goods, and non-stock items, with examples like sugar and coffee beans.

Explore how to verify which views a material type can have, including basic, work scheduling, warehouse storage location, and whether non stock material type N has an accounting view.

Review SAP MM material type views, noting no sales or work scheduling views for material type or raw materials, and that non-stock materials lack warehouse storage location and accounting views.

Learn how to create a raw material in SAP MM material master, configuring basic data, purchasing and accounting views, units of measure, language descriptions, and valuation class with price control.

Work through an exercise on SAP MM basics, covering language code for japanese, conversion between crate, cart, and each, material group 013, and valuation classes for non evaluated materials UNB.

Explore practical SAP MM topics, including setting a language code for Japanese, unit of measure conversions, material groups, and approaches to non-valuated materials via hands-on material creation exercises.

Learn how to manage vendor master data in SAP MM by creating general, finance, and purchasing views, and by setting payment terms, incoterms, and purchase org-specific terms.

Explore creating a vendor in SAP with XK01, detailing the general, company code, and purchasing views and their required org elements, plus key transaction codes, payment terms, and incoterms.

Learn how to create a vendor in sap using general, company code, and purchasing views with XK01, MK01 MK02 MK03, or FK01, and review cash discount terms and incoterms cod.

Explore how a purchasing info record links a material to a vendor, capturing delivery time, minimum and standard order quantities, and net price for procurement decisions.

Explore how material texts in the material master flow into purchase orders, printing notes about aluminum bags for vendors, and review SAP MM master data and Incoterms.

Master SAP MM master data by examining vendors, materials, material types, and multilingual descriptions; configure views via transactions and apply payment terms, incoterms, and units of measure to purchase orders.

Discover what non stock materials are and why their procurement differs from stock materials in logistics, using coffee beans and stirrers to illustrate value and valuation.

Explore how SAP MM uses valuation class and price control V to value procured materials with a moving average price, updating stock and total value at goods receipt.

Calculate moving average price in SAP by updating current value with the goods receipt value and dividing by the updated quantity, using defaults for purchase group, company code, and plant.

Learn how to order stock and non-stock materials in a single purchase order, and charge non-stock consumption to a cost center using account assignment, in SAP MM training.

Discover how to distribute costs between departments for shared goods procured in bulk, using cost centers and distribution by percentage on purchase orders.

Identify the two types of price controls in the material master and explain when the material value updates during procreation or goods receipt creation.

Explore the price controls in the material master, including standard and moving average, and learn that the material value updates during creation.

Learn how SAP MM values materials using moving average and standard approaches, and how material types, non-stock items, and stock vs consumption procurement shape accounting and cost centers.