ERP 2 Unit 4

Why use a purchasing group?

- Responsible for specified purchasing activities - Often used to identify individual buyers - Used for reporting

Purchasing organizations can be assigned at what level?

-Only to one company code

What are the org structures in MM?

-Plant -Valuation Area -Storage Locations -Purchasing Organizations -Purchasing Groups

Can you draw an example of a MM org structure?

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Purchasing organizations must be assigned at what level?

Client

Does a plant have to be a physical structure?

May be a physical or logical unit

At which level does SAP recommend the valuation of inventory be established?

Plant

If you want to use the same purchasing organization by more than one company code, you have to assign the purchasing organization at which level?

Plant

What is the lowest valuation area?

Plant

At what level is MRP run?

Plant Organizational level

What is a storage location? Give two examples.

Subdivision of a plant

How are the modules integrated for the purchasing process?

The purchasing process can and does interface with the Production Planning (PP), Warehouse Management (WM), and Quality Management (QM) modules

Where does master data exist for the purchasing process?

in the (MM) and (FI) modules

In what SAP modules does the purchasing process exist?

in the Materials Management (MM) module of SAP R/3 and Finance (FI) module

Can a purchasing org be assigned to more than one plant?

yes