Acknowledgments Preface Who Is This Book For? How This Book Is Organized Conclusion Materials Management Overview What Is Materials Management? Materials Management Integration Summary Organizational Structure Mapping Business Functions of a Company in the SAP System Client Structure in the SAP System Company Code Plants Storage Locations Purchasing Organization Purchasing Groups SAP Calendar Summary Configuring the Material Master Material Master Configuring a New Material Type Defining a Number Range for a Material Type Defining Field Selections Configuring an Industry Sector Defining Material Groups Configuring a New Unit of Measure Validating the Correctness of Configurable Objects Summary Material Master Data: Part 1 Industry Sector Material Type Basic Data Classification Data Purchasing Data Sales Organizational Data Sales General Data Material Requirements Planning Data Summary Material Master Data: Part 2 Advanced Planning Data Forecasting Data Work Scheduling Data Production Resources/Tools Data Plant Data/Storage Location Warehouse Management Data Quality Management Data Accounting Data Costing Data Summary Business Partners Configuring Vendor Account Groups (Financial Accounting) Configuring a Business Partner Customer/Vendor Integration Additional Business Partner Configurations Maintaining a Business Partner Summary Purchasing Information Record Purchasing General Data Purchasing Organization Data Summary Batch Management Data Batch Management Overview Batch Level and Batch Status Management Master Data in Batch Management Business Processes of Batch Management Batch Determination Recurring Inspection and Expiration Dates Batch Derivation Batch Traceability of Work in Process Batches Batch Information Cockpit Electronic Batch Record Summary Purchasing Overview Purchase Requisitions Requests for Quotation Quotations Purchase Orders Source Lists and Source Determination Conditions in Purchasing Purchasing Information Records Serial Numbers Quota Arrangements Summary Purchase Requisitions Configuring a New Purchase Requisition Document Type Processing a Purchase Requisition Indirectly Created Requisitions Release Procedures Summary Requests for Quotation Creating a Request for Quotation Changing a Request for Quotation Releasing a Request for Quotation Issuing a Request for Quotation to a Vendor Maintaining Quotations Comparing Quotations Rejecting Quotations Summary Purchase Orders Creating and Maintaining a Purchase Order Blocking and Canceling a Purchase Order Creating a Purchase Order with Reference to Purchasing Documents Account Assignment in a Purchase Order Progress Tracking Outline Purchase Agreements Supplier Confirmation Messages and Output Pricing Procedures Supplier Evaluation Serial Numbers in Purchasing Summary External Services Management Service Master Record Standard Service Catalog Conditions in External Services Management Procurement of Services Entry of Services Blanket Purchase Orders Configuration Basics of External Services Management Summary Special Procurement Types Overview Direct Procurement Stock Transfers (Interplant Transfers) Withdrawals from an Alternative Plant Subcontracting Consignment Pipeline Material Simplified Sourcing Summary Material Requirements Planning Process Overview Material Requirements Planning Elements Material Requirements Planning Procedures Planning Areas Classic MRP Configuration Settings Planning Calendar Summary Forecasting Forecast Models Forecasting Master Data Forecast Profile Business Processes in Forecasting Configuration Settings for Forecasting Summary Inventory Management Overview Goods Movements Physical Inventory Returns Material Documents Reservations Stock Transfers Configuration Basics in Inventory Management Summary Goods Issue Goods Issue to a Production Order Goods Issue to Scrap Goods Issue for Sampling Goods Issue Postings Goods Issue Reversals Summary Goods Receipt Goods Receipt for a Purchase Order Goods Receipt for a Production Order Initial Entry of Inventory Good Receipt of Co-Products or By-Products Other Goods Receipts Summary Physical Inventory Physical Inventory Methods Physical Inventory Preparation Counting and Recounts Physical Inventory Posting Cycle Counting Method of Physical Inventory Summary Invoice Verification Standard Three-Way Match Duplicate Invoice Check Evaluated Receipt Settlement Credit Memos and Reversals Taxes in Invoice Verification Goods Receipt/Invoice Receipt Account Maintenance Invoice Reduction Tolerance Limits Blocking Invoices Releasing Blocked Invoices Down Payments Retention Money Summary Inventory Valuation and Account Assignment Split Valuation Account Determination Last In First Out Valuation First In First Out Valuation Lowest Value Determination Material Price Changes Summary Material Ledger Material Ledger Overview Business Processes Configuration Basics Activating the Material Ledger Reporting in the Material Ledger Summary Classification System Classification Overview Characteristics Classes Object Dependencies Finding Objects Using Classification Summary Document Management System Configuration Steps Document Info Record Additional Functionality Summary Early Warning System Overview Early Warning System Setup Scheduling an Early Warning System Early Warning System in Action Exception Analysis Summary Reporting and Analytics The Basics of Reporting Purchasing Reports Standard Analyses: Purchasing Standard Analyses: Inventory Management SAP Fiori Apps Summary Movement Types The Authors Index.