Monday, June 16, 2014

SAP Modules-Materials Management (MM)


Executive summary
This paper discusses briefly about how basic usage in SAP software using SAP easy access menu. In this activity, we use some of the functions related to production planning in the Global Bike Inc. such as displaying the Stock/Requirement list, a bill of material, a multi-level BOM, routing, routing and a BOM simultaneously and work center. Moreover, the paper also presents background details, objectives of the assignment and the key findings following the given guidelines.
Background
SAP is a complex enterprise resource planning software with a large number of functions. However, without having basic control knowledge, it is difficult to work with complicated software. SAP Easy Access Menu plays a vital role in using SAP software. It allows us to navigate through the software and perform required functions without knowing technical codes. We use the Global Bike Inc. as the enterprise which is based on the US and Germany. We consider the some transactions occurred in the Global Bike Inc. In this assignment, we mainly focus on “logistics” and “accounting” terms in the Easy Access Menu.
Objective
The objective of this assignment is to familiarize with the daily transactions and determine how SAP works with those systems.
·         Using the SAP Easy Access Menu to
o   Display the Stock/Requirement list
o   Display a bill of material
o    Display a multi-level BOM
o   Display a routing
o   Display a work center
·         Using the Engineering Workbench to display a routing and a BOM.

Key Findings
After navigating through SAP software and working with its basic functions, there are a few key points I have found out.
·         We can properly see the requirement list for the bikes
·         Using SAP, we can observe how much finished goods are available and how the scheduling is done.
·         Moreover, we can schedule the operations according to the time calculations.

·         We can check the Gantt chart related to operations scheduling.

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