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To work in the SAP ERP application, you require an understanding of the basic configuration concepts in
SAP ERP

1) Configuration Data
2) Master Data
3) transactional Data
1 ) configuration Data :
A ) It is often referred to as one time data
B ) This means that the configuration data should not change
C) If it changes, it is tracked or monitored.
2 ) Master Data :
A) It is referred to as a slow changing data because the Data of the particular object does not change at all the time.
B) It can change several times a year.
3 ) Transactional Data :
All transactional data is related to some form of Master Data or configuration.
A ) Material master
B ) Bill Of Material
C ) Routing

During Implementation, the SAP ERP landscape typically consists of the Following Servers :
Some of the important units of the organizational structure are as follows :
A ) Client
B ) Company Code
C ) Plant
D ) Storage Location

A ) client :
I) It is a unit that is self-contained in Legal, Organizational and data Terms.
II) it has separate Master Records , and an independent set of tables
III) It is the highest hierarchical level in the SAP ERP application.
IV) Specifications you make or Data that enters at this level apply to all company codes and other organizational units.
V) Therefore, at the client level you do not have to Enter the specifications and Data in the system more than once.

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B ) Company Code :

A) It is the smallest organizational unit of external accounting for which a complete self-contained book keeping system can be replicated.
B) It represents an independent Unit that produce its own balance sheet ,
For Example : A company with a corporate Group

C ) Plant :
I ) It is an organizational unit within logistics that subdivides an enterprise from the perspective of :
Production

Procurement

And Material Planning.

D ) Storage Location :
I) It is an organizational unit that helps differentiate stock of material within a plant .
II) Inventory management is carried out in the plant at storage location level .
III) physical inventory Is also carried out at the storage location level
Example of links between Organizational Units :
A) Plant 1000 is assigned to Company
code 1000
B) Company code is assigned To
controlling area 1000

Sales Organization :
The sales Organization is responsible for selling and Distribution Goods and services .
II ) The sales organization can be used to represent
A ) A regional
B ) National
C ) or An International Sub- Division of a marketplace in which products are sold
III ) A sales organization is uniquely assigned to company code
IV) Company code may have more than one sales organization assigned to it.
V) If the sales and Distribution component is used at least one sales organization is used.

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To Navigate To Organizational Structures

1 ) RUN Transaction SPRO

This is The SPRO Screen.

2) In customizing ,
Choose Enterprise Structure

Assignment

Logistics General

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Assigned Plant To company Code

Choose Assign Business Area to Plant / Valuation

Area and Division

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3 ) Choose
Enterprise Structure

Assignment

sales and Distribution

Assign Sales Organization to Company Code

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Enterprise Structure

Assignment

Materials Management

Assign Purchasing Organization To company code

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The Following Master Data Objects Are required To initiate planning And Execution functions IN SAP ERP
1 ) Material Master
2 ) Bill Of material
3 ) Work center
4 ) Routing Or task List

1 ) Material Master :
I ) The material Master contains information About the materials that a company
Constructs
Procures
Manufactures
stores
Sells.
II ) The information is stored in a database that is the central source of data on Material.

2 ) Bill of Material :
I) It is a complete formally structured list of the components that make up a Product or Assembly .
It contains
a ) A description
b ) Object Number for each component ,
c ) together with the quantity
d ) unit of measure
II) BOM can exist at plat or at client level.
III) BOM s Are single level.
iv) BOM item can also contains components so that Multilevel production can also described by a single level BOM from the Finished Product

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3 ) Work center :
I) A work center is where a particular operation is Executed.
II ) work centers are also called
a ) machine
b ) Labor
c ) capacity

III) Work centers can be defined as individual or multiple machines, Peoples, Tools, and So On.
IV) Work centers are used in Routings and in Orders.

4) Routings :
I) A routings Describes a production Cycle .
II) It defines Operations and the sequence in which they are carried out.

Operations : 10 - Pre assembly

20 - Checking
30 Final Assembly
40 - Checking
50 - Delivery

I) Creation of Plant
In Customizing, CHOOSE
Enterprise structure

Definition

Logistics General

Define Copy , Delete , Check

Plant

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After Clicking On execution OF Define , Copy , Delete , Check Plant The Following screen Appears

I)
Double click
Define Plant -----The Following Screen
Appears
II ) choose the Plant
1000
III ) Choose ( Details )

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Now, Choose Copy Delete Check Plant

Choose copy Org Object ------ This screen appears

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Now Enter 100 , from plant field

Enter P114 to the plant field

Now

II ) Assign the Plant to an existing company

code
Choose

Enterprise structure

Assignment

Logistics -General

Assign plant to Company code

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In
Customizing
Choose

a)

Production

Shop Floor Control

Master data

Order

Define Order type Dependent Parameter

b ) Choose position
c ) in the plant field ,
Enter P114

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Storage Location :
1) It is an Organizational unit that helps differentiate stock of materials within a plant
2) you can assign several Storage locations to plant

To create Storage Locations IN SAP ERP Applications

In Customizing
Choose
A)

Enterprise Structure

Definition

Materials management

Maintain Storage Location

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B ) In the plant field Enter P114

C ) Choose continue
D ) choose the New entries Push
Button

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E ) In the Storage location Field , Enter OS01

And In the description Field Enter offsite 1.
.

Creation Of MRP Areas :

MRP areas can be of the following Types :

A ) Plant
B ) Storage Location
C ) Vendor ( Subcontractor )

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To Find MRP areas In Customizing

Choose

Material master :

Material master contains information about the material that a company

Constructs
manufactures
Procures
Stores
sell
A ) Finished Product ( Product or Article ) .
B ) Semi Finished Product ( Subassembly ) .

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C ) Raw material ( Purchased part )

To Create a material master and a material master record in SAP ERP , You need to have the following general
information :

A ) Material master
B ) Industry Sector
C ) Material type
D ) Unit of Measure

b ) Basic data 1 View and then choose Continue

c) In the Basic unit of measure, enter pc.
d) Enter pump GR 190 as the Description
e ) choose the additional push button and choose the units of Measure tab
page
F ) Enter a conversation factor for 1PAL equals 15 pc
g ) save your Data

b ) Basic data 1 View and then choose Continue

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c) In the Basic unit of measure, enter pc.

d) Enter pump GR 190 as the Description
e ) choose the additional push button and choose the units of Measure tab
page

F ) Enter a
conversation
factor for 1PAL
equals 15 pc
g ) save your
Data

Material T-F190created

Material Master Record Creation

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Following are the Transactions to Create material master

A ) MM01

Create general ( Immediately )

A1) MM01

Change material master ( Immediately )

B ) MM11

Create ( general ) Planned for the future

B1) MM12

Change existing views that you planned for the future

C ) CEWB

create using Engineering Workbench ( EWB )

D) MM17

change using Mass maintenance ( Immediately )

E ) CC04

Change using the product structure Browser immediately

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