Question no 4015 : Material Type Qty and Value Update control for Purchasing Scenario

In SAP Material Management, which of the following, which of the following Material results in when Purchase Order creation requires an Account Assignment ?


A. Materials with Material Type for the Plant without Qty and without Value update.
B. Materials with Material Type for the Plant with Qty updated but without Value update.
C. Materials with Material Type for the Plant without Qty update but with Value update.
D. Materials with Material Type for the Plant with Qty and Value update.
E. All of the above.

Answer: A, B

A. Material type "without Qty update" and "without Value update" - an example of Material Type "NLAG" (Non-Stock Material) is a case of Purchase Order that requires Account Assignment which is an example of Consumables Scenario.

B. Material type "with Qty update" and "without Value update" - an example of Material Type "UNBW" (Non-Valuated Material) is also a case of Goods Receipt with Qty and Stocks no longer have Value as Values are charged to Account Assignment in the Purchase Order at Goods Receipt.

C. It is not possible to configure a Material Type "without Qty update" and "with Value update".

D. For Materials created using Material Type settings with Qty updating and with Value updating is designed basic practice of Material receiving into Stock with Quantity as well as Stock value. 

SAP MM - Planned Delivery Time in Material, Vendor and Purchasing Info Record (S/4 2023)

 

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Q&A in Class (2024-09-20) S4500

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Question: What is the difference and use of the Purchasing Group assign in the Material Master and the Business Partner Vendor?

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https://froggysap.blogspot.com/2024/09/sap-mm-purchasing-group-in-material.html

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Question: Demonstrating the Accounting Posting of Material with Standard Price and Moving Average Price from PO, GR to Invoice entry with Material Ledger in S/4HANA 2023.

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https://froggysap.blogspot.com/2024/09/sap-mm-standard-price-vs-moving-average.html

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Question: How the Planned Delivery Time in the Vendor Master and Planned Delivery Time in the Material Master are DEFAULTED to the Purchasing Info Record, and subsequently these 3 Planned Delivery Times are further Defaulted to the Purchase Requisition or Purchase Order?

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Question: the Case and processing step for LEAN Service introduced in S/4HANA.

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https://froggysap.blogspot.com/2023/01/s4-mm-lean-service-scenario-with.html

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Question: Show again the basic processing steps for Self-Service Procurement.

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https://froggysap.blogspot.com/2024/02/sap-mm-procurement-process-employee.html

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Summary of Exercise Requirement for Auto PO and Source List Requirement 

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SAP MM - Standard Price vs Moving Average Price with Material Ledger (S/4HANA 2023)

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SAP MM- Purchasing Group in Material Master and Business Partner Vendor

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SAP MM - MM Stock Value and FI Stock Value in-Consistency

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SAP MM - Special Stock "O" (Subcontracting) Vendor

 

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SAP PM - Change Priority Type and Priority for Maintenance Plan

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SAP PM - Maintenance Plan Costing (IP31)

 

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SAP PM - MD Task List Costing

 

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Q&A in Class (2024-09-13) PLM310

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Question: Provide commonly used t-code list for Preventive Maintenance Processing.

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https://froggysap.blogspot.com/2024/09/plant-maintenance-common-t-codes-and.html

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Question: Task List Costing explanation in more detail.

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https://froggysap.blogspot.com/2024/09/sap-pm-md-task-list-costing.html

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Question: Maintenance Plan Costing Simulation online and background

In IP31 for calculating Maintenance Plan Costing step must be:

1. Run selected Maintenance Plan in the Background (Immediate or Scheduled)
2. Display Costing

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https://froggysap.blogspot.com/2024/09/sap-pm-maintenance-plan-costing-ip31.html

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Plant Maintenance Common T-codes and Configuration Menu Paths

 

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Question no 4014 : a new Plant setup for Material Ledger

In SAP Controlling, when activating a new Plant for Material Ledger in S/4, which of the following are relevant ?

A) Material Type requires Quantity and Value update setting for the new Plant.
B) CKMSTART required for Production Start-ups for Material Management.
C) Assign an appropriate Material Ledger type to the Plant/Valuation area.
D) Ensure no Material Management Postings before Material Ledger activation was completed.
E) When creating the first material, do not forget to select "ML" to activate the Material Ledger in the Accounting view
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Answer: A, B, C, D

A) If Material Type is without Qty and Value Update, the Material created with that Material Type will still be without Material Ledger.
B, D) CKMSTART is required to prepare postings to MM, it is therefore highly recommended to not have any MM Postings before CKMSTART.
C) Material Ledger Type assignment is the Pre-requisite to activate the Material Ledger for the new Valuation Area/Plant.

Refer to the latest STEPs recommended by SAP Documentation for Material Ledger activation depending on the version of SAP implemented.

Product Cost Planning - Mixed Costing of Procurement Alternative

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SAP PM - Measuring Reading Transfer for MP from Superior EQ to MPs of Sub EQs (S/4HANA)

 

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SAP PM - Multi-Cycle Performance Based (Engine Hours)

 

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Q&A in Class (2024-09-06) PLM300

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Question: To show Simulation of Multi-Cycle Performance-Based Maintenance based on Engine Hours.

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https://froggysap.blogspot.com/2024/09/sap-pm-multi-cycle-performance-based.html

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Question: The number 1-12 referring to Months of the Year, the 2 Technical Object which are Container 1 and Container 2 requires Monthly Maintenance as below:

Container 1: Preventive Maintenance is Month 1,2,3,4,5,6 and no need for Period 7-12

Container 2: Preventive Maintenance is Month 7,8,9,10,11,12 and no need for Period 1-6

And the same will repeat for the next year. 

In SAP, the Maintenance Plan created for Monthly Cycle will always create MO for ALL Periods, the question is how to avoid scheduling any MO for Periods 7-12 for Container 1 as well as to avoid scheduling any MO for Periods 1-6 for Container 2. 

Answer: Refer to the Blog Post link below for recommended Solution:
https://froggysap.blogspot.com/2024/09/sap-pm-fixed-and-skipped-status-use.html

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SAP PM - Fixed and Skipped Status use case for Preventive Maintenance

 

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SAP WMS - Handling Unit Management and Storage Unit Management

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SAP TM - Integration Relevance for Delivery Integration

 

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Question no 4013 : Factory Calendar

In SAP Logistics General, Factory Calendar created via SCAL can be assigned to which of the following ?

(more than one answers)

A. Purchasing Organization.
B. Plant.
C. Shipping Point.
D. Transportation Planning Point.
E. Maintenance Work Center.
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Answer: B, C, E

Factory Calendar can be assigned to the
. Plant (for MM)
. Work Center (PPDI, PPPI, PS, PM, CS, QM for Capacity and Scheduling)
. Route (for Delivery date determination via Transit Time)
. Route (for Transportation planning date determination via Transportation Lead Time)
. Shipping Point (for Pick/Pack date determination)
. Shipping Point (for Loading date determination)
. Project Definition in PS
. WBS in PS
. Network Activity in PS
. Maintenance Order Header

SAP MM - Special Stock "K" for Vendor Consignment

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