MM questions
Materials Management
1. In which of the following cases can you define scales for the condition type a. Purchase order b. Contract c. Info record d. Vendor e. Quotation
f. Scheduling agreement
2. What is meant by one-time vendor?
You can create special master records for vendors from whom you only procure a material once or very rarely. These are called one-time vendor master records and, in contrast（区别于）to other master records, you can use a vendor master record for several vendors. Therefore, no vendor-specific（具体的） data is stored for one-time vendors. You can control this using the relevant field selection for account groups for one-time vendors. When you create a purchasing or accounting document using a one-time vendor, the system automatically branches（分行，提示） to an additional data screen on which you enter specific data, such as the vendor?s name, address, or bank details. If an RFQ or a PO is sent to a one-time vendor, the vendor data must be entered manually.
3. How do you control the use of Valuation class per material Type? a. By valuation category b. By Account group
c. By Account assignment Category d. By Material Group
valuation category Criterion（标准） for the separate valuation of different stocks of a material managed under a single material number. Reasons for \
? Quality ? Batch
? Degree of purity
? Use or non-use in promotions
Account group Attributes which determine the creation of master records. The account group determines:
? The data that is relevant for the master record
? A number range from which numbers are selected for the master records.
An account group must be assigned to each master record.
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Account assignment Category Consumable materials debit different account assignment objects depending on the account assignment category
specified. The account assignment category determines which category of account assignment is to be debited and which account assignment data you have to prepare. Examples of account assignment categories include: ? Asset
? Cost center ? Cost object ? G/L account
4. With which master data the account group is used a. Vendor master b. Material Master c. Info record
d. Outline agreement
5. What determines whether a material can be posted to a stock? a. Material type b. Material group c. Material Status d. MRP controllers
MRP controllers The person responsible for a group of materials within MRP in a plant or company. Any material that takes part in material requirements planning must be assigned to an MRP controller.
Material Status Indicator in a material master record that restricts the
usability of a material. You can restrict the usability of a material for certain functions, for example, by assigning it the status %used to define how the system is to respond in individual applications, for example, with an error message or a warning, in the case of unpermitted use of a material. You can define the material status for all plants (basic data view), or separately for each plant (plant view).
6. What does the account assignment category U stands for? When can we use this account assignment category ?
If you do not know the account assignment object for which the
consumable material is being procured when the requirement coverage request is created, you can use account assignment category U in the
purchase requisition. The system does not require any further details about the account assignment for the relevant item in the purchase requisition.
7. What is the purpose of Collective number（汇总号） in RFQ?
You can link a number of RFQs that belong together with the help of the collective number. The collective number can have a maximum of ten characters and can be alphanumeric.
1) 可以将多张询价单连接到一个集合编码上, 集合编码在询价单的单头输入, 这样子就可以通过集合编码查询到
多张询价单, 如在价格比较与其他的分析步骤中.
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2) 集合编码是一个最长10位的字符编码(可以包含数字)
8. What is release order? What is the difference between the release order and Purchase order?
A release order is a purchase order that references a contract. Contracts are outline agreements. They do not contain details of the delivery dates for each of the items. To inform vendors of which quantities you need for which date, you enter contract release orders for a contract.
9. What is distributed contract and Centralized Contract
Distributed contracts are centrally agreed contracts that are created in one R/3 system and made available to other R/3 systems for the issue of
release orders. They are distinguished from normal contracts by the use of a separate agreement type.
Items of a Centralized contract do not relate to just one specific receiving plant.
10. At which Organization levels is info record kept a. P. org level b. Plant
c. Company code d. Client
11. What are the preconditions for automatically generated delivery schedule lines? A particular advantage of working with scheduling agreements is that
delivery schedule lines can be generated automatically by the MRP system provided that certain prerequisites are fulfilled:
? The scheduling agreement must be uniquely defined as the source of supply
? Automatically generated schedule lines must be allowed via the source list (MRP indicator 2)
? Automatically generated schedule lines must be allowed in the MRP system
12. When do normally use Account assignment category K? And why? K (cost center). When procuring consumable materials.
13. At which level Purchase requisitions are released Purchase Organization
14. At which level Purchase orders are released Purchase Organization
15. What is item category and give some two examples
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The item category defines the process used to procure a material or service.
? Standard: You use this item category for materials that are procured externally.
? Subcontracting: The finished product is ordered from a vendor. The components that the vendor needs to manufacture the finished product are entered as ?material to be provided “ items.
? Consignment: The vendor makes material available, which you then manage as consignment stock. A liability only arises when material is withdrawn from consignment stock, not when the stock is placed in the consignment stores.
? Stock transport orders: The material is transferred from one plant to another.
? Third-party order: You order material from a vendor with the instruction that the vendor should deliver the goods direct to a third party (a
customer, for example). The vendor sends your company the material invoice.
16. What are release codes in release procedure?
Two-character identifier with which a person responsible for processing a document can release (approve) an item of a purchase requisition, a complete purchase requisition, or a complete external purchasing
document, or cancel such release (that is, revoke a previously granted approval). If a link to SAP Business Workflow has been defined for the release code, the person involved can also refuse to effect release (withhold approval), thus rejecting the relevant item or document.
17. For a normal PO briefly explain the determination of Release Strategy
The release conditions (or criteria) determine which release strategy
applies. To be able to work with the release procedure with classification, you must create a release class with characteristics in addition to making the other Customizing settings. You set up a release class with characteristics via the classification system.
? The communication structures CEBAN (for purchase requisitions) and CEKKO (for external purchasing documents) contain all the fields that can be defined as release characteristics. ? All release conditions must be defined as classification
characteristics. Part of the characteristic definition is a link to a field of the communication structures CEBAN or CEKKO
? You group together all characteristics that you wish to use in release strategies for purchase requisitions or external purchasing
documents in a class. The class must be assigned to the class type 032. You can define a class for purchase requisitions, a class for
external purchasing documents, and a class for service entry sheets. The release class is assigned to the release object in Customizing (1
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= purchase requisition, 2 = external purchasing documents, 3 = service acceptance).
18. What is true in the following for blocked stock and GR blocked stock a. Blocked is valuated and GR is non Valuated b. Blocked is non- valuated and GR is valuated c. Both are valuated d. Both are non-valuated
19. What is document type for Stock Transport Orders and what are the Prerequisites for transferring stock between two plants? a. Plant to Plant
b. Storage Location to Storage Location 1. Change Stock Type 2. Batch Number 3. Material Number
20. What is the effect of a goods receipt? a. Both the stock and Quantity gets updated b. Only Value gets updated c. Only quantity gets update d. None of the above
21. When is the Delivery completed indicator automatically set in Purchase order? a. Once all the quantities are delivered b. Once all the quantities are invoiced c. Both
d. None of the above
22. Write any two differences between Pipeline Procurement and Standard procurement No Inventory Management and No Physical Inventory Available in any quantity No purchasing, no MRP
Cost are updated in Production Order
23. Can we have different output type for the same Document? Yes NO
24. What are the possible ways of assigning a printer? a. P. group / User parameters/ b. P. group/ Material Group c. P. group / Material Type d. P. Group/P, org
25. On which levels you can valuate your materials
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