Changing the Material Valuation Types

 

Assuming you have defined split valuation types in the sap img, you must remove all stock for the current period and one previous period before you can create the material with different valuation types.

The best method is to wait until the last day of a period, and then perform a physical inventory adjustment to remove the stock.

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Safety Stock Calculation

In normal materials management there are basically 2 basic inventory management systems, the P system and the Q system. 

P system is a system wherein replenishment is done keeping the quantity constant. The period becomes the variant. In other words you fix the quantity you want the stock to dip, to trigger a requirement. As soon as the stock level is reached you replenish the stock. During a lean period the time taken to reach the level will be longer and during an active period the time taken to reach that stock could drop.This normally relates with your consumption based planning. 

Q system is a system wherein replenishment is done keeping the period constant. The quantity becomes the variant. In other words you will check for the level of stock at fixed time intervals (daily, weekly, monthly etc.) compare it with the requirements on that day and trigger the procurement process for replenishment.This normally relates with your MRP.

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Adding Pictures Material Master Data

DISPLAYING MATERIAL MASTER DATA JPG IMAGES

TCODE: OMT3B CHOSE ONE SECTION AND SAPLMGD1 –> ZZ2 THEN CREATE THIS REPORT

YOU SHOUL PLACE A CUSTOM CONTAINER NAMED : C100 IN YOUR SUBSCREEN (001 ).

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Customized Transactions:SE93

One of the most asked question in a SAP interview is whether it is possible to have a self defined transaction code in SAP. The answer to the question is simple and if given tactfully can impress the interviewers.

To start with, yes, self-defined reports, transactions or functions are possible within SAP. There might be numerous reasons why a company might go in for customized transaction codes or for that matter reports.

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SAP MM Requirements for Setting up Plant

In SAP MM materials management, Plant represents a location where valuated stocks are maintained. In other cases, plant can also be looked at as a location for maintaining or servicing. Transaction code OX10 can be used to define a plant in SAP. However, SAP MM requires certain pre-requisites before a plant can be defined in SAP. The three maiin requirements for configuring plant are country keys, factory calendar and region keys.

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Internal Tables of ABAP

Internal tables are a way to store variable datasets of a fixed structure in the working memory of ABAP. The data is stored on a row-by-row basis, where each row has the same structure.

Internal tables provide the functionality of dynamic arrays and relieve the programmer of the expenditure of a program-controlled dynamic memory management (see Memory management of deep data objects. Internal tables are preferably used to store and format the content of database tables from within a program. Furthermore, internal tables in connection with structures are the most important means of defining very complex data structures in an ABAP program.

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