MM stands for Materials Management and is a part of the
Logistics functional area of SAP R/3. It is an important SAP R/3 module
because it helps manage broad-level business activities, such as procurement,
valuation and assignment, batch management, and materials storage. Since
materials are the most precious resource of an organization, extreme care
needs to be taken in all the processes related to materials management.
Efficient materials management is the essence of the MM module of SAP R/3.
2) How is the MM module integrated with other modules of SAP?
What are the main components of the MM module? How are these components used in SAP?
- The MM module deals with materials procurement on the basis of the production required; therefore, it is linked with the PP module.
- The SD module is proportionally related to the MM module, because it uses information about the quantity of material sent for production.
- The WM module is related to the MM module, because the MM module maintains information about materials storage and materials transfers inside an organization.
- The FI module
is also related to the MM module, because every operation performed in
the MM module directly impacts the financial processes of the organization.
3) Write the names of some important MM tables.
The following table lists the important MM table names:
Table Name Purpose
EINA Used for general data of the (purchasing) information record
MARC Used in plant data for materials
EINE Used for purchasing organization
MAST Used for bills of material (BOM) link
MKPF Used for header material document
MAKT Used for material description
MARD Used in storage location data for material
MARA Used for general materials data
MBEW
Used for material valuation
4) What is the transaction code to access the Materials Management Configuration menu?
The OLMS transaction code is used to access the Materials
Management configuration menu.
5) What are the various transaction codes to access the MM configuration?
The following are the various transaction codes to access the MM configuration:
Transaction Code Description
OLMD Accesses Material Management-Consumption Based Planning (MM-CBP)
OLMB Accesses Material Management-Inventory Management (MM-IM)
OLME Accesses Material Management-Purchase (MM-PUR)
OLML Accesses Material Management-Warehouse Management
OLMS Accesses the material master data
OLMW
Enables valuation and account assignment
6) What is the document management system (DMS) in SAP?
The DMS in SAP helps you store external documents, such as pictures of the goods or material. By using the DMS, you can set the maximum size of the picture that can be uploaded in a document. The DMS helps to link these external documents with the appropriate SAP objects.
