SAP has emerged out to be most popular ERP software used in present businesses which operates all function in its package such as Material management , Finance , Sales , Quality , Production , HR etc .
Material Management module in SAP has all elements of procurement software . These software are usefull in generating data s which can be used for decisions on many issues .
SAP MM stands for Materials Management and this is part of SAP Supplyi chain management .which helps you manage end-to-end procurement and logistics business processes,from requisitioning to payment, SAP mm modules has entire data of vendors and material .
Components of SAP MM Module
Requisitions
Requires input like cost centre , Business area , UOM , Price , QTY , Class , Loc
Purchase orders
Requires input like cost centre , Business area , UOM , Price , QTY , Class , Loc
Other Entries
Goods receipts
Accounts payable
Inventory management
BOM’s
Master list of raw materials, finished goods etc
Supplier management . Master list of vendors .
Some of the main SAP MM transactions are:
IH09 - Display Material
MM01 - Create Material
MM02 - Change Material
MM03 - Display Material
MM50 - List Extendable Materials
MMBE - Stock Overview
MMI1 - Create Operating Supplies
MMN1 - Create Non-Stock Material
MMS1 - Create Service
MMU1 - Create Non-Valuated Material
ME51N - Create Purchase Requisition
ME52N - Change Purchase Requisition
ME53N - Display Purchase Requisition
ME5A - Purchase Requisitions: List Display
ME5J - Purchase Requisitions for Project
ME5K - Requisitions by Account Assignment
MELB - Purch. Transactions by Tracking No.
ME56 - Assign Source to Purch. Requisition
ME57 - Assign and Process Requisitions
ME58 - Ordering: Assigned Requisitions
ME59 - Automatic Generation of POs
ME54 - Release Purchase Requisition
ME55 - Collective Release of Purchase Reqs.
ME5F - Release Reminder: Purch. Requisition
ME51N - Create Requisition
ME21N - Create Purchase Order
MIGO - Goods receipt a PO
MIRO - Create Invoice
SAP MM Data helps answering following questions in seconds with this module
Vendor last price for the same material
Average material price for a period
Vendor or suppliers performance vs quality rejection , late deliveries etc
Location wise price for same material
Material wise price comparison between vendors
Vendors wise price comparison
Open PO status at any time
Open purchase requistion at any time
Short Deliveries
Online approvals for High value purchases .
Asset management for capital equipments
Import po orders - currency updates .
Can release open contracts to vendors
PO generated through software can be sent online without any hard copy .
monthy consumption pattern of a material
Vendors terms and condition updates and record .
Overview of inventory
Numerous other reports can be generated through SAP MM Modules . which helps executive and management to take decisions in shortest possible time .