Release Strategy Configuration in SAP MM

This PDF document, authored by Mohammed Murtuza Siddiqui, an SAP MM Consultant, provides a comprehensive guide on the release strategy process within SAP Materials Management (MM). The release strategy is essential for managing approval requirements for internal and external documents like purchase requisitions and orders, ensuring that purchase orders are approved by designated roles before proceeding. The document outlines scenarios based on purchase order values and the corresponding approval processes, detailed steps for configuring the release strategy in SAP MM.

Key sections covered in the document include:

  • Definition and importance of release strategy in SAP MM.
  • Scenario-based approval process for purchase orders.
  • Detailed steps for configuring the release strategy, including:
    • Copying and configuring standard PO document types.
    • Defining characteristics, class, release groups, codes, and indicators.
  • Execution of the release strategy with practical testing scenarios for different PO values.

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SAP APO PPDS Master Data Integration with SAP ECC

This document provides an overview of master data integration and modeling between SAP ECC and APO PPDS systems for production planning and detailed scheduling. It covers mapping of key master data elements like plants, materials, resources, and production versions from ECC to PPDS. Key sections covered in this document are;

  • Master data integration between ECC and PPDS via Core Interface (CIF)
  • Mapping of plants to locations, materials to products, resources and production versions in PPDS
  • Location master data modeling with handling resources
  • Product master data structure in ECC vs PPDS
  • Resource master data transfer and capacity planning
  • Production version transfer as Production Data Structures (PDS)
  • Examples of resource classification, recipe design and constraints mapping through PDS configuration

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Configuring Output Management with SAP’s BRF+

This document provides an overview of SAP’s Business Rules Framework Plus (BRF+) for output management in SAP S/4HANA. It covers the BRF+ workbench, basic concepts, configuration for output determination, issuing IDocs using BRF+, callback classes, CDS views, common issues, and technical considerations.

  • Introduction to BRF+ and its workbench
  • Basic BRF+ concepts like applications, data objects, functions, rules, rulesets, expressions, actions
  • Output management in S/4HANA using BRF+
  • Steps to execute output determination and generate PDF output
  • Issuing outbound IDocs with BRF+ output
  • Using callback classes to retrieve business data
  • Relevant CDS views for output management
  • Common issues encountered and workarounds
  • Technical considerations for debugging and enhancing BRF+ configurations

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SAP S/4HANA Sales Rebate Process Manual

This document provides an overview of the sales rebate / commission process using SAP Settlement Management in S/4HANA. It outlines how to set up condition contracts for customer and employee commissions, accrue commissions in sales documents, and settle commissions through partial and final settlements. The document covers business scenarios for customer referral commissions and employee sales commissions.
Key sections includes

  • An introduction to Settlement Management,
  • Condition Contract Creation [WCOCO],
  • Accrual postings in Sales Invoices,
  • Settlement document creation including pricing controls and accounting entries,
  • Process flows with document postings for customer and employee commission examples, and
  • Standard SAP reports for Settlement Management.

Overall, the document serves as a guide for configuring and implementing commissions and rebates using Settlement Management in S/4HANA.

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SAP EWM Workshop: Overview Presentation

This document provides an overview of SAP’s Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) solution, including its features, benefits, and integration. EWM is designed to support complex warehouse and distribution processes beyond the capabilities of SAP’s standard Warehouse Management functionality.

List of topics covered in this EWM presentation topics are:

  • SAP EWM Overview and Terminology
  • EWM Benefits and ERP Integration
  • EWM Master Data Elements
  • Inbound Processes like Receiving, Putaway, and Quality Inspection
  • Outbound Processes like Picking, Packing and Loading
  • Inventory Control and Replenishment
  • Production Supply/Receive and Cross Docking
  • Monitoring, Reporting, Analytics
  • Additional Capabilities like Labor Management, RFID, Slotting
  • Live Demo of Inbound and Outbound Processes

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SAP AATP Overview Presentation

This document provides an overview of SAP’s Advanced Available-to-Promise (aATP) capabilities within SAP S/4HANA.

List of AATP presentation topics covered:

  • Introduction and Objectives
  • Overview of ATP and aATP capabilities
  • aATP Key Offerings:
    • Product Availability Check
    • Backorder Processing
    • Product Allocations
    • Alternative Based Confirmations
    • Release for Delivery
    • Supply Protection
  • Day in the Life Example
  • Demo Scenarios
  • Business Case Studies
  • aATP Roadmap

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MRP Procedures in SAP

This PDF document provides a comprehensive overview of SAP MRP (Material Requirements Planning) procedures, detailing different MRP types, customization settings, planning and execution examples, lot-sizing procedures, and forecast models. It covers traditional MRP, Consumption-Based Planning (CBP), Master Production Schedule (MPS), and various lot-sizing and forecasting methodologies.
Although interfaces, fundamental concepts and functionalities could be outdated due to the advancements in SAP S/4HANA, this document still holds foundational MRP concepts and procedures.
List of document content are;

  • MRP Procedure
  • MRP Type PD
  • MRP Type PP
  • MRP Type PV
  • MRP Type PW
  • MRP Type P6
  • MRP Type P7
  • MRP Type P8
  • MRP Type P9
  • MRP Type ZP
  • MRP Type Z8
  • CBP Type VB Manual Reorder Point
  • CBP Type V2 Automatic Reorder Point
  • CBP Type R1 or VS Time phased Planning
  • MRP Type RS Replenishment retail
  • Calculation of lot-sizes for the procurement proposal
  • Static lot-sizing procedure
  • Periodic lot-sizing procedure
  • Optimum lot-sizing procedure
  • Other tools in lot-sizing procedure
  • Consumption values
  • Forecast values
  • Forecast execution
  • Forecast models
  • Creation indicator
  • Planning mode
  • MRP Storage location with special procurement
  • MRP availability check per stock type
  • Planning strategy 40 and VE
  • Key property of strategy VE and procedure
  • Strategy VE example
  • Scheduling for externally procured materials
  • Scheduling for in-house manufactured materials
  • SMT Kanban Procedure (KTEC)
  • STT and SRK Kanban Procedure
  • SST – GI Year-forecast Procedure

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