5 Step Configuration Guide to Calculation Schema for Purchase Order in SAP

This guide explains how to configure the calculation schema for purchase order in SAP. The calculation schema is a set of rules that determines how the system calculates the net price, taxes, discounts, surcharges, and other conditions for a purchase order.
The calculation schema is assigned to a vendor or a purchasing organization in the master data. You can also change the calculation schema manually in the purchase order header or item.
To configure the calculation schema for purchase order in SAP, following steps are explained in this guide with screenshots:

  • Step1: Maintain Condition Table
  • Step 2: Define Access Sequence
  • Step 3: Define Condition Types
  • Step 4: Define Calculation Schema
  • Step 5: Define Schema Group for Vendors and Purchase Organizations

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Shelf Life Expiration Date in SAP Material Master: End Users Guide

Shelf life expiration date (SLED) is a date that indicates the end of a product’s usability. In SAP Material Master Data, SLED is used to control the inventory of perishable goods and to prevent the delivery of expired products to customers.

SLED is calculated based on the following information in the material master:

– Minimum remaining shelf life: The minimum number of days that a product must have left until its expiration date at the time of goods receipt or delivery.
– Total shelf life: The maximum number of days that a product can be stored before it expires.
– Period indicator for SLED: The unit of time (days, weeks, months, etc.) used to specify the minimum remaining shelf life and the total shelf life.
– Rounding rule for calculation of SLED: The rule that determines how the SLED is rounded up or down based on the period indicator.

For example, if a product has a total shelf life of 90 days, a minimum remaining shelf life of 10 days, a period indicator of days, and a rounding rule of round up to next day, then the SLED is calculated as follows:

– If the product is received on April 1st, 2023, then the SLED is April 1st + 90 days = June 30th, 2023.
– If the product is delivered on June 20th, 2023, then the remaining shelf life is June 30th – June 20th = 10 days, which meets the minimum requirement.
– If the product is delivered on June 21st, 2023, then the remaining shelf life is June 30th – June 21st = 9 days, which does not meet the minimum requirement. The system will issue a warning or an error message depending on the configuration.

SLED is an important feature in SAP Material Master Data that helps to ensure the quality and safety of products and to optimize the inventory management of perishable goods.
In the end user document provided in link, you are guided through:

  • Maintenance of General Plant Data/Storage view in MM01 transaction code,
  • Definition of Span for the Material
  • Browse Material Shelf Life Lists in MB5M

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End Users Guide to Service Entry Sheet Process in SAP MM

Service Entry Sheet (SES) is a document used in SAP Materials Management to confirm the receipt of services performed by a vendor. It is used to verify that the services performed are accurate and that they meet the requirements of the purchase order. The SES process involves creating a service entry sheet that references a purchase order with standard items or limit items to procure lean services. After entering the purchase order number in the service sheet all purchase order items for lean services are added to the service entry sheet by the system.
This document explains the steps required for creating Service Entry Sheet in detail with screenshots;

  • Create Service Entry Sheet: Check Output Message [ML81N]
  • Check Service Entry sheet number and Goods Receipt document in PO History [ML81N]
  • Create Service Entry Sheet: Print Out [ML83]
  • Cancel/Revoke Service Entry Sheet [ML81N]
  • Create print out put messages of Service entry sheet [MN13]

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Configuration Guide to Payment Process in SAP MM

SAP provides an automatic option for the payment program that consists on the payment request and its handling towards the conversion to a payment document. This payment program allows the companies to create documents to vendors, customers, and even G/L accounts, as well as to generate other documents that may be used to exchange with other systems, such as a bank’s system.

This option consists on creating payments based on requests instead of open items. Payment requests are blocked so that users can filter and select which of them will go on through the payment process.

At the end of this procedure, users will be able to manage payment block indicators, define clearing accounts per bank and payment methods, establish differences in dates that may occur between payment requests, payment creation and value date in house banks all based on factory calendars.

  • Define global settings [F8BG]
  • Define number ranges for payment requests [F8BM]
  • Define payment blocking indicators for accounting documents [S_ALR_87001743]
  • Define clearing accounts for receiving bank for acct. transfer [S_ALR_87001755]
  • Define ALE compatible payment methods [S_ALR_87001834]
  • Define bank clearing account determination [S_ALR_87001860]
  • Define diff. in days between value date of house/partner bank [S_ALR_87001895]
  • Define factory calendar per currency [S_ALR_87001909]
  • Define number of days between payment run date and value date at house bank [S ALR 87099738]
  • Define clearing accounts for cross-count bank account transfers [S_PLO_09000090]

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SAP S/4 HANA: Self Service Procurement Guide

S/4 HANA has introduced Self-Service Procurement as a way to make purchasing easier for casual users and give employees the ability to purchase the products and services they need. The procurement function offers an intuitive shopping cart interface and user-friendly online catalog, allowing users to easily purchase goods and services. Additionally, it can automate and control the purchasing process, helping procurement organizations enforce purchasing strategies and contract compliance, and streamline the purchasing process. Users can also access supplier-managed product information, including specifications, configurable items, and pricing, to quickly identify the right products and services. SAP provides direct access to procurement catalogs through the purchase requisition. These catalogs, managed by catalog administrators, assist end users in making purchasing decisions using preferred and contracted suppliers. Self-service procurement enables users to search and compare options to find the right products and services using existing catalog management tools.

Following topics are covered in this Self Service Procurement cookbook document;

  • Changes identified with respect to SAP Business Suite (IE ECC, SCM, APO etc)
  • Key business benefits for S4 HANA 1610 – Use cases, Cost Case etc
  • Migration to S4 HANA 1610
  • Process Independent Implementation (Configuration) Steps for Self-Service Procurement
  • Indirect procurement using self service requisitioning from material master

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Release Procedure in SAP: Configuration Guide

In SAP, the release procedure is an electronic document approval process for purchase requisition and external purchase documents. It involves checking the correctness of data and providing authorization to purchase. Before SAP implementation, handwritten approvals are required from all necessary authorities, which is time-consuming. The release procedure is used to eliminate this inefficiency.
This document describes 3 steps required to configure release procecedure in SAP;

  • Release Procedure with/without classification (comparison)
  • Step 1: Create Characteristic [CT04]
  • Step 2: Define Class (Assign All Characteristics to One Class) [CL02]
  • Step 3: Define Release Group, Release Code, Release Indicator and Release Strategy

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SAP S4/HANA MM Configuration Guide [149 Pages PDF]

This SAP S4/HANA MM configuration guide provides end-to-end implementation steps for configuring Materials Management module for a steel sheet tools & components manufacturing company. The document covers the necessary documentation and methodology used in SAP implementation projects. Upon completion of guide, you will be able to identify and analyze the business requirements of steel manufacturing company for the Procurement to Payment process cycle, and configure the SAP MM module accordingly.

  • Enterprise Structure Definition
  • Enterprise Structure Assignments
  • General Logistics Configurations
  • Materials Management – Configuring Purchasing
  • Materials Management – Configuring External Services Management
  • Materials Management – Configuring Inventory Management & Physical Inventory
  • Business Partner Customization
  • Material Master Field Length
  • Business Rule Framework Plus for PO Output Determination
  • Business function activation
  • Subcontracting Configuration
  • Version Management in PO
  • Material Ledger Configuration

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