SAP Inventory Planning and Monitoring Manual

The Materials Management module includes two sub-modules; procurement and inventory management. Inventory management entails the planning and control of material stocks by quantity and value. It also includes the planning, data entry and documentation of all goods movements to, from, and within the storage locations in the stock plant. Any transaction that will cause a change of stock is entered in real time and the resulting update of the stock takes place immediately. This provides the user with an overview of the stock level of any material that is always current.

The objective of this document is to provide an overview of the business process for the inventory cycle from the creation of a material master, procurement, [MIGO] goods receipt, [MB1A] goods issue and the physical inventory process.

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How to Monitor SAP Systems

This document is intended for all persons who are responsible to monitor Production Systems in SAP. Following activities are explained in detail with screenshots:

  • Check SAP Process Overview [ SM51/ SM50 ]
  • System Wide Work Process Overview [SM66]
  • Users Logged On [AL08/ SM04]
  • Spool Requests [SP01]
  • Check SAP Locks [SM12]
  • Check for Updates [SM13]
  • Check System Log [SM21]
  • Check Background Jobs [SM37]
  • SAP Buffers [ST02]
  • Workload Analysis [ST03]
  • Operating System Monitor [ST06]
  • ABAP Dump Analysis [ST22]
  • Database Analysis [ST04]
  • Check Database Performance[DB0]2
  • Check E-Mail and Fax Messages [SOST]
  • Check for failed IDOCs [WE02/ WE05]

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SAP Query Tutorial for Beginners

SAP Query is SAP’s tool to define and execute once own reports without knowing ABAP programming language. In this document following key topics to explore SAP Query are covered in detail:

  • What is SAP Query? Purpose and Advantages of SAP Query?
  • Configuration for SAP Query
  • Create transaction for SAP-Query
  • Creating Ad Hoc query (HCM related infoset query)
  • Developing SAP Query for Task List Data Extraction
  • Transport of SAP Query objects
  • Setting the Expiry date in SAP Query
  • SAP Query for getting hourly background job status
  • Building an SAP Query using ABAP Code
  • Development of Basic List Query using SAP Query
  • Working with infosets/User Groups/Query in detail

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Yet Another Step by Step ABAP Query Tutorial

ABAP Query is a functional tool used to develop simple report by writing queries instead of writing ABAP report program i.e. without ABAP coding. All you need is to join the table and drag and drop field that you wish to occur in the report.

This document gives brief introduction on ABAP concepts and stepwise approach to create ABAP Query. Step by step approach of creating ABAP query is covered as following in this tutorial:

  • Create User Group [SQ03]
  • Create Infoset [SQ02]
  • Create Queries [SQ01]

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How to Configure Email on SAP ?

SAPconnect provides a direct connection to the Internet using the SMTP plug-in of the SAP Web Application Server. This enables you to send and receive Internet mails without the need for an additional external communication system, as well as faxes and text messages (pager/SMS). The SMTP plug-in is available for Internet mail as of SAP Web AS 6.10, and for fax and text messages (pager/SMS) as of SAP Web AS 6.20.

The purpose of this document is to detail the steps required to setup email from SAP with configuration of SMTP. See the step by step covered processes below:

  • Configure user ID email addresses [SU01]
  • Configure SMTP Node [SCOT]
  • Testing the email [SO01]
  • Pushing queued messages manually [SCOT]

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Sample SAP Production Planning (PP) Business Blueprint (BBP)

This document describes the proposed blue print for SAP Implementation at a company. It outlines all the business processes associated within the scope of implementation. The intent of the document is to define the TO-BE model for the process for which an AS-IS study was conducted during the knowledge gathering phase.

The production planning within SAP (PP) would encompass all activities relating to Material Requirement Planning (MRP) and processing through production. It would include master data maintenance and the controlling transactions needed for the same.

The blueprint aims to cover all the business processes within the scope of the project and in case there are any processes which are not covered for lack of clarity, better solution, etc these would be detailed as additions to the blueprint as and when they are ready. See below the covered topics;

  • Organizational Structure
  • Material Master: Bill Of Material, Work Center, Routing
  • Demand Management
  • MRP
  • MRP Controller
  • Capacity Planning
  • Production Process Execution
  • Process Flow
  • PP Standard Report

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