This title has been revised to include material planning, MM-QM integration and Interview Question and Answer. Additionally, an analysis paper has been included to give SAP integrations perspective to the reader under the environment of merger and acquisition. This revised edition now offers comprehensive coverage of SAP MM module & its integration and its application in business process.
This title covers all the business process and concept pertaining to purchase management, inventory management, vendor invoice verification, material planning and MM-QM integration to enable the audiences to use SAP MM (materials management) module effectively at the level of user, management and/ or as a consultant.
SAP has dominated the world of ERP market and is being used in every other small or major organization. Success of SAP is attributed to its adherence to GMP (good manufacturing practice) and best business practice in every industry sector. SAP has standardized business and finance process and their integration worldwide due to its dominance.
Process Integration is the key because of which, SAP ECC has become the engine of supply chain management. It integrates all the stakeholders and fragmented sub processes and events, to deliver best to the customer. Prologue, (Supply chain management through SAP: An Introduction) briefly describes how supply chain is managed through SAP. Author has tried to dissect the various layers and components of supply chain and describes how the various modules of SAP fit into them to integrate and strengthen supply chain.
This title is divided in 8 chapters, a section on interview Q&A and an annexure. Chapters are as given below:-
1. Materials Management: Manage Sourcing, Supply and Inventory through SAP 2. Business processes in procurement 3. Inventory management, valuation and Physical inventory 4. Financial Accounting Integration with Materials Management 5. Logistics Invoice Verification 6. Country India Version (CIN) 7. Materials Requirement Planning 8. Materials Management and Quality Management Integration 9. Section IQ&A: Materials Management and CIN interview Q&A 10. Annexure: An Annexure at the end contains following case studies § SAP Project Implementation § SAP Implementation in Agro Industry § Post Merger integration of SAP