How to Create Purchase Order in SAP

A purchase order in SAP is a legal document used to record an individual purchase with the vendor or arrange for a delivery based on prior agreement. It also provides the vendor with a reference document to link to shipping and invoicing processes.

This training document will take you through the core processes required to create a basic purchase order in SAP.  In each screen, all the fields are explained in detail so you will understand every bit of step. Besides you will also find another purchase order creation manual with unknown vendor.
Following are the steps covered in this guide:

  • Accessing the Create Purchase Order screen
  • Entering Header Information
  • Entering Item Overview information
  • Entering information in the ‘Item details’ tabs:
  • Entering the account assignment for split charging
  • Entering a vendor’s catalogue number
  • Entering a delivery schedule
  • Removing the requirement for goods receipt
  • Entering net discount for an item
  • Entering extended text for an item
  • Entering PO header text messages
  • PO vendor address details
  • Entering an alternative delivery address/Customer a/c # with vendor
  • Saving the purchase order or adding further line items

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STO Configuration & End-User Manual in SAP

In this document you will learn the required configuration & end-user steps for Stock Transfer from one plant to another within the same company code with SD Delivery in SAP.

Document rather covers end-user steps in detail, but configuration is explained with some few notes. So besides downloading the the material below, also consider reading STO configuration details here.

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Configuration Guide to Create Organizational Structures in SAP MM

In this configuration material, you will learn how to create organization structure area for Materials Management module. Following are covered in this document in details with screenshots;

  • Define Plant
  • Define Storage Locations
  • Define Purchasing Organization
  • Create Purchasing Groups
  • Assign Plants to Company Code
  • Assign Purchasing Organization to Company Code
  • Assign Purchasing Organization to Plants.

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SAP CIN for Beginners FAQ

I’m still not much familiar with SAP CIN (Country Version India) though shared many materials with you up till now. Of course the main reason I’m not India based and so it does not make sound much for me :). Yet, I come up with a new material that will answer many of your questions regarding Basis, Materials Management, Sales and Distribution, Financials and many other general questions. The very first questions are collected from allinterviews.com site but not sure for the rest. It is a good collection of f.a.q resource for everyone new to CIN.

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SAP MM CIN Excise Configuration Guide

In one of my previous posts, I shared with you Excise Invoice User Manual . I have recently come across a Configuration Guide of Excise Invoice for Country India Version (CIN) .

In this article author explains every bit of Excise Invoice starting with describing terms, then goes step by step configuration procedures with accompanying notes. For those who are new to this area, this article will make it simply easy to understand the required CIN settings. Covered steps are as following

  • Definition and types of Excise Duty
  • Basic SAP MM CIN Settings
  • Maintaining Master Data
  • Account Determination
  • Incoming Excise Invoices, Subcontracting, Excise Register

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A Great List of SAP MM End-User Manuals

Here I’m with another End-User manual bundle for the processes of SAP Materials Management. Before you download these, i strongly suggest you to download previous end-user manuals if you missed which are Purchase Requisitioning, Purchase Requisition Approver and Invoice Verification.

In this post you will find download links for many daily used processes in

  • Inventory Management
  • Logistics Invoice Verification
  • Purchasing

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Automating Purchasing Approval – SAP Release Strategy Tips

The release strategy defines the approval process for purchasing documents like Purchase Order, Purchase Requisition, Contracts etc..This presentation talks some about configuring Release Strategies and provide some important tips. The following topics also will be covered in document

  • Functionality of Classification in Release Strategy : Search, Select and Define Parameters
  • Which fields should be used and which ones should not
  • A simple Workflow Customization

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