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they're written on. How many times can we read bland clichés like “if you don't plan ahead, your project will fail?” Of course, we all recognize the importance of strategic planning. But how do we really determine a successful project approach from an unsuccessful one? With this edition of SAPtips, we're delighted to present a brilliant article on SAP® Project Management that digs deep into SAP and goes well beyond the standard pretty-sounding advice. Why does this article work? We think it's because the author, Tomas Fertig, has worked his way up from hands-on SAP consultant to Practice Manager. Tomas has tasted project successes and failures firsthand, and his passion for SAP keeps him on top of the latest technologies. This twenty-page guide is filled with sharp insights on the best ways to approach SAP projects and the missteps to avoid. Tomas covers everything from the importance of business model definition to the need for a thoughtful approach to cultural change

step-1 MM Overview Organization Structure of an Enterprise Procurement Process Purchase Requisition Purchase Order Goods Receipt Invoice Verification Step-2 MM Procurement Process Master Data Material Master Vendor Master Purchase info Record Purchasing Purchase Order (PO) Purchase Requisition (PR) Request for Quotations (RFQ) Special Stocks and Special Procurement Types Stock Items Non-Stock/Consumable Items One Time Material Service Orders, Service Entry Sheet Subcontracting Stock Transport Order Source Determination Source List Source Determination Release Procedures for Purchasing Documents (with and without classification Creation of Characterstics Creation of Class Release Groups, Code, Indicator, Pre-requisites Release Strategies Step-3 Inventory Management Goods Receipt Goods Issue Transfer Posting Reservation Physical Inventory

OVERALL OBJECTIVE • To ensure that we have the right product, in the right place, at the right quantity and price. • To reduce working capital by monitoring raw and packaging stocks on a continuous basis. VENDOR MASTER FILE • Only authorised suppliers must be included in the master file in terms of the purchasing standards policy. • Deliverables include policy and procedure documents defining standards for purchasing relating to SAP systems. MATERIAL MASTER FILE • Ensure that controls are adequate to ensure that the master file is completely and accurately created. • Ensure that there is appropriate accountability for master file data. • Ensure that compulsory fields (conditions) such as discounts, delivery costs, cash discounts, etc. are identified (pre-defined) and flagged to ensure that these fields are entered on the system. • Ensure that appropriate unit of measure is updated on the system. • The system must identify obsolete and potential obsolete stocks in respect of

  Table of Contents Useful MM tips to help those supporting the SAP MM modules.  The Materials Management (MM) module is fully integrated with the other modules of the SAP System. It supports all the phases of materials management: materials planning and control, purchasing, goods receiving, inventory management, and invoice verification. Material Master Plant Maintain Material Master - Introduction Maintain the Material Type Screens in Material Master Block materials from inventory posting Create Delivery Log - Material xxx is blocked Maintain Storage Location Block Storage Location from further posting Accounting document number range for MM Valuation Class for Material Group G/L Accounts in MM Account Determination Compare fields status for movement types against General Ledger Material Master Value Defaults Inventory Management System Messages - M7 - Inventory Management and Physical Inventory Inventory Posting Copy, Change Movement Types Inter Plant Purcha

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In 1972, five systems analysts began working nights and weekends to create standard software with realtime data processing. Twenty-five years later their vision is a reality: SAP is the world’s market and technology leader in business application software. On April 1, 1972 five former IBM employees founded SAP as Systemanalyse und Programmentwicklung (“Systems Analysis and Program Development”) in Mannheim, Germany. Their vision was to develop and market standard enterprise software which would integrate all business processes. The idea came to them through their work as systems consultants for IBM when they noticed that client after client was developing the same, or very similar, computer programs. The second part of their vision was that data should be processed interactively in realtime, and the computer screen should become the focal point of data processing. From a start-up software vendor to global market leader Over the course of twenty-five years, their vision

Book Details: Hardcover: 846 pages Publisher: Sybex; 1 edition (April 15, 2000) Language: English ISBN-10: 0782125972 ISBN-13: 978-0782125979 Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.7 x 2.1 inches   Book Description: Configure the FI and CO Modules to Meet All Your Business Requirements Configuring SAP R/3 FI/CO is the only book of its kind: a detailed, practical guide to configuring R/3's two most popular modules. Written by the experts responsible for R/3 configuration in a Fortune 200 company, it provides detailed instructions and examples for all the Financial and Controlling sub modules--information that will help you make good on your company's sizable investment. Coverage includes: * FI Enterprise Structure * General Ledger * Substitutions and Validations * Automatic account assignments * Accounts Payable * Accounts Receivable * Credit Management * Lockbox * CO Enterprise Structure * Cost Element Accounting * Co