Materials Management with SAP S/4HANA: Business Processes and Configuration, 3rd, Updated and Revised Edition 2024
- 15h 15m
- Jawad Akhtar, Martin Murray
- Rheinwerk Publishing Inc.
- 2024
Manage your materials with SAP S/4HANA! Whether your focus is on materials planning, procurement, or inventory, this guide will teach you to configure and manage MM in SAP S/4HANA. Start by creating your organizational structure and defining business partners and material master data. Then follow step-by-step instructions for your essential processes, from purchasing and MRP runs to goods issue and receipt. Discover how to get more out of SAP S/4HANA by using batch management, demand-driven MRP, SAP Fiori reports, and other built-in tools.
- Configure your materials management processes in SAP S/4HANA
- Maintain critical material and business partner records
- Master core functionality: procurement, MRP, inventory management, and more
About the Author
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 the Missouri University of Science and Technology in the United States. He has more than 20 years of professional experience, 16 of which have been spent working with SAP systems. He has experience working on several large-scale, end-to-end SAP implementation project lifecycles, including rollouts. He works with SAP clients to help them identify the root causes of business issues and address those issues with the appropriate SAP products and change management strategies. He now focuses on next-generation SAP products such as SAP S/4HANA, SAP Integrated Business Planning, SAP Ariba, and SAP Customer Experience.
Martin Murray was a respected logistics consultant and worked with IBM for more than 15 years. He 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 multinational beverage company, and in 1994 he moved to the United States to work as an SAP R/3 consultant.
In this Book
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Notes on Usage
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Materials Management Overview
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Organizational Structure
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Configuring the Material Master
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Material Master Data
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Business Partners
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Purchasing Overview
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Purchasing Information Record
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Purchase Requisitions
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Requests for Quotation
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Purchase Orders
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External Services Management
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Special Procurement Types
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Planning Overview
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Material Requirements Planning
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Forecasting
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Inventory Management Overview
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Goods Issue
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Goods Receipt
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Physical Inventory
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Invoice Verification
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Inventory Valuation and Account Assignment
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Material Ledger
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Classification
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Document Management System
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Batch Management
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Early Warning System
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Demand-Driven Replenishment
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Reporting and Analytics
