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    THE JONES AND BARTLETT PUBLISHERS SAP BOOKS
    TRADEMARK ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    INTRODUCTION
    Ch. 1. INTRODUCTION TO SAP MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
    Ch. 2. ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
    Ch. 3. MASTER DATA
    Ch. 4. PROCUREMENT AND PURCHASING
    1. What are the special stocks used in materials management (MM)?
    2. What are the differences between company-owned special stocks and externally-owned special stocks?
    3. Why do organizations need negative stock?
    4. What are special procurement types?
    5. Define "consignment stock." What are the main features of consignment stock?
    6. How is the pricing of consignment stocks done? What information does the consignment information record contain?
    7. How are consignment stocks created?
    8. Define "consignment cycle."
    9. How is consignment material procured?
    10. How can we see the consignment stocks in SAP?
    11. How can we take consignment stocks into our own stock?
    12. Can we do the physical inventory check of consignment stocks?
    13. How can we invoice in the case of consignment stocks?
    14. What is subcontracting?
    15. How is subcontracting used in MM?
    16. What information does the subcontracting info record contain?
    17. How do we create a subcontracting purchase order (PO)?
    18. How can we view the stocks provided to a vendor?
    19. How are components (materials) provided to the vendor?
    20. How are components consumed in subcontracting?
    21. Why do we need to create physical inventory documents for an inventory cycle-count procedure of a material or materials?
    22. What is the difference between planned and unplanned consumption?
    23. How can we provide components to the vendor or subcontractor with and without a PO reference?
    24. How can one vendor obtain components from another vendor or third party?
    25. How do we verify invoices for subcontracting POs?
    26. How do we attach a document to the PO?
    27. How do we know if the PO has been issued?
    28. How can we create a subcontract order?
    29. What is STO? What are its advantages?
    30. Is the goods receipt/invoice receipt (GR/IR) account needed in inventory?
    31. How is stock transfer done between the plants? What are one-step and two-step stock transfer?
    32. Define "lot size."
    33. What is a reservation?
    34. What transaction codes are used with reservations?
    35. How is the list of all reservations in the systems displayed?
    36. What is the difference between stock transfer and transfer posting?
    37. What is the transaction code to create movement types?
    38. How can we create movement types?
    39. Why is the stock transfer order set up in the initial configuration?
    40. How is stock transferred with and without delivery?
    41. How is stock transferred in a cross-company scenario?
    42. How can we post a goods issue in the case of an STO?
    43. How can we monitor stock in transit?
    44. How is a goods receipt entered in the receiving plant in the case of an STO?
    45. How can a stock transfer be monitored in Purchasing?
    46. How is an STO created?
    47. Define "source list."
    48. How do we generate a source list?
    49. What are the different source determination procedures?
    50. How does source determination work in the case of purchase requisitions?
    51. What are purchase requisitions as related to SAP?
    52. How can a purchase requisition be created?
    53. How can we create a purchase requisition with a material master record?
    54. Can we generate a purchase requisition automatically?
    55. How can we create a purchase requisition without a material master record?
    56. How do we track a purchase requisition?
    57. When can a purchase requisition be closed?
    58. State the configuration steps for a purchase requisition.
    59. What are the important fields in a purchase requisition?
    60. How do we change a purchase requisition once it is issued?
    61. State the differences between the purchase requisition with a master record and without a master record.
    62. State the importance of the vendor evaluation in the purchase department.
    63. What are the main criteria of the vendor evaluation?
    64. How do we maintain the vendor evaluations in the MM module?
    65. What are the document types used in purchase requisitions?
    66. What is the difference between an indirectly created and directly created purchase requisition?
    67. Can a purchase requisition be manually generated through the reference of a PO or a scheduling agreement?
    68. What is a PO? What does a PO contain?
    69. Where do we define payment terms in the PO?
    70. What are the document types used in a PO?
    71. What is the difference between a blanket PO and a service order?
    72. What is price comparison?
    73. What are the document types used in scheduling agreements?
    74. What are the document types used in a contract?
    75. What is a contract?
    76. What are the different types of contracts?
    77. What is the difference between a scheduling agreement and a contract?
    78. How can we create a contract?
    79. Account assignment categories "U" and "X" can be used in purchase requisitions but not in POs. Why?
    80. What is the difference in release procedure between internal documents and external documents?
    81. Define "procurement cycle."
    82. What are the main documents used in MM?
    83. What are the various steps of the MM cycle?
    84. What is the definition of procurement?
    85. What is the account assignment category in a PO document?
    86. What is the difference between a PO and a purchase requisition?
    87. What is the creation indicator?
    88. What is the automatic generation of POs from purchase requisitions?
    89. What is a quotation?
    90. How do we enter a quotation from a vendor in the SAP system?
    91. How can we compare price factors in quotations?
    92. What are the qualitative factors that can prove advantageous to the client while bidding?
    93. How can we reject a quotation?
    94. What is an RFQ?
    95. How are RFQs and quotations processed in SAP?
    96. How can an RFQ be created?
    97. What transaction codes are used in RFQs?
    98. How can we create an RFQ in the SAP system?
    99. What is the RFQ type?
    100. List the important key fields for RFQs.
    101. What is the RFQ delivery schedule?
    102. How can we release an RFQ?
    103. What is the purchasing document category for an RFQ?
    104. How can we find the list of vendors to send an RFQ?
    105. What is the role of the confirmation control key?
    106. What is a purchasing document?
    107. What are the various transaction codes used in Materials Management Purchasing (MM-PUR)?
    108. Name some of the data points provided by purchasing for the materials.
    109. What are the external purchasing documents available in the standard SAP system?
    110. How does the SAP system differentiate between purchasing documents?
    111. How are purchasing documents numbered?
    112. What is meant by PO, as related to SAP? What are the different ways a PO can be created in SAP?
    113. How can we create a PO automatically?
    114. How can we create POs with known and unknown vendors?
    115. Can a line item in a PO be blocked after it has been created?
    116. How can we cancel a PO line item?
    117. What are the account assignment categories in a PO?
    118. Can multiple accounts be assigned to a PO line?
    119. What is an outline purchase agreement? What are the types of outline purchase agreements?
    120. What is an item category? What will happen if we use the consignment item category in SAP? What will happen if we use the subcontracting item category in a PO?
    121. What are the different types of item category?
    122. What is an account assignment category? How is it configured?
    123. What is a scheduling agreement? How can it be created?
    124. How can we create a scheduling agreement with a reference?
    125. What are the allowed account assignment categories in a PO?
    126. What is service procurement?
    127. What is the mandatory data that we must enter while creating a PO?
    128. Where can we maintain the conditions in the PO?
    129. What is the difference between procurement for stock and procurement for consumption?
    130. What is the difference between external procurement and internal procurement?
    131. What is a document type?
    132. What are the ways of converting planned orders into purchase requisitions?
    133. What transaction code is used to convert planned orders into requisitions in MRP?
    134. Can we add custom fields to POs and RFQs?
    135. What are the external purchasing documents and internal purchasing documents used in MM?
    136. How is a framework order (FO) different from a standard PO?
    137. What document types can be used in cases of service procurement?
    138. What is the procurement type? What are the procurement types used in SAP?
    139. Why should we use multiple account assignment in a PO?
    140. How is the Stock Transport Order (STO) different from the standard PO?
    141. How can we return a material that we have received with reference to a PO?
    142. How are free items managed in a PO?
    143. Which documents are used as references when we create a PO?
    144. Suppose we want to procure a material using a PO and intend to accept delivery of the material at different times. In addition, if such material has a graduated discount scale, how would we proceed to take advantage of the discount arrangement?
    145. Explain the significance of the PO price unit. In addition, what should we note in case of a goods receipt?
    146. What is the transaction code to set price control for receipts (goods/invoice)?
    147. What is the outline agreement? What is the difference between a contract and a scheduling agreement?
    148. What is the difference between quantity and value contracts?
    149. What is a centrally agreed contract?
    150. What is a service master record?
    151. List the important fields of a service master record.
    152. What is a standard service catalog (SSC)?
    153. How can the services be purchased?
    154. What is a service entry sheet?
    155. What is a blanket PO? How can it be created?
    156. What is a distributed contract?
    157. What are the allowed item categories used with contracts?
    158. How can we create a scheduling agreement in SAP?
    159. What are schedule lines?
    160. How can we create a schedule line for a scheduling agreement?
    161. How is a scheduling agreement release sent to a vendor?
    162. Define FRC and JIT.
    163. Define "firm zone" and "trade-off zone."
    164. Define "creation profile."
    165. What does the document type control? How are purchase requisition document types linked with PO and RFQ document types?
    166. What is tax code?
    Ch. 5. MATERIALS REQUIREMENT PLANNING
    Ch. 6. INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
    Ch. 7. LOGISTICS INVOICE VERIFICATION
    Ch. 8. VALUATION AND ACCOUNT ASSIGNMENT
    Ch. 9. RELEASE PROCEDURES
    GLOSSARY
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