SAP Overview

SAP is an ERP package, which is used in many companies worldwide.The full form for SAP is System Application Products in Data Processing. The product is German in origin. we can see the SAP Overview of major sap modules include financial accounting-FI,Production planning-PP,Sales and Distribution-SD,Controlling (costing)-CO,Materials management (MM) and Human Resources (HR).

The full form of ERP is Enterprise Resources Planning. Previously companies used to do MRP i.e. Material Resource Planning. ERP is the up gradation of the same. The need for ERP arose due to lack of proper / common database available for all the functions in an organization.

request for quotation (RFQ)

What is request for quotation (RFQ) in sap?

The request for quotation (RFQ) is an invitation to a vendor to indicate his terms and conditions (in particular, his price) for the supply of a material or the provision of a service by submitting a quotation. As in the … Read More

Material Ledger Closing

Material Ledger Closing in SAP Quick review

Material Ledger Closing: Movements for a material that is valuated with the material ledger are always carried out using the valuation price. If the price control indicator in the material master record is S, movements for the material are carried … Read More

Transfer Order

What is Transfer Order in SAP?

The Transfer order or requirement contains information about a planned movement of stock in the warehouse. The corresponding transfer order contains the information the system needs to carry out the movement, that is, the physical movement of a specific quantity … Read More

Material Requirements Planning MRP

Material Requirements Planning (MRP) in SAP MM

The basic role of material requirements planning (MRP) is to monitor stocks and, in particular, to automatically generate order proposals for purchasing and production (planned orders, purchase requisitions, or delivery schedules). This target is achieved by using various materials … Read More

Types of Master data in sap mm

What are the different Types of Master data in SAP MM?

The Master data in SAP is used to be base data that can store all the required inform about the transaction. If someone producing, transferring stock, selling, purchasing, doing physical inventory it necessary to maintain some data that includes material … Read More

SAP Transport Request

What is Planned Order in SAP?

The planned order shows a planned receipt for a particular material in a plant. Basically, it specifies when the receipt is to take place and the quantity of goods that is to be received.

Planned orders are generally created … Read More

Purchasing Information Records

To Create Purchasing Information Records for material with Material Master

Purchasing Information Records (Info records) are maintained as Master data, just as Material and Vendor master data is maintained.  Info records may be created for materials that have a material master record, and for materials that do not (Material Groups).  … Read More