Materials Management module in SAP consists of several components and sub-components. The most prominent and widely used are Master Data, Purchasing and Inventory.All of these components have their subcomponents that are essential in specific business processes, and all of the processes are executed by using transactions.Transaction (in SAP) means processing of certain information in order to complete business process requirement. For example, if you have purchased 10 pieces of litter buckets, you can perform particular transaction code (t-code) that will reflect those changes in SAP. Most of the business processes involve multiple SAP transactions to be accomplished and are spread over one, two or more modules.Transaction (in SAP) means processing of certain information in order to complete business process requirement. For example, if you have purchased 10 pieces of litter buckets, you can perform particular transaction code (t-code) that will reflect those changes in SAP. Most of the business processes involve multiple SAP transactions to be accomplished and are spread over one, two or more modules

Goals

• This course will prepare you to:
• Name the basic organizational levels, master data, and functions of the SAP System for the procurement processes in the supply chain.
• Perform a procurement process for stock material in the SAP System.
• Replicate a procurement process for materials for direct consumption in the SAP System.
• Carry out a procurement process for services in the SAP System.
• Deploy selected automation options in the procurement process
• Carry out analyses in the area of external procurement processes
• Explain the materials planning process in Materials Management
• Describe automation of the procurement process (optional). After completing this course, you will be able to:
• Create, change and display material master records and vendor master records
• Create, change, and display purchase requisitions, requests for quotations, contracts, and purchase orders
• Enter goods receipts and incoming invoices and display and analyze the documents generated when they are posted
• Distinguish between material valuation according to the moving average price procedure and valuation according to the standard price procedure
• Describe and understand the procurement process for services
• Carry out simple evaluations in the SAP System
• Perform and evaluate a planning run
• Describe and perform simple automation of the procurement process (optional)