Audience:

• Solution Consultants who are responsible for introducing procurement with SAP SCM

Objectives:

• Apply the basic functions of SAP R/3 for the procurement processes of the supply chain
• Demonstrate consumption-based planning in SAP R/3
• Demonstrate various possibilities of optimizing Purchasing, and their prerequisites
• Make purchasing-relevant Customizing settings
• You will also gain insight into the interaction between SAP R/3 and SAP APO (Advanced Planner and Optimizer), as well as Enterprise BuyerTM, with reference to external procurement
• Execute goods movements in SAP R/3 and make relevant settings for particular processings
• Prepare and carry out a physical inventory
• Enter invoices and credit memos with SAP R/3 Logistics Invoice Verification.

Content:

• SAP Business Suite Overview
• Master data in Materials Management
• Explanation and operation of the SAP R/3 function - purchase requisition, request for quotation and quotation, purchase order, goods receipt, invoice verification
• Procurement of stock material, consumable material and services
• Evaluations within SAP R/3
• Planning of procurement proposals with consumption-based planning, using reorder point planning in particular
• Entering and managing sources of supply (such as outline agreements)
• Settings for source of supply determination in purchase requisitions
• Release procedures in procurement
• Use and implementation of document types in Purchasing
• Goods receipts, goods issues, transfer postings
• Manual entry of material reservations
• Special forms of Inventory Management
• Preparation and execution of physical inventory, and sample-based physical inventory
• Invoice, credit memo and document parking
• Tax, cash discount and invoices in foreign currency
• Payment block and blocking reasons as the effects of variances in invoices, invoice release
• Invoice reduction as reaction to variances
• Optimization options in invoice entryn (background check, automation)
• Configuration options of SAP R/3 in Inventory Management, Physical Inventory, Logistics Invoice Verification and Account Determination with Customizing
• Overview of SAP implementation tool Solution Manager