1 Extending Materials for Additional Views
15
2 Deactivating a Vendor
17
3 Deleting an Obsolete Material
19
4 Changing the Price of a Material
22
5 Changing a Material’s Base Unit of Measure
24
6 Changing the Valuation Class in the Material Master
26
7 Changing the Moving Average Price for a Material
28
8 Manually Entering a Safety Stock Value in the Material Master
31
9 Setting Up Automatic Creation for the Storage Location Data of a Material
33
10 Creating Default Storage Locations in Production
36
11 Blocking Sales Orders for a Material from Being Created
39
12 Defaulting a Profit Center Assignment to a Sales Order
42
13 Working with the Availability Check Scope
44
14 Using Material Master User Exits to Create a New Material
47
15 Adding Documents to the Material Master Record
50
16 Reversing a Goods Receipt after an Invoice
55
18 Creating a Purchase Order for a Material with No Price
60
19 Adding an Attachment to a Purchase Order
62
20 Adding Returns to a Purchase Order for a Frequently Used Vendor
64
21 Defaulting the Last Purchase Order Price for the Material
66
22 Configuring Purchase Order Conditions to Reflect the Correct Material Price
69
23 Automatically Default Purchase Order Text
71
24 Maintaining Purchase Orders en Masse
74
25 Maintaining Purchase Requisitions en Masse
77
26 Setting Up Vendor Free Goods on the Purchase Order
80
27 Copying Purchase Requisition Text to a Complete PO
84
28 Identifying Inactive Vendors by Period
87
29 Editing Configuration Fields to Generate a Purchase Order Reprint
89
30 Automatically Converting a Requisition to a PO
91
31 Posting Invoices en Masse
94
32 Choosing Vendors by Analyzing Vendor Evaluation Reports
96
33 Understanding the Confirmation Control Key
99
34 Configuring Automatic Purchase Order Creation during Goods Receipt
102
35 Changing the Purchase Order List Display
105
36 Skipping Inspection for Vendors
108
37 Defining Standard Details of Forms for Company Codes
111
38 Limiting a User’s Authorization to Create Purchase Orders
114
39 Creating a One-Time Vendor
117
40 Assigning a Reference Purchasing Organization to a Local Level
119
PART 3 Inventory Management
123
41 Manually Blocking a Storage Location
125
42 Blocking Materials from Inventory Posting
128
43 Blocking a Storage Location from Further Posting
130
44 Preventing an Inventory Back Posting to a Previous Period
133
45 Performing Month-End Closing
135
46 Performing Year-End Closing
137
47 Enabling the Use of Negative Stocks
139
48 Using Change Records to Formally Monitor and Document Changes
142
49 Configuring Criteria and Cycle Counts for ABC Analysis
145
50 Changing the Level of Inventory Management System Messages
148
51 Adding Multiple Manufacturer Part Numbers to a Material
150
52 Performing a Goods Receipt without Delivery
153
53 Processing Mass Changes to Multiple Batches
156
54 Setting Up Split Valuation with Batches
158
55 Creating a System Check for the Shelf Life Expiration Date
161
56 Configuring the Reversal of Goods Receipt after Invoice
164
57 Activating Storage Location Authorization
166
58 Processing a Free-of-Charge Delivery
169
59 Reviewing Inventory Turnover
171
60 Clearing Differences between Inventory and Warehouse Management Inventories
173
61 Setting Up Early Warnings to Improve Warehouse Efficiency
176
62 Re-Opening a Period Closing to Make a Change
179
63 Creating Automatic Scheduling Agreement Lines
181
64 Changing the Layout of the Stock Overview Report
184
65 Resetting Count Totals to Zero in Count Documents
187
66 Setting Up an Alternative Unit of Measure for a Material
189
67 Creating a Factory Calendar for a Specific Plant
195
68 Defining the Planning Calendar into Different Periods
198
69 Understanding and Entering Lead Times Correctly
201
70 Planning for External Processing Time for Vendors
204
71 Adjusting the Rescheduling Horizon
207
72 Changing the Material Master to Trigger Assembly Subcontracting
209
73 Setting Reorder Point Planning for Different Materials
213
74 Configuring Your System to Allow Backflushing
215
75 Creating a Storage Location for the MRP Area
218
76 Excluding a Storage Location from MRP Planning
221
77 Running MRP for Multiple Plants with a Planning Scope
224
78 Setting Up an MRP Area for a Subcontractor
227
79 Creating MRP Profiles with Default Values
230
80 Maintaining Different Production Versions for a Material
233
81 Transferring the Use of Discontinued Materials to Updated Materials
235
82 Accessing Material Consumption Statistics to Improve Purchasing Practices
238
83 Creating a New Movement Type by Copying an Existing Movement Type
243
84 Deactivating Standard Movement Types
246
85 Configuring the System to Allow Consignment Stock
249
86 Creating a New Purchase Order Document Type to Establish Different Purchases
252
87 Configuring the System to Assign a Valuation Class to a Specific Material Group
254
88 Freezing Stock for a Physical Inventory Count
257
89 Creating Views for User Groups in the Batch Information Cockpit
259
90 Restricting Batches for Batch Determination
262
91 Configuring Time-Based Material Substitution
265
92 Excluding Materials from Being Sold to Certain Customers
268
93 Scheduling the Period Close to Run Automatically with Dynamic Variation
270
94 Maintaining the GR/IR Account to Process Variances
273
95 Editing the Field Display in the Service Master Record
275
96 Defining Default Values for Buyers in Common Documents
278
97 Configuring Non-Standard Payment Terms After Negotiation
281
98 Setting Up Different Numbering Schemas for Material Types
284
99 Configuring the Views in the Plant-Specific Material Master
287
100 Manually Creating an Inspection Lot
289