Jawad Akhtar

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. Highlights include:1) Material master data2) Business partners3) Purchasing 4) Batch management5) Material requirements planning (MRP)6) Demand-driven MRP7) Inventory management8) Goods issue and receipt (GI/GR)9) Material Ledger10) Invoice verification11) Document management 12) Reporting

Delve into this updated best-selling guide on SAP Material Master Updated to cover key updates to the SAP Material Master in SAP S/4HANA, this guide walks through basic concepts on how to tailor the SAP Material Master to your production environment, as well as learn detailed information on material master settings and their impacts. This book provides the opportunity for readers to better understand their unique environments and how to make the SAP Material Master work for them. This guide provides best practices for how to approach common scenarios, and offers cost-saving tips. Find out why planning is the most important (and often overlooked) aspect of understanding the SAP Material Master. Review how material master settings impact FI/CO and other SAP modules. This third edition incorporates feedback from readers, and includes solution updates, new information on advanced planning views, extended service parts planning views, and the SAP Fiori app for Material Master. By using practical examples, tips, and screenshots, the authors bring readers up to speed on best practices for optimal use of the SAP Material Master. Fundamental SAP Material Master conceptsHow settings impact other modules in SAPCost-effective procurement and planning techniques Inventory and quality management best practices

The distinction between “customers” and “vendors” is now a relic of the past—jump into the future with this all-in-one guide to business partners in SAP S/4HANA! Learn how to set up business partners from start to finish for greenfield implementations. Or, if you’re transitioning from SAP ERP to SAP S/4HANA, walk through customer-vendor integration (CVI) with detailed instructions. With guidance on maintaining and validating business partner data, this is the only book on business partners you’ll ever need! Highlights include:1) Vendor (supplier) data2) Customer data3) Account groups4) Number ranges5) Roles6) Transaction BP7) Migration cockpit8) Materials management9) Financials10) New implementation11) System conversion

Streamline your production planning process with SAP S/4HANA! Get step-by-step instructions for configuring and using SAP S/4HANA for discrete, process, and repetitive manufacturing. Then dive into production tools and functionalities like batch management, S&OP, predictive MRP, DDMRP, and the Early Warning System. This foundational guide is full of industry examples to help you maximize your production planning! Highlights include:1) Discrete, process, and repetitive manufacturing2) Batch management3) Sales and operations planning (S&OP) 4) Demand management5) Demand-driven replenishment (DDR) 6) Material requirements planning (MRP) 7) Predictive MRP8) Long-term planning 9) Capacity requirements planning10) Early Warning System11) Reporting and analysis

Step up your SAP PP game! Learn how to configure SAP ERP Production Planning for discrete, process, and repetitive manufacturing and master BOM status definitions, process message characteristics, and master data. Dive into SAP PP workflows and use Process Management, release production orders, and create planning tables. Covering everything from S&OP and MRP to SAP Demand Management and the Early Warning System, this book will help you get your production process to maximum efficiency! Configuration: Get step-by-step instructions for configuring SAP PP, from master data shared by all manufacturing types to specific settings and control keys for discrete, process, and repetitive manufacturing. Workflow Tools: Learn to use sales and operations planning, material requirements planning, SAP Demand Management, and long-term planning throughout your production workflow. Reporting and Optimization: Get more out of your production system with capacity requirements planning, co-products, by-products, and more. Then evaluate and monitor your system using built-in reports and the Early Warning System. Highlights: Discrete, process, and repetitive manufacturing Configuration XSteps Sales and operations planning (S&OP) Material requirements planning (MRP) SAP Demand Management Long-term planning (LTP) Special procurement types Capacity requirements planning (CRP) Digital signatures Early Warning System (EWS)

Get the most out of your Materials Management implementation with this updated, comprehensive guide to configuration and functionality. You'll learn the ins and outs of Materials Management in SAP, from goods receipt and invoice verification to early warning systems and special procurement types. Dive into master data and other configuration tasks to ensure your MM system is optimized for your logistics needs! Materials Management Functionality: Learn to use MM for essential tasks like requesting quotations, purchase orders, and inventory management and for more advanced tasks like forecasting, using classification systems, and handling special procurement types. Business Scenarios and Examples: Configure settings for critical processes, and explore master data for materials and vendors. Cloud Migration and SAP S/4HANA: Expand your understanding of MM processes with expert advice, real-world examples, and sample business scenarios. Highlights: Materials master dataVendor master dataPurchasing information dataBatch managementExternal Services ManagementMaterial requirements planning (MRP)Inventory managementGoods issue/goods receipt (GI/GR)Material LedgerBalance sheet valuationInvoice verificationDocument management

Get the most out of your Quality Management system in SAP! From QM configuration to business process management to working in the system, this is the resource you need. Get a 360-degree view of the component, learn about QM concepts like samples and certificates, and set up essential master data. Once you've covered the basics, you'll learn how QM works with other components in the supply chain, and learn how to use workflow tools like the classification system and Engineering Change Management. Highlights: Master data and structure QM configuration Engineering Change Management Document Management System Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and Control Plan (CP) Audit Management Monitoring and control Stakeholder notifications Workflow tools Integration with SAP components