SAP ECC 6.
0 Implémentation
Material Management
Configuration Document
Contents
Material Management........................................................................................................3
1 Purpose.......................................................................................................................3
2 Configuration...............................................................................................................3
2.1 Material management Configuration..................................................................3
2.1.1 Organizational Units.......................................................................................3
2.1.1.1 Define Plant............................................................................................3
2.1.1.2 Copy, delete, check plant.......................................................................6
2.1.1.3 Maintain Storage location.......................................................................8
2.1.1.4 Maintain Purchase Organization............................................................9
2.1.1.5 Assign Plant to company code.............................................................10
2.1.1.6 Assign Business Area to Plant / Valuation area & Div.........................11
2.1.1.7 Assign Purchasing Organization to company code..............................14
2.1.1.8 Assign Purchasing Organization to Plant.............................................15
2.1.1.9 Create Purchasing groups....................................................................16
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1 Material Management
2 Purpose
The purpose of this document is to describe the general CO configuration done in LIIL
3 Configuration
3.1 Material management Configuration
3.1.1 Organizational Units
3.1.1.1 Define Plant
Use
Purpose of this activity is to define Plant.
Each Project under company code is defined as Plant. For plants naming convention
please refer KDS document.
The country key is India (IN)
Factory calendar Z1 & Z2 (i.e. Ambuja Factory Calendar - SAP) for all HO & sites.
The valuation level is Plant.
Procedure
1. Access the activity using one of the following navigation options:
Transaction Code SPRO
IMG Menu IMG Enterprise structure Definition Logistic
General Define, copy, delete, check Plant
2. Choose activity – Define Plant
3. Make the following new entries:
Field name Description User action and values Note
Plant Plant Number Enter Plant Number Refer KDS for
org elements
Select Factory calendar.
Factory Calendar Factory Calendar ( Std or defined – as per
requirement )
Address
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Field name Description User action and values Note
Title Title
Name Name Name of the plant
Search term 1/2 Short name
Enter address
Address details
details
Country Country Select country
Region Region Select region / state
Communication Communication Enter phone no, fax no,
details details email details
4. Save your entries.
Result
Plant is defined.
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3.1.1.2 Copy, delete, check plant
Use
The purpose of this activity is to copy plant related tables for newly defined plant.
Plant related tables to be copied from standard plant 0001 to first new plant defined. For
subsequent new plants, tables to be copied by copying existing plant to newly defined
plant.
Procedure
1. Access the activity using one of the following navigation options:
Transaction Code SPRO
IMG Menu IMG Enterprise structure Definition Logistic
General Define, copy, delete, check Plant
2. Copy from Plant 4000/5000 HO Plants to newly defined plant.
3. Select copy button, system will give two fields for copying plant. System prompts to
have a reference plant for copy. In another field keep new plant name.
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3.1.1.3 Maintain Storage location
Use
The purpose of this activity is to maintain storage location for the plant.
In plant inventory is kept at storage locations. Stocks are seen storage location wise.
Procedure
1. Access the activity using one of the following navigation options:
Transaction Code SPRO
IMG Menu IMG Enterprise structure Definition Materials
management maintain storage location
2. Make following entries:
Field name Description User action and values Note
Plant Plant Select Plant under which
storage location to be
created
3. Save entries.
Result
Storage locations are maintained for the plant
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3.1.1.4 Maintain Purchase Organization
Use
The purpose of this activity is to maintain purchasing organization.
Procedure
1. Access the activity using the following navigation options:
Transaction Code SPRO
IMG Menu IMG Enterprise structure Definition Materials
management maintain purchasing organization
2. Make following new entries
Field name Description User action and values Note
Purchasing Purchasing Enter purchasing
organization organization organization code &
description
3. Save your entries.
Result
Purchasing organization is maintained
Here in AmbujaNeotia, Central Purchase Organization is being defined. Project specific
Purchasing Organizations are also defined.
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3.1.1.5 Assign Plant to company code
Use
The purpose of this activity is to Assign Plant to company code.
Procedure
1. Access the activity using one of the following navigation options:
Transaction Code SPRO
IMG Menu IMG Enterprise structure Assignment Logistic
general Assign Plant to company code
2. Delete default assignment of Plant with company code & make following new entries
Field name Description User action and values Note
Company Company code
code Select company code &
plant code for assignment
Plant Plant
3. Save entries.
Result
Plant is assigned to company code.
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3.1.1.6 Assign Business Area to Plant / Valuation area & Div.
Use
The purpose of this activity is assignment of Business area - plant – division & Business
area – Valuation area – division
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Prerequisites
Configuration of Division by SD consultant
Procedure
1. Access the activity using the following navigation options:
Transaction Code SPRO
IMG Menu IMG Enterprise structure Assignment Logistic
general Assign Business area to plant / Valuation
area and division
2. Delete default assignment & make following new entries
Field name Description User action and values Note
Plant Plant
Select Plant code,
Business Business area Business area code &
area Division code for the
assignment
Division Division
Valuation Valuation Area
Area Valuation area code,
Business area code &
Business Business area
Division code for the
area
assignment
Division Division
5. Save entries.
Result
Assignment of Business area - plant – division & Business area – Valuation area –
division
In this step you assign the plant / valuation area and division combination
to a business area to enable automatic business area account assignment.
Combination Plant - Division
The R/3 System uses the plant and the division to find the relevant business area
for account assignment for revenue postings (SD).
Combination Valuation Area - Division
The ERP system uses the valuation area and the division to find the relevant
business area for account assignment when material postings are made (e.g.
goods movements in Inventory Management, invoice receipts in Invoice
Verification).
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Requirements
The following objects must exist:
Valuation area
Plant
Division
Business area
Activities
Check whether the valuation level is the plant or the company code.
Valuation level = company code
Maintain the business area assignments separately for each individual plant and
valuation area.
Valuation level = plant
o You can maintain business area assignments for all plants and valuation
areas together. To do this, choose Plant/valuation area - Division.
o If you want to define different business area assignments for revenue
postings and material postings, maintain these objects separately.
If any assignments are missing for valuation areas, you can copy these automatically
from the plant assignments.
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3.1.1.7 Assign Purchasing Organization to company code
Use
The purpose of this activity is assignment of purchasing organization to company code.
If the central purchasing organization is catering more plants, which are under different
company, then it should not be assigned to company code.
Prerequisites
N/A
Procedure
3. Access the activity using the following navigation options:
Transaction Code SPRO
IMG Menu IMG Enterprise structure Assignment Materials
Management Assign purchasing organization to
company code
4. make following entries
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Field name Description User action and values Note
Purchasing Purchasing
organization organization Select purchasing org &
company code for
Company Company code assignment
code
6. Save entries.
Result
Assignment of purchasing organization to company code
3.1.1.8 Assign Purchasing Organization to Plant
Use
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The purpose of this activity is assignment of purchasing organization to Plant. If the
central purchasing organization is catering more plants, then it should be assigned to all
those plants.
Prerequisites
N/A
Procedure
1. Access the activity using the following navigation options:
Transaction Code SPRO
IMG Menu IMG Enterprise structure Assignment Materials
Management Assign purchasing organization to Plant
2. make following entries
Field name Description User action and values Note
Purchasing Purchasing
organization organization Select purchasing org &
Plant for assignment
Plant Plant
3. Save entries.
Result
Assignment of purchasing organization to plant
3.1.1.9 Create Purchasing groups
Use
The purpose of this activity is to create purchasing groups. Department Wise Purchasing
groups are defined.
Procedure
1. Access the activity using the following navigation options:
Transaction Code SPRO
IMG Menu IMG Materials management Purchasing create
purchasing group
2. Make following new entries
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Field name Description User action and values Note
Purchase Purchase group As per KDS, create
group description purchase groups
3. Save your entries.
Result
Purchasing groups are created
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