Question { 40186 }

What is meant by MRP Type and lot sizing?

Answer

MRP type-
Key the determines wether and how the material is
planned.you have the following options.
-manual re-order point
-automatic re-order point
-fore-cast based planning
-material requirement planning
-master production scheduling.
LOT-SIZE-
Key that determines which lot size procedure, the system
uses with in material planning to caleculate the quantity
to be procured or produced.

Question { 40186 }

What is meant by MRP Type and lot sizing?

Answer

MRP TYPE:

A key that controls the mrp procedure(mrp,re-order point,forecast based,time phased planing)used for planning a material.

Lot sizing:

A procedure in material requirement planning used to calculate orders and production quantities.
there are three groups of procedures exist for calculating the lot size.
1. static lot sizing
2. period lot sizing
3. optimizing lot sizing

Question { Accenture, 28356 }

What is a reference purchase organization? When can it be used?

Answer

A Refference purchase organisation is used procure for
number of plants with different copany codes.this is used
for contract agreements.

Question { 30146 }

How are free items managed in a PO?

Answer

free item is managed in p.o,
1.conditions and invoice tab is not appear.
2.GR non valuated indicator is set

Question { 39042 }

What are the differences between release procedure with
classification and release procedure without classification?
When are they used?

Answer

With classification-with this procedure documents can be
released at tem level and headr level.this procedure is
used for requisations and external purchasing documents.

With out calssficaton-with this procedure documents can be
released only at item level,this procedure is used for
requisation only.

in requisations two procedures are manually exclusive,that
is to say you must decide in favore of only one of them,you
can not use both.

Question { 39042 }

What are the differences between release procedure with
classification and release procedure without classification?
When are they used?

Answer

If we use release procedure With clasification:
**With this procedure requisition can be released both at item-by-item and total,depends on the settings in document type.
**With this procedure external purchasing documents are released at header level only.
If we use release procedure without clasification:
**With this procedure requisition can only be released at item level.
**In requisition two procedures are manually exclusive,that is to say ,you must decide in favor of one of them only.you can not use both.

Question { PWC, 21186 }

Is it possible to have scales in a quotation?

Answer

u can maintain scales and conditions in quotation.eaither
it is time dependent conditions or independent conditions.

Question { HCL, 11471 }

Can anyone explain third party rocurement process?

Answer

In third party procurement process:
1.Create sales order with third party item,then system will generate a purchase requisition.
2.In purchase order, enter third party item with reference to sales order purchase requisition.
3.Vendor supplies goods to customer,you can post the statistical goods receipt in MM-IM.However it is not compulsory.
4.The vendor sends invoice to you,enter invoice in MM-IV.
5.Create billing doc for the customer.

Question { 20707 }

Can anyone explain pipeline process?

Answer

*for pipeline process,you require a material master record
for which pipeline handling is allowed.
*in this process no purchasing transactions i.e p.o,p.r,rfq
outline agreements.
*no G.R
*only info-record,the vendor price for the pipe line
material is defined in a purchasing info-record with pipe
line info type.
*in addition you can maintain source list for pipe line
material.
*if material is withdrawl from pipeline,the vendor has
liabilities,and settle withdrawl quantites.

Question { IBM, 21759 }

What are the steps in automatic account assignment config.

Answer

in spro-mm-valuation and account determination.
1.if valatn area is=plant
2.select valation groping code is active
3.group valuation area to valuation grouping code.with the
combination of comp.code and chart of accounts.
4.as per std sap account category refference is exit,if
requirement is not full fill is existing them,then we will
define account category refference.
5.then assighn the valation class to account category
refference.
6.after we will assighn the material type to account
category refference.
7.accnt madifires are link with transacton kys f the
relevent movement types.
8.cnfigure the G/L accounts for postings with combination
of account grouping code and valatn class and transaction
key and etc..

Question { 18792 }

How does the PO pick up the pricing schema?

Answer

system will search pricing schema with the combination of
schema group for vendor and schema group for purchase
organisation.

Question { 18792 }

How does the PO pick up the pricing schema?

Answer

system will search the caleculation schema with the
combination of schema group for vendor and schema group for
purchase organisation. in addition you must maintain
required schema group for vendor in vendor master record.

Question { Siemens, 22623 }

What are the steps involved in creating a pricing procedure?

Answer

1.maintain condition tables,the condition tables have key
fields
2.maitain access sequence with required condition tables.
3.maintain condition types,here you can assign accesess
sequence, also you can assign supplementory conditions with
main condition type.
4.maintain caliculation scema with the systematic
arrengement of condition types.
5.maintain scema group for purchase organition and scema
group for vendor.
6.assign caleculation scema with the combination of scema
group for vendor and scemagroup for porchase organisation.

Question { 7330 }

What are the steps involved in consignment cycle?

Answer

1.Maintain info-record with consignment info type,here you can maintain the conditions and tax.
2.To request consignment goods from vendor.
3.create p.o with consignment item category.
4.This consignment item is then posted goods directly to consignment stock of the affected vendor during the g.r.
5.The system does not valuate the consignment stock during the g.r
6.If material is with drawl from consignment stock.the with drawls are valuated,the vendor has liabilities for with drawl quantities.
7.Settle with drawl quantities.

Question { Accenture, 40532 }

How is a shelf-life item managed in SAP? What is the full cycle?

Answer

1.The self life expiration date check must be activated for the plant and movement type in IMG.
2.In the purchase order item,make sure the remaining self life is maintained.you can enter default value for the remaining self life in material master record(General plant data/storage).
3.In these prereqisities are fulfilled,the system will request that you specify the self life expiration date(SLED) in Goods receipt.