Inventory Configuration
Inventory Configuration
Table of Contents
Objective ............................................................................................................................................... 3
IMG Menu The Starting Point ........................................................................................................... 4
Start of the SAP MM Inventory Management Configurations............................................................. 5
The Basic Material Master Configuration : Units of measurement...................................................... 5
Where does the user maintain the UOM? ............................................................................................. 7
Industry Type for Material Master........................................................................................................ 8
Delete or Add in Storage Location for the new Plant......................................................................... 11
General Plant Settings in Inventory Management .............................................................................. 11
Define the Attributes of System Messages ......................................................................................... 13
Start of the Number Range Configurations ........................................................................................ 15
Define Number Assignment for Accounting Documents................................................................... 15
Define Number Assignment for Material and Phys. Inv. Docs .......................................................... 18
Define Number Assignment for Reservations .................................................................................... 19
Start of the Individual Fields IMG Settings........................................................................................ 20
Field Selection for Goods Movements Initial/Header Screens........................................................... 20
Field Selection for MIGO ................................................................................................................... 21
Field Selection per Mvt Type ............................................................................................................. 21
Define Screen Layout for Movement Type ........................................................................................ 22
Settings for Transactions and Reference Documents ......................................................................... 24
Create Storage Location Automatically.............................................................................................. 26
Set Manual Account Assignment for Movement Type ...................................................................... 27
Maintain Copy Rules for Reference Documents ................................................................................ 28
Set Up Dynamic Availability Check................................................................................................... 29
Generate Physical Inventory Documents for Goods Movements....................................................... 32
Allow Negative Stocks ....................................................................................................................... 33
Set Missing Part Check....................................................................................................................... 34
Default the Delivery Completed Indicator ...................................................................................... 35
For GR-Based IV, Reversal of GR Despite Invoice ........................................................................... 36
Record Reason for Goods Movement................................................................................................. 37
How to Define, Copy or Change a Movement Types?....................................................................... 38
Default Print Control for Material Document..................................................................................... 41
Define Stock List Display for MMBE ................................................................................................ 47
Define Valuation Class ....................................................................................................................... 49
Configure Automatic Postings to G/L Accounts ................................................................................ 51
Storage Location Indicator to allowed/disallowed Physical Inventory Freezing ............................... 58
Configuration for Vendor Consignment ............................................................................................. 59
Business Process Flow for Vendor Consignment............................................................................... 60
The Initial Inventory during Implementation ..................................................................................... 63
Static versus dynamic data conversion ............................................................................................... 66
A Sample note on Inventory Balance Conversion.............................................................................. 66
Appendix A: The Inventory Goods Movement Configuration Links Explain ................................... 67
Appendix B: Restrict the Storage Location from any Goods Movement........................................... 68
Appendix C: Allows/Disallowed Goods Movement Posting to Previous Period............................... 70
Appendix D: How to Archive the Materials Documents? .................................................................. 71
Appendix E: Configure the Cycle Count in SAP................................................................................ 76
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Objective
The objective of this paper is to provide the SAP MM consultant with a step-by-step guides
at configuring the SAP MM Inventory Management module. It is structure in the form of
how-to-do configurations method.
When you do the SAP configuration, sequence is not really important as long as all
the MM Inventory Management modules Features that need to be used have been
configured.
Notes:
Initial IMG Action : Required (this are dynamic data which are unique to the company)
Initial IMG Action : Usually Not required (it depends on the customer requirement)
Initial IMG Action : Not required (normally this kind of configuration is quite static, most of
the customer will accept the SAP default and may request for changes after going live for a
period of time)
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For e.g. assuming that the Materials Master Base UOM is SH - Sheet and you need to
transact in KG. Input the X (Denominator) and Y (Numerator) for Conversion to Base Units
of Measure column and the system will automatically calculate the Number column for you
once you hit the Enter key.
Please note that you may enter only whole numbers in the numerator and denominator
fields; that is, if 3.14 m correspond to one piece, you must enter integer multiples (314 m
= 100 PC). In this case, the quotient is therefore 100/314 (the numerator being 100 and the
denominator 314).
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The Field reference above points to the Fields in Tcode MM01/MM02/MM03 where the
user used for maintaining their Material Master Record.
If you intend to create a new Field ref., it has to begin with a y or z.
IMG Shortcut :
OMS9
Double click on
and you will see the Fields of each Material Master.
The attributes of Field Sel. Group have a higher priority than the Field reference.
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For e.g. Field selection grp 1 contains the following fields which are all Required Entry as
you can see from the above screen.
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You are allow to create a new version (for example, ZZ) and this is maintained as a
parameter ID MSV in the user master record, thus representing a user or a user group.
Transaction :
SU01
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Configure the Financial Document Type with the relevant Number Range
Financial Accounting documents are split into document types in order for the system to
differentiated document number assignment, which is the basis for distinguishing between
the various accounting operations. A number range is assigned to each document type. In
a company code, you have to define number intervals for each number range and fiscal
year. In inventory management, the transaction determines which document type is used.
To view the Financial Accounting Document Types:
Click Financial accounting document types
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In the standard SAP Inventory Management System, no change is required as the following
the document types have been predefined:
WA for goods issues, transfer postings, other goods receipts
WE for goods receipts with reference to purchase orders
WF for goods receipts with reference to production orders
WI for inventory differences
WL for goods issues with reference to deliveries (SD)
WN for net posting of goods receipts
PR for revaluation documents
Click the Goods issue document type and you can view the default Doc. Type that have
been pre-defined.
You can see that each document type has been assigned a number range. In company
code 0001, number intervals are defined for each number range both for the current and
the previous fiscal year.
Number range 49 with the year-related interval 4900000000 to 4999999999 is assigned
to the document types for all goods movements, except goods movements with
reference to purchase/production orders.
Document type WE is used for goods receipts with reference to purchase orders and
production orders. This document type is assigned number range 50 with the yearrelated interval 5000000000 to 5099999999.
Please note that the net postings of goods receipts (document type WN) are not active in
the standard system. If you want to post goods receipts net, you have to assign document
type WN (instead of WE) to the transaction MB01.
Document type WI is used for posting inventory differences. This document type is
assigned the number range 01 with the year-related interval 0100000000 to
019999999999.
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To change to field attribute, just tick accordingly on the one of the option buttons.
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You can specify for each field whether it is an optional entry or a mandatory entry. In the
table, you see all fields that are visible. You can access the setting Field Invisible by
deleting the appropriate entry from the table.
There is no distinction between different special stock indicators in these entries. Special
stock fields are always suppressed automatically.
Menu Path : IMG Materials Management Inventory Management and Physical
Inventory Settings for Enjoy Transactions Settings for Goods Movements (MIGO)
Field Selection for Mvt Type
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This is the Second screen. Double click on any of the Select group Field e.g General
data
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This is the Last screen where you change the Field Input Options
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If you need only certain transactions (for example, goods receipts or goods issues), you
can choose from the following preset transactions code:
MIGO
- Used to enter all goods receipts.
MIGO_GR - Used to enter goods receipts from external procurement.
MIGO_GO - Used to enter goods receipts for production orders.
MIGO_GI - Used to enter goods issues.
Configure the settings for transactions and reference documents:
1. Choose the transaction with which you want to enter goods movements.
2. For each transaction, define which transactions and reference documents you want to
reference when you post goods movements.
Menu Path : IMG Materials Management Inventory Management and Physical
Inventory Settings for Enjoy Transactions Settings for Goods Movements (MIGO)
Settings for Transactions and Reference Documents
To configure the Reference document, select a Tcode and click Reference document of the
left screen.
Just Tick or Untick the Active column and the Reference document will appear or
disappear accordingly when the user use the transaction MIGO - Goods Receipt for
Purchase Order.
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Automatic Creation of Storage Location for Goods Issues and Transfer Postings
Specify whether the automatic creation of storage location data is allowed for goods issues
and transfer postings. This is advisable if you work with negative stocks and a material's
first movement may be an outward movement. Note that the reversal movement for a
goods issue, for example, movement type 202 or 262, is not considered as an issue but as
a receipt.
If you only use the automatic creation of storage location data for reversals of goods
issues, you do not have to allow negative stocks. The storage location data is only created
if the quantity is posted to 'standard' storage location stock. It is not created for receipts into
a special stock (for example, into sales order stock).
Transaction :
OMB2
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The storage location data is only created if the quantity is posted to 'standard' storage
location stock. It is not created for receipts into a special stock (for example, into sales
order stock).
Transaction :
OMB3
(a) Plant
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These are the IMG transaction and Menu path where you can configure the Set Manual
Account Assignment. You can have a look but no changes are necessary.
Transaction : Menu Path : IMG Materials Management Inventory Management and
Physical Inventory Goods Issue / Transfer Postings Set Manual
OMB6
Account Assignment
Transaction : Menu Path : IMG Materials Management Inventory Management and
Physical Inventory Goods Receipt Set Manual Account Assignment
OMCH
Transaction : Menu Path : IMG Materials Management Inventory Management and
Physical Inventory Automatic Movements Set Manual Account
OMJ9
Assignment
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The IMG settings is straight forward. Just tick or untick those stocks or documents
you want to include or exclude during the MRP checking. Normally, accept the
standard default and change it as the user get familiar with the system.
In the Transaction code button, accept the standard default checking rule assigned.
Changes are usually not necessary for other tcode.
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1. Specify the plants for which you want the R/3 System to create a physical inventory
document. Enter transaction/event type WV for these plants.
2. Check the movement types for which you want a physical inventory document to be
created. Set the number assignment for the given transaction/event type.
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Transaction :
OMBC
Transaction :
OMJD
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(a) Control Reason Accept the default, click the Reason field to change the options
(b) Reason for Movement Click New entries button to enter the Reasons
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Always copy an existing movement type to the new one you wish to create. Dont
forget to copy the reversal movement type and change it. To copy, just select the
movement type you want to copy and click the
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Double click on the Movement Type to view the detail IMG Settings
For e.g. if you Tick the Automatic PO Field, a purchase order is created automatically at
the time of goods receipt.
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For example, if you create a new movement type Z51 copy from 551, dont forget to copy
the reversal Z52 copy from 552.
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First find out the Print version that is use for the Inventory Transaction code
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Depending on the Print Method you used, you may need to check the Print Item settings for
this Movement Type.
Menu Path : IMG Materials Management Inventory Management and Physical
Inventory Print Control
OMB5 - Maintain Print Indicator for Goodds Recept Documents
OMB4 - Maintain Print Indicator for GI/Transfer Posting Documents
OMJL - Maintain Print Indicator for Automatic Movements
Once you have the Print Version and Print Item Setting, proceed to MN21 to create the
condition records for which Output Type you want to used to activate the printing.
Transaction : Menu Path : IMG Materials Management Inventory Management and
MN21 / MN22 Physical Inventory Output Determination Maintain Conditions
Create/Change Condition: Inventory Mgmt
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Leave the rest as it is, only specify the Number of messages (1 for print once, 2 for print
twice etc.)
Check the Print param. to ensure that it ties with the Print Method you used.
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For the default print out of the Material Document, you can specify One of the method.
Most will use Method 3 which is the easiest or Method 1 (can be a bit tricky due to the
Storage Location).
Method 1:
Transaction :
OMJ3
Specify the Plnt, Sloc, Output Device, whether to print Immediate or Not
Method 2:
Transaction :
OMJ4
Specify the Plnt, Sloc, User grp, Output Device, whether to print Immediate or Not
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Method 3:
Transaction :
OMJR
Specify the User Name, Output Device, whether to print Immediate or Not
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Although you have configure the default printer for the user, when they want to print the
Material Document Slip automatically after saving the record, they have to tick the Print
field indicator in order for the configuration to work.
The Print field indicator can be pre-selected if the parameter NDR (Print via output control
in MM - Inventory management) has been set to X (capital letter) in the user master record
(SU01).
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The Rules for Stock Balance Display button decide the column in MMBE
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Valuation class
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You can now do the grouping in OMWD. For example, you group all the Valuation area to
the same valuation group.
Val. Area
CoCode Company name
Chrt/accts
Val.grpg.code
AA
0001
ABC Engineering Ltd
XYZ
0001
BB
0001
ABC Engineering Ltd
XYZ
0001
CC
0001
ABC Engineering Ltd
XYZ
0001
Transaction/event key (internal processing key)
The posting key refers to the inventory movement that the user has to specific during any
inventory posting. The movement type will enable the system to determine the correct
entries record to post into the system.
Account grouping (only for offsetting entries, consignment liabilities, and price
differences)
The posting transaction "Offsetting entry for inventory posting" is used for many
different transactions posting (for example, goods issue, scrapping, physical inventory),
which are assigned to different G/L accounts (for example, consumption account,
scrapping, expense/income from inventory differences). Therefore it is necessary to divide
the posting transaction according to a further key: account grouping code. An account
grouping is tied to each movement type in inventory management which make use of the
posting transaction "Offsetting entry for inventory posting". In the posting transaction
"Offsetting entry for inventory posting", you must assign a G/L accounts for every
account grouping. If you wish to post price differences to a different price difference
accounts in the case of goods receipts for purchase orders, goods receipts for orders, or
other movements, you can define different account grouping codes for the transaction key.
With the account grouping, you can also have different accounts for consignment liabilities
and pipeline liabilities.
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Valuation class of material or (in case of split valuation) the valuation type
The valuation class allows you to define automatic account determination that is dependent
on the material. The user will define the valuation in the Material Master (MM02
Accounting 1 View ) decided by Finance which will tied each Valuation class to a G/L
Account code. For example: you can post a goods receipt of a raw material to a different
stock account than if the goods receipt were for trading goods, even though the user enters
the same transaction for both materials. You can achieve this by assigning different
valuation classes to the materials and by assigning different G/L accounts to the
posting transaction for every valuation class. If you do not want to differentiate
according to valuation classes you do not have to maintain a valuation class for a
transaction.
The G/L account assignments for the charts of accounts INT and the valuation grouping
code 0001 are SAP standard.
Configure the Valuations Class Link to the G/L Account
Transaction : Menu Path : IMG Materials Management Valuation and Account
Assignment Account Determination - Account Determination Without
OMWB
Wizard Configure Automatic Postings
(a) At the Initial screen, click the Account Assignment button to view this screen.
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At the above screen, click the Rules button and you are allowed the followings options on
how your G/L Accounts are determined. Most common options will be to tick the
followings:
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You can find the relevant Account Modification for each of the movement types.
IMG Shortcut Menu Path :
IMG Materials Management General Settings for Materials
OMWN
Management Valuation and Account Assignment Account
Determination Account Determination without wizard Define Account
Grouping for Movement Types
For example, Vendor Consignment movement type is 411 and special stock K. You can
see that the Account modification is VBR.
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For you to be able to configure the Valuation Class and G/L Account, youll have to work
with the Finance Department or FI Consultant as they need to provide you with all the
G/L Account for the Material Valuation Class.
The followings are the Inventory Transaction that you need to configure:
Define Single G/L Account
Description
Tranaction
Expense/revenue from consign.mat.consum.
AKO
Expense/revenue from stock transfer
AUM
Materials management small differences
DIF
Purchase offsetting account
EKG
Freight clearing
FR1
Freight provisions
FR2
Customs clearing
FR3
Customs provisions (optional)
FR4
External activity
FRL
Materials management exch.rate diffs
KDM
MM exchange rate rounding differences
KDR
Price diff. offset. entry (cost object) (optional)
KTR
Price differences (cost object hierarc.)
PRK
Neutral provisions (optional)
RUE
Gain/loss from revaluation
UMB
Unplanned delivery costs (optional)
UPF
Input tax
VST
GR/IR clearing acct (mat. ledger) (old) (optional) WRY
Define Valuation Class ties to G/L Account
Description
Change in stock account
Inventory posting
Purchase account
Purchasing freight account
Offsetting entry for inventory posting
Consignment payables
Cost (price) differences
GR/IR clearing account
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Tranaction
BSV
BSX
EIN
FRE
GBB
KON
PRD
WRX
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Type in a Plant, Material. Click the transaction you want to do, for e.g. GR goods receipt
and click the Choose button.
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Click the Account assignments button and from the system message, you will be able to
tell if there are errors in your Account assignments.
You can also check which G/L Accounts is tied to which Valuation Class by clicking the
button
in transaction OMWB.
The report will list all the Valuation Class under the G/L account.
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Transaction
GBB
KON
PRD
You must define the Account Assignment for Consignment payables KON
GBB and PRD can be optional as the G/L account code can be the same.
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2. For any materials that you need from the vendor, the Purchaser will create a Purchase
Order with tcode ME21N Create Purchase Order for Consignment. The system will
identify the Consignment PO by the Item category K which the Purchase enter in the
PO. In a consignment PO, no material price is required to be entered.
3. Once the Vendor delivered the materials to your company premises, the Store
personnel will entered a Goods Receipts with reference to the PO with tcode MIGO
Goods Receipt for Purchase Order.
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4. You can view the consignments for each materials with tcode MMBE Stock
Overview. A line item with the field named Vendor consignment will appear. Double
click on the Quantity and you will be able to view the Vendor who supply the materials.
Any stocks that remain in the line item Vendor consignment belongs to the Vendor and
no payments is required. To view all the Open Consignment stocks, use tcode MB54.
5. To used the consignment stocks, the Purchaser have to transferred it to your company
stocks which is the field Unrestricted used column. The Purchaser will used tcode
MB1B Enter Transfer Posting with Movement type is 411, Special Stock K and the
Vendor code that the materials you want to used (assuming that you have multiple
Vendor that supply the same materials). At this point, the system will read the PRICE
from the Vendor Materials Info Record (ME12) and create a Financial documents.
After the transfer, the stocks belongs to your company and payment will be made
according to the agreement.
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6. At the payment intervals agreed, Finance department will print the Consignment
Settlement list with tcode MRKO . The list will be passed to the Purchase Department
for verification. Once verified, Finance will do a Consignment Settlement with tcode
MRKO and the Vendor will be paid.
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Maintain the Current Period (Start of your Implementation) and hit Enter.
For e.g. going live on 2004 01 (January 2004). Please note that 2004 01 doesnt always
represent January 2004. It depends on how your period is begin setup by the FI
consultant. Some company go-live on July 2004 and the period begins 2004 01. So
remember to check how your company period is begin organized.
Subsequently, every end of the month, you will close the current month Inventory and Open
the Next Inventory Period with transaction MMPV. The Period is always the Next Period.
Transaction :
MMPV
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On the second screen the user just need to enter the Material and Quantity. To enter more
materials click on the Menu Edit New items
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Menu Path :
IMG Materials Management Inventory Management and Physical
Inventory - Define Attributes of System Messages
This SAP Message will pop-up when the users try to do a Goods Movement :Material Testing Plant SLOC flagged for deletion
Message no. M7 127
The material master record V has been flagged for deletion.
Depending on the system setting, the system issues either a warning or an error message.
If the message is a warning (W), the system will accept your entry, but
simultaneously issues a warning to prevent you from making the wrong entry.
If the message is an error message (E), the system will not accept your entry.
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Menu Path :
SAP Menu Materials Management Material Master Other Allow
Posting to Previous Period
To prevent user from posting to the Previous Month, untick Allow posting to
previous per. and tick Disallow backposting generally as shown below and vice
versa.
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Figure 2: If you are doing it for the first time, click the Customizing button.
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Figure 4: Customize the Test Variant to Test and the Production Variant to Production:
TestSessVariant Click Variant -> Values -> Tick Simulation and Log
Prod. Session Variant Click Variant -> Values -> Tick Log
Save it and return to the Archiving Main Menu (Figure 2).
Figure 5: With the above settings, you can now proceed to do the Archiving. At the Main
Menu (Figure 2), Click the Archive button. Type in a Variant Name and click the Maintain
button.
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Figure 6: Depending on your company Financial Year Configuration, your document year
might not follows the normal Calendar year. For e.g. 200401 refers to July 2003 and
200412 refers to June 2004. Save your Variant.
follows by the
The Start date will change to Green Light and you can now click the Execute
button.
Check the Spool Request and reconfirmed that the Archive Material Documents are those
that you wish to delete.
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Tick the Archive files and hit the Enter key. Next maintain the Start date button as
Immediate. You can tick the Test session button to do a test first before starting the
Actual Delete. Once you are comfortable, Untick the Test session button and do an
Actual run and the Material Documents will be Physically deleted from the database.
When the Deletion Jobs is completed, you can check the spool log in tcode SP01 and do a
random check with transaction MB03 to verify that those Archive documents does not
exists anymore.
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In the cycle counting analysis, the materials are sorted by consumption. After completion of
the analysis, the cycle counting indicator is assigned as follows:
The first 3 materials (sorted in descending order according to consumption) represent 50%
of the consumption and have the indicator A.
The next 12 materials represent 25% of the consumption and have the indicator B.
The next 49 materials represent 15% of the consumption and have the indicator C.
The remaining 136 materials represent the rest (10%) of the consumption and have the
indicator D.
Transaction: SAP Menu Path: Logistics Materials Management Inventory
Management Physical Inventory Special Procedures Cycle Counting
MIBC
Set CC Indicator
Note:If you tick the All stock materials, all material including those who do not have the
cyclic count indicator are also taken.
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Field explanation:
Field
Description
Plant code for which the cycle count indicator
Plant
is to be put.
Material
Type
Materials
with
deletion flag
All stock
materials
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Mandatory
No, but at least one
selection option to be
given.
No, but at least one
selection option to be
given.
No. Why include Material
that is already flag for
deletion?
No, but recommend.
Yes
No
Yes
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Description
Change Physical Inventory
Document
MI03
MI11
Recount
MI04
MI05
MI07
Post Difference
MI20
Different List
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Menu Path
Logistics Materials Management
Physical Inventory Physical
Inventory Doc. Change (Put year
as fiscal year and not Calendar
year.
Logistics Materials Management
Physical Inventory Physical
Inventory doc. Display (To print
physical inv doc. Print)
Logistics Materials Management
Physical Inventory Physical
Inventory doc Recount
(recounting not without counting)
Logistics Materials Management
Physical Inventory Inventory
Count - Enter
Logistics Materials Management
Physical Inventory Inventory
Count - Change
Logistics Materials Management
Physical Inventory - Difference
Post
Logistics Materials Management
Physical Inventory - Difference
Different List