SAP Materials Management (MM) Certification

Module 1: Introduction to SAP Materials Management

• Overview of SAP MM
• Role of Materials Management
• SAP MM business processes
• Procurement lifecycle
• Inventory management overview
• Integration with other SAP areas

Module 2: SAP MM Organisational Structure

• Client and company code
• Plant
• Storage location
• Purchasing organisation
• Purchasing group
• Organisational assignments

Module 3: Material Master Data

• Material master overview
• Material types
• Material master views
• Industry sectors
• Units of measure
• Material creation and maintenance

Module 4: Vendor and Business Partner Master Data

• Business Partner concept
• Supplier master information
• Business Partner roles
• Purchasing data
• Partner functions
• Master data maintenance

Module 5: Purchasing Information Records

• Information record concepts
• Creating purchasing information records
• Pricing information
• Vendor-material relationships
• Purchasing organisation data
• Information record maintenance

Module 6: Source Determination

• Source determination process
• Source lists
• Quota arrangements
• Source assignment
• Vendor selection
• Source determination scenarios

Module 7: Purchase Requisitions

• Purchase requisition concepts
• Manual requisition creation
• Automatic requisitions
• Item categories
• Account assignment
• Requisition processing

Module 8: Request for Quotation and Quotation Management

• Request for Quotation process
• Vendor quotations
• Quotation maintenance
• Price comparison
• Vendor evaluation considerations
• Source selection

Module 9: Purchase Order Processing

• Purchase order structure
• Creating purchase orders
• Purchase order item categories
• Account assignment categories
• Delivery and invoice settings
• Purchase order monitoring

Module 10: Procurement Processes

• Standard procurement
• Consumable material procurement
• Stock material procurement
• Subcontracting
• Consignment
• Third-party procurement concepts

Module 11: Outline Agreements

• Outline agreement concepts
• Contracts
• Scheduling agreements
• Quantity contracts
• Value contracts
• Release documentation

Module 12: Pricing in Purchasing

• Purchasing conditions
• Condition types
• Calculation schemas
• Discounts and surcharges
• Freight conditions
• Price determination

Module 13: Inventory Management Fundamentals

• Goods movement concepts
• Movement types
• Goods receipts
• Goods issues
• Transfer postings
• Stock overview

Module 14: Goods Receipt Processing

• Goods receipt against purchase orders
• Material document creation
• Stock updates
• Delivery tolerances
• Reversals and cancellations
• Goods receipt monitoring

Module 15: Goods Issue and Stock Transfers

• Goods issue processing
• Reservations
• Transfer postings
• Plant-to-plant transfers
• Storage location transfers
• Stock transport processes

Module 16: Physical Inventory

• Physical inventory process
• Inventory documents
• Counting procedures
• Entering inventory counts
• Posting differences
• Inventory analysis

Module 17: Material Valuation and Account Determination

• Valuation concepts
• Valuation areas
• Price control
• Standard and moving average price
• Automatic account determination
• Valuation classes

Module 18: Invoice Verification

• Logistics Invoice Verification
• Invoice entry
• Purchase order matching
• Quantity and price variances
• Blocked invoices
• Credit memo processing

Module 19: Material Requirements Planning

• MRP fundamentals
• MRP types
• Planning parameters
• Lot-sizing procedures
• Planning runs
• MRP results

Module 20: Release and Approval Processes

• Purchasing approvals
• Release procedures
• Approval workflows
• Release conditions
• Purchase requisition approvals
• Purchase order approvals

Module 21: Reporting and Analytics in SAP MM

• Purchasing reports
• Inventory reports
• Material document analysis
• Vendor analysis
• Procurement monitoring
• Key performance indicators

Module 22: SAP MM Integration and Business Scenarios

• Integration with Finance
• Integration with Sales
• Integration with Production Planning
• End-to-end procure-to-pay process
• Integrated inventory scenarios
• Practical SAP MM workflows