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Establishes the Procure-to-Pay business context before any transaction codes are introduced — freshers who skip this struggle to explain why SAP MM exists in interviews.

• Role and scope of SAP MM in an enterprise
• Overview of the Procure-to-Pay process
• Key MM sub-modules: Purchasing, Inventory Management, Invoice Verification, Valuation
• Integration of MM with FI and SD
• SAP MM organizational elements at a conceptual level
• Types of SAP MM projects: implementation, support, rollout
• SAP Fiori apps relevant to MM

Every purchase order must reference a Purchasing Organization and a Plant — without a correctly assigned enterprise structure, purchase orders, goods receipts and accounting entries simply can't be processed.

• Client as the highest organizational level
• Company Code as the legal entity for accounting
• Plant as the operational unit for receipt and consumption
• Storage Location for physical stock management
• Purchasing Organization responsible for procurement
• Purchasing Group as the buyer for specific materials
• Assignment of MM elements to each other and to Company Code

No purchase order can be created without a complete vendor master — incomplete data causes PO failures, wrong payment terms and AP posting errors.

• Business Partner concept for vendor management
• Vendor account groups and their control functions
• Vendor master views: General, Purchasing Org, Company Code Data
• Number ranges for vendor master records
• Reconciliation account assignment for AP postings
• Payment terms and bank details in vendor master

Materials can't enter a purchase order without correctly maintained MM-relevant master views — and incorrect accounting view data leads directly to stock valuation errors.

• Material master structure and views relevant to MM
• Material types and their control functions
• Basic Data, Purchasing, MRP, Accounting, Storage views
• Unit of measure and unit of measure conversions
• Material group and purchasing info record
• Material master creation
• Mass maintenance of material master

Info records auto-populate pricing in purchase orders, eliminating manual entry errors; source lists enforce which vendors are even allowed to supply a material — both are tested constantly in MM interviews.

• Purchasing Info Record concept and creation
• Info record categories: standard, subcontracting, pipeline, consignment
• Price and condition maintenance in info records
• Source List configuration and mandatory activation
• Fixed sources of supply

The purchase order is the central document in SAP MM — every later step, goods receipt, invoice verification and payment, depends on it.

• Purchase Requisition creation and approval workflow
• Conversion of Purchase Requisition to Purchase Order
• Purchase Order document types and item categories
• Header and item level data in purchase orders
• Account assignment categories in purchase orders
• Release strategy for purchase orders
• Purchase Order output and transmission to vendor

Goods Receipt is the most critical accounting integration point in MM — it automatically debits stock and credits the GR/IR clearing account the moment goods arrive.

• Goods Receipt posting against purchase order using MIGO
• Movement types and their control logic
• GR/IR clearing account concept
• Stock types: unrestricted, quality inspection, blocked
• Goods Receipt document and material document
• Accounting document generated at Goods Receipt
• Return delivery to vendor
• Goods Receipt for non-valuated materials and service entry sheets

Invoice Verification is where vendor liability is formally posted — get it wrong and you get overpayments, duplicate payments, and an unbalanced GR/IR account.

• Logistics Invoice Verification concept and three-way match
• Invoice posting using transaction MIRO
• Variance handling: price variance and quantity variance
• Invoice blocks: tolerance-based and manual blocks
• Credit memo processing from vendor
• Subsequent debit and subsequent credit
• Parking and holding vendor invoices
• GR/IR clearing account settlement

Account determination is the heart of MM–FI integration — every G/L account hit during a goods movement is driven by the material's valuation class, making this one of the most frequently tested MM interview topics.

• Valuation area and valuation level concept
• Material price control: moving average price and standard price
• Valuation class and its role in account determination
• Account category reference
• Automatic account determination using transaction OBYC
• Stock account, GR/IR account, price difference account
• Valuation grouping code

Outline agreements appear in almost every real MM implementation — they remove manual PO creation for recurring procurement and lock in negotiated pricing.

• Quantity contract and value contract
• Contract creation and release order processing
• Scheduling Agreement concept and delivery schedule maintenance
• Scheduling Agreement with and without release
• Monitoring contract and scheduling agreement consumption

Special procurement scenarios — subcontracting, consignment, inter-plant transfers — separate candidates who understand textbook MM from those who can handle a real implementation.

• Subcontracting: providing components, receiving finished goods
• Consignment procurement: vendor stock held at company premises
• Stock transport order: inter-plant stock transfer
• Service procurement and service entry sheet
• Pipeline procurement for utilities and commodities

Stock counted on the shelf rarely matches the system exactly — physical inventory gives a controlled, audit-compliant way to count, verify, and correct it.

• Physical inventory document creation
• Stock count entry and difference calculation
• Inventory difference posting and accounting impact
• Cycle counting for high-value materials
• Special stock categories: consignment, subcontracting, project stock
• Stock overview using MMBE
• Movement types for stock transfer and adjustment

MRP is the bridge between demand and procurement — without it, purchasing teams calculate requirements by hand and end up with stockouts or overstock.

• MRP types: consumption-based and demand-driven planning
• MRP parameters in material master: type, lot size, reorder point, safety stock
• MRP run execution using MD01 or MD02
• MRP results: planned orders and purchase requisitions
• Conversion of planned orders to purchase requisitions and orders
• Stock and requirements list using MD04
• Exception messages in MRP results

Release strategies are the financial-governance layer of procurement — without them, a purchase order of any value could be placed with zero approval.

• Release strategy concept in SAP MM
• Release group and release codes
• Release conditions based on value, plant, or material group
• Release indicator and its impact on PO processing
• Release procedure for purchase requisitions and orders
• Rejection and re-release scenarios

Business users and managers run on these reports daily — consultants who can demonstrate reporting confidently add visible value on any implementation or support project.

• Purchase order list and open PO reports
• Goods receipt and invoice status reports
• GR/IR reconciliation report
• Stock overview and stock valuation reports
• Vendor performance analysis
• SAP Fiori analytical apps for MM
• Material document list and accounting document review

The capstone — executing one continuous Procure-to-Pay cycle end to end is the clearest demonstration of MM competency in a client demo or an interview.

• Purchase Requisition creation and approval
• Purchase Order creation with pricing from info record
• Goods Receipt posting and accounting verification
• Invoice Verification using three-way match
• Vendor payment processing in Finance
• Full document flow review from PR to Payment