Material Management - Material Master Field Selection

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SAP Acronyms (Part 2)

my students always ask me

"What is SAP ?"
Lets have some light moments before we
Login to a SAP system
comes  Monday morning

Start And Paused
Software Aus PapuaNewGuinea
Stupid Ass Programs
Shits All Principles
Send Another Payment
Stops All Production
Shocked And Paranoid
Sorry After Purchase
Shit And Poo
Superstitious Advanced Practices
Seasonal Attacking Programs

.............................. Part 3, Next time ...............................

Message Output - MM Purchase Order

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Project System - User Status Configuration

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Question no 3224 : Long Term Planning

In SAP PP LTP as at ECC6.0 EhP6, which of the following can be transferred from the planned scenario to the operative Stocks Requirements List ?

(more than one answers)

A)   Activate a Planned Independent Requirement version.
B)   Transfer a Simulated Firmed Planned Order.
C)   Activate a different Capacity Version of the Work Center.
D)  Transfer a Simulated LTP Purchase Requisition.
E)   Activate the Sales and Operations Planning table.
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Material Management - Accounting and Material Document Number Range

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Project System - Coding Mask Design Configuration

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Material Management - Number Range for Purchase Requisition

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Question no 3223 : Plant Parameter and MRP Group Parameter

In SAP PP as at ECC6.0 EhP6, which of the following Parameters can be found in both the Plant Parameter and MRP Group Parameter ?

(more than one answers)

A)   Planning Horizon.
B)   Number Ranges for Planned Orders.
C)   BOM Explosion Date Control.
D)   Strategy Group.
E)   BOM Selection ID.
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Question no 3222 : BOM explosion number

In SAP MRP for PP as at ECC6.0 EhP6, you can assign the BOM explosion number to which of the following ?

(only one answer)

A)   Planned Independent Requirement.
B)   BOM.
C)   Routing.
D)   Production Version.
E)   Planned Order.
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Plant Maintenance - Cost Overview of Orders

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Question no 3221 : Quota Arrangement features for PP MRP

In SAP PP MRP as at ECC6.0 EhP6, which of the following features cannot be configured in the Quota Arrangement ?

(only one answer)

A)   Split of PIR for multiple Production Versions.
B)   Controlling Maximum Release Qty for each Production Version per period.
C)   Uses the Quota Rating to allocation Production Qty to Production Version.
D)   Allocate Qty to Stock Transfers from Production Plant to Distribution Centers.
E)   Optimally select Production Version based on Lowest Cost.
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Preparations to be a successful SAP Consultant

Here are TEN Tips and Tricks in 

preparation to be 

a SAP Consultant

1. Take swimming lessons 

Most likely you will be thrown in the "Waters" alone, 

knowing how to swim at least you will not drown.

I took swimming lessons in the School,
I had been thrown to different "Water" conditions;

So, I am not afraid of different "Water" conditions，
despite the fact that I only know the frog style.

2. Learn how to not tell the Truth 

If you are like me, you will never be a successful SAP consultant,

You need to learn to not tell a lie as well as not tell the truth.

Everytime I tried something like this, 

I either cannot sleep or I get sick of myself.

3. Improve your writing skills like a lawyer

When you write the Blue Print, 

use your newly learned English Language skills

to manipulate the words such that it can mean

either way. The idea is get the Customer 

to sign the blueprint blindly.

My Blue Print is like a thesis, 

usually spelling out even the Configuration steps from the beginning,

If you do like me, you will end up in Hell 

later in the project.

4. Take some Tai Chi lessons

The skill of Tai Chi at the Master level 

will allow you to prosper in the field of SAP Consulting, 

you can get away without doing anything when 

you have achieved the levels of a Master Tai Chi.

I learn Tai Chi after I was hospitalized, working too hard on SAP. 

But I never did master the Art of Tai Chi 

in the work place.
Unlike many who I know don't even know Tai Chi (the Kung Fu thing)

but Tai Chi seems natural in their blood. 

Learn from those Masters, please.
But if you do wish for some real Tai Chi
for health reasons, I can teach you the steps !

5. Never show SAP screens until after the Blue Print is signed 

In this way, the customer is always guessing 

what was said in the Blue Print.

Let them guess and you will be fine.

Don't do what I did in my projects,

which I will show how the concepts are translated

as Prototypes during the BluePrint presentations,

this will reveal all the SAP weakness and 

create many challenges to you.

Don't be so stupid like me, OK.

6. Come on time but Don't go back too late

I am usually the first one to arrive in a Project site, 

to be honest no one knows who comes early,

everyone will know who goes back early.

So, no early birds, don't go back on time either.

15 minutes past the working hours is a good practice.

Never start the project by staying back 2 or 3 hours late,

as you will be expected to do so the rest of the project.

7. Play Politics

I have really no idea how.

But my observations in many projects are,

the successful consultants will know how to "Kamching"

with the right persons in the Project team 

and the right persons at the Customer Project team members.

In this way, you will always get the right support

when you are proposing something.

It really seems better not to fight alone.

Never Never work alone like me.
In Malaysia, you can also acquire the
very well know "Satay" technique.
By "Satay"-ing your boss, process owners, customer boss,
you are well to a good start in your SAP career,
going up. 

8. Dress Professionally

Most people know how to do this, except me.

I go to work in a T-Shirt, Jeans and Sneakers.

and I don't even comb my hair.

So, I don't need to teach you.

I failed miserably in this department.

9. Be-Friend with other SAP Consultants

If you do MM, be-friend with PP, SD, FI, CO, HR consultants.

Oh, and also Basis, Security, and ABAPers，
not to mention Cloud and Hana experts,
be-friend with them too ...

Consultants who have good people skills
and wide networking are always 

able to seek solutions quickly from their friends.

They know the "WAY".

Don't be like me, trying to learn everything myself,

finally, Master of None.

10. Protect your Rice Bowl

Always hide what you do, never share your knowledge.

Never be like me, sharing SAP knowledge in the Web,

that is really Stupid.

Make sure you keep the knowledge so that

you will have continuous prosperity in the SAP field

in years to come.

Of course, the above are just my 

Monday Jokes.

Get a good laugh,

and be a Honest and Responsible
SAP Consultant.

Question no 3220 : Deduce a Lot Size calculation parameters

In SAP PP or MM MRP, as at ECC6.0 EhP6, based on the following Stock Requirement List, deduce what was the parameter which resulted in the MRP result ?

(more than one answers)

A)  Takt time.
B)   Fixed lot size.
C)   Maximum stock level.
D)   Rounding value.
E)   Minimum lot size.
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Question no 3219 : Lot Size parameters

In SAP MRP as at ECC6.0 EhP6, when using Lot Size Key, which of the following data parameters are not allowed or not used?

(more than one answers)

A)   Minimum Lot Size.
B)   Maximum Lot Size.
C)   Rounding Values.
D)   Maximum Stock Level.
E)   Takt time.
.

Question no 3218 : Rouding Profile

In SAP MM and PP as at ECC6.0 EhP6, based on the Rounding Profile below, deduce the final lot size proposal by SAP MRP run ?

From 0 - 59 Round to 10
From 60-799 Round to 100
From 800-4999 Round to 1000

Net Requirement Qty is 3456

(only one answer)

A)  3456.
B)  4000.
C)  3500.
D)  3460.
E)  3480.
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Question no 3217 : Long Term Planning Scenario parameters

In SAP PP as at ECC6.0 EhP7, which of the following Parameters can be set in a Long Term Planning Scenario ?

(more than one answers)

A)   Switch off scrap calculations.
B)   Use a different scarp %.
C)   Consider Production Orders, Purchase Orders, and Sales Orders.
D)   Consider Planned Orders.
E)   Set a time fence.
.

Question no 3216 : MRP run Delay Analysis

In SAP PP MRP as at ECC6.0 EhP7, which of the following Planning options allow you to view the Delays of Planned Orders in a Multi-level BOM and resolve its delay in the Planning Results ?

(only one answer)

A)  MD02 Multilevel Single-Item Planning in Simulation Mode.
B)  MD03 Single-Level Single-Item Planning in Simulation Mode.
C)  MD43 Single-Item Planning, Interactive Mode.
D)  MS43 Long Term Planning, Interactive Mode.
E)  MDBT Total Planning in Simulation Mode.
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Requirement Study and Solutioning for a Customer

Here is a Challenge for you

to test your "Solutioning" Skills.

The Requirement is as follows:

You need to design something so that the 

waking time of a Customer is synchronized 

with the Sun Rise so that he/she can 

wake up and go to work on time.

An SAP Consultant provided this solution, 

"Lets Re-design the house so that when the first ray

of sun hits the horizon, a signal will be transmitted 

to the Satellite, a software will be written 

to extrapolate the calculations with a specially

designed algorithm provided by SAP's APO system,

this algorithm will be so powerful and intelligent 

that you don't need to understand it.

This is quite complex as it will involve 

more than Mixed-Integer Linear Programming 

as well as Genetic Algorithm.

The results from the combined Algorithms will then

be CIFted (Core-Interfaced) back to the backend 

ERP system where a program will be written to automatically 

generate a Maintenance Notification in the 

Plant Maintenance with a default Task Code from the Task Catalog

where by the document will be 

beamed using a separate module which requires 

development as it will trigger a signal to a 

head band which the customer must wear during 

his/her sleep, In this way, the customer 

will 100% wake up on time everyday, see

All these will be provided in the Hana Solution

so all calculations are done in the Speed of Hana"

The Samsung Smart Phone Sales Man

would say,

Please buy any Samsung Smart Phone

which has an Alarm

(which by the way can be sync to 

the time of SunRise)

(A version of this SAP Joke I heard
from an Indian Consultant when
teaching in SAP Singapore)

Question no 3215 : Entry Aids for items Without a Material Master

In SAP MM as at ECC6.0 EhP7, in the configuration of MM "Entry Aids for items Without a Material Master", what are the parameters you can find in this configuration ?

(more than one answers)

A)   Valuation Class.
B)   Material Group.
C)   Material Type.
D)   MRP Profile.
E)   Purchasing Value Key.
.

Question no 3214 : Basic Dates and Scheduled Dates

In the SAP PM as at ECC6.0 EhP7, the reason the Basic dates in and the Scheduled dates in the Maintenance Order are synced is due to which of the following ?

(only one answer)

A)   Configuration in the Order Type and Plant Dependent Parameter for Scheduling.
B)   Configuration in the Order Type and Client independnet Parameter for Scheduling.
C)   Scheduling Parameter in the Main Work Center assigned to Header of the Maintenance Order.
D)   Scheduling Parameter in the Control Key assigned to Header of the Maintenance Order.
E)   Scheduling Parameter in detail DATES screen area in the Order Header.
.

Question no 3213 : No Sales Order in MRP Planning

In SAP PP MRP Planning as at ECC6.0 EhP7, in which of the Strategy that the Sales Order is not Planned by MRP ?

(more than one answer)

A)  Strategy 10.
B)  Strategy 11.
C)  Strategy 20.
D)  Strategy 30.
E)  Strategy 40.
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Material Management - Cost and G/L report for PR and PO

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Material Management - MAP and Standard Price Accounting Entries for Plant to Plant Transfers

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Question no 3212 :: Ignore Stocks in PP Planning

In SAP PP Planning as at ECC6.0 EhP7, how can you ignore stocks during MRP planning for a material ?

(more than one answer)

A)   Gross Planning indicator in the MRP Strategy's Planned Independent Requirement Type.

B)   Gross Planning indicator in the MRP Strategy's Customer Requirement Type.

C)   Mixed MRP indicator "2" in the Material Master MRP 3 data view.

D)   Mixed MRP indicator "2" in the MRP Type configuration assigned to Material in MRP 1 data view.

E)   Gross Planning indicator in the MRP Type configuration assigned to Material in MRP 1 data view.

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Question no 3211 : Scenario parameters for LTP in PP

In SAP PP as at ECC6.0 EhP7, which of the following are parameters which you can setup in the Planning Scenario for LTP (Long Term Planning) ?

(more than one answers)

A)  Choice of Plants to the Scenario.
B)  Switch off Make-to-Order features.
C)  Use a different Routing.
D)  Use a different Lot Size Key.
E)  Inclusion of Firm Planned Orders.
.

Question no 3210 : Quota Arragement for PP Planning

In SAP PP as at ECC6.0 EhP7, how can the Quota Arrangement be used in PP Planning ?

(more than one answers)

A)  External Procurement.
B)  Stock Transfer between Plants.
C)  In-house Production.
D)  Production in another Plant.
E)  Collective Order creation.
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Project System - Create Project using Templates

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Question no 3209 : Costing with Quantity Structure

In SAP PP or PPPI as at ECC6.0 EhP7, the Costing with Quantity Structure uses which of the following for Planned Cost Calculation ?

(more than one answers)

A)   BOM and Standard Routing.
B)   Recipe.
C)   Based Planning Object.
D)   Inspection Plan
E)   BOM and Rate Routing
.

Lets Log in to the SAP Cloud ...

Planet SAP

moved into the Cloud in 2012.
It was the beginning of a new Era,
as even I myself
moved all my things into the Cloud
in the same year.

No more failing hard disk,
or a need to duplicate data to multiple hard disk
anticipating possible failures of the old one.
All you need to do is now to
duplicate your data into multiple Clouds.

I follow SAP into the Clouds,
I was a dedicated SAP disciple,
I am also very much a Cloud person now.

Even now, when I teach SAP classes,
I would always say, lets log into the Cloud
first thing in the morning.

But secretly, before the class begins,
I pray
to have a peaceful day
in the SAP Cloud.

Usually my prayers are never answered !!!
I always have BAD Cloud days.

When SAP is a bit slow in processing a transaction,
I would then say to the students
"Do not walk away from your seats yet;
well, no need to fasten your seat belts,
we are experiencing turbulence in the SAP Cloud,
be patience as it will be over soon."

Occasionally, it happens as in Murphy's Law,
as no matter how well one knows the IMG,
there are days where parameters you configured
just does not seem to work when you demo in the Application,
And it is really quite embarrassing
in front of a class when you confidently
try to show something which does not work,
you get what I mean !!!
I would then say to the students
"The SAP Cloud seems to be behaving quite strange today,
I hope we are not in the wrong Cloud,
You guys go for a tea-break and
I will check on the Cloud conditions,
trust me,
it should return to normal when you come back"
To be honest, most of the time when this happens,
it is usually a slight mistake in my configuration settings,
It is usually my silly mistakes; 

When the students return from the tea break,
I would then say to the students
"The SAP Cloud was very stable, its made in Germany,
it was my silly mistake,
I was the one who caused the Cloud issues,
we are in Good SAP Cloud Conditions now"

Sometimes in the middle of an SAP Exercise,
the system just hang and log us out.
I would then say to the students
"The SAP Cloud is witnessing a terrible
thunderstorm, we have no choice
but to aboard the system or otherwise
we will "crash", this is only for your own safety,
don't worry as soon the Cloud conditions allowed,
we will take off again back into the SAP Cloud"
It did seem that such cases happen
almost around or just before Lunch Breaks !

Every Friday as I make my closing remarks
in my SAP class
I would then say to the students
"I believed you have enjoyed and learned something
in the SAP Cloud,
I know it has not been easy,
as in life there are always ups and downs,
sometimes turbulence and sometimes thunderstorms,
but don't worry
we will continue to strive
to serve you better the next time
you log into our SAP Cloud.
Have a nice weekend
while you are not in the SAP Cloud.
We look forward to
see you again in our next SAP Cloud encounter."

And by the way ...
All my teaching notes using Microsoft One Note
are in another Cloud

See, 

I have truly embraced the 
Cloud culture
I am a Cloud Person

...

Question no 3208 : Group BOM

In SAP PP as at ECC6.0 EhP7, select the correct definition of a Group BOM ?

(more than one answers)

A)   Material BOM that is created without a Plant.
B)   Super BOM.
C)   A BOM can contains material options for Variant Configuration.
D)   A BOM with more than one Usage.
E)   A method of maintaining more than one BOM using CEWB.
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Question no 3207 : Transportation Planning Point

In SAP SD-LE as at ECC6.0 EhP7, the TPP (Transportation Planning Point) is a necessary Enterprise Structure for which of the following document processing ?

(only one answer)

A)   SD Delivery Order only
B)   Both MM Inboud Delivery and SD Outbound Delivery.
C)   Shipment Document.
D)   Stock Transport Order.
E)   Transfer Requirement.
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Question no 3206 : Converting MM Quotation

In SAP MM as at ECC6.0 EhP7, one can convert the MM Quotation to which of the following subsequent document ?

(more than one answers)

A)   Purchase Requisition.
B)   Purchase Order.
C)   Contract.
D)   Scheduling Agreement.
E)   All of the above.
.

Question no 3205 : Organization Structure in SD

In SAP SD as at ECC6.0 EhP6, evaluate the following statements about SD Enterprise Structure and select the correct answers ?

(only one answer)

A)   A Sales Organization can be assigned to one or more Company Codes.
B)   A Shipping Point can be assigned only to One Sales Organization but it can be assigned to one or more Plants.
C)   A Shipping Point can be be assigned to Plants that belong to one or more Companies.
D)   A Transportation Planning Point can be assigned only to One Sales Organization but it can be assigned to one or more Plants.
E)   A Transportation Planning Point can be be assigned to Plants that belong to one or more Companies.
.

Question no 3204 : Strategy 11

In SAP PP as at ECC6.0 EhP7, which of the following MRP Elememts are segmented as not planned (display only) in the S/R List ?

(more than one answers)

A)   Stocks.
B)   Sales Order.
C)   Planned Independent Requirement.
D)   Purchase Order.
E)   Purchase Requisition.
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Plant Maintenance : Counter Reading Transfer to Sub-Equipment with its own Maintenance Plan

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Question no 3203 : Planned Independent Requirements

In SAP PP Planning as at ECC6.0 EhP7, which of the following statements are TRUE about Planned Independent Requirements EXCEPT one ?

(only one answer)

A)   It is presented in the S/R list as the Demand.
B)   After saving a PIR, it will only appear in the S/R list after an MRP run.
C)   A PIR must have a Requirement Type.
D)   A PIR can be generated and transferred from SOP or Demand Planning.
E)   Quantities from a PIR can be reduced by a Sales Order delivery.
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SAP Acronyms (Part 1)

my students always ask me

"What is SAP ?"
You can find the answer easily
in the World Wide Web,
but erm.. What is SAP ? 
Lets have some light moments before we
Login to a SAP system
comes Monday morning

Sad And Pathetic
Stress Anxiety Pain
Sweat After Purchase
Sin Awareness Program
Stop All Proposals
Start Another Proposal
Start Another Project
Send Another Payment
Silos And Politics

Suitcase And Passport


Some of you guys travel abit in SAP Projects
elsewhere beyond your home,
certainly knows too well what "Suitcase and Passport" means
enough of it, lets all go back to work
until next week


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Materials Management -Extend New Plant 8 (Valuation and Account Assignment)

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Materials Management -Extend New Plant 7 (External Service Management)

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Materials Management -Extend New Plant 6 (Logistics Invoice Verifications)

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Materials Management -Extend New Plant 5 (Consumption Based Planning)

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Materials Management -Extend New Plant 4 (Inventory Management)

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Materials Management -Extend New Plant 3 (Purchasing)

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Question no 3202 : MRP Elements

In SAP PP or MM as at ECC6.0 EhP7, which of the following MRP element cannot be displayed as Supplu element in the Stock Requirements List ?

(More than one answers)

A)   Purchase Requisition.
B)   Request for Quotation.
C)   Purchase Order.
D)   Contract.
E)   Delivery Schedules for Scheduling Agreements.
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Materials Management -Extend New Plant 2 (Logistics General)

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Materials Management -Extend New Plant 1 (Entrerprise Structure & General Settings)

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Question no 3201 : Inbound delivery for processing TR and TO before GR

In SAP LE-WMS as at ECC6.0 EhP6, in order to setup a Purchase Order to necessitate an Inbound Delivery to that GR is at the end of the process after the WMS processing completion, which of the following setup is required in the Purchase Order ?

(only one answer)

A)  Confirmation Control Key.
B)  Document Type with Inbound Delivery requirement.
C)  Appropriate Item Category.
D)  Movement Type.
E)  Material Master WM data view with Inbound Delivery activation.
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Material Management - Supplier Capacity using Quota Arrangement at MRP run

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Question no 3200 : Pre-requisites for basic WM processing

In SAP LE-WM as at ECC6.0 EhP7, which of the following are the minimum requirement for triggering a Transfer Requirement when a goods movement is SAVED ?

(more than one answers)

A)   Material Master with WM data view.
B)   Storage Location assigned to a Warehouse.
C)   Plant Storage data view in the Material Master.
D)   Storage Unit Management activation. 
E)   Material Master Accounting data view.
.

Answer: A, B

A,B) Material Master WM data view and the processing Storage Location is assigned to a Warehouse is the minimum per-requisite from the list.

D) SUM is not mandatory (similar to HUM)

C, E) Both Plant/Storage data view and Accounting data view is not necessary.