Consumption-based MRP is an important business process in almost every company. In SAP, you can plan material requirements based on consumption. SAP provides important functionalities like determining net requirement, procurement dates, etc. This book explains all the concepts underpinning SAP’s MM Consumption based MRP Module. It is a comprehensive technical manual which explains every single node of the User Menu and the Configuration. The book is organized in chapters that are important business activities. The author has taken care to balance details with overviews that explain linkages between concepts. In this book, like author’s earlier books, he explains every screen of SAP MM Consumption-based MRP. Divided into 16 chapters, the book clearly explains both the SAP Menu and the Customizing Implementation Guide. It also indicates the chapter number where these are covered, thereby creating a direct link between the book and the SAP software. The implementation of SAP MM Consumption Based MRP and documentation can also be guided by the structure of this book.

Details and Overviews This is a detailed book that covers every screen of the SAP Menu and IMG. Details are preceded by overviews that show the larger picture and linkages between different concepts. Learning Guide This book can be used to learn SAP. You can start learning SAP using this book even if you know nothing about SAP. How to read this book in multiple iterations is explained in the book. Technical Reference If you are in SAP menu or IMG and want to find the relevant material in this book, it is very easy. Both SAP menu and IMG are expanded and hyperlinks are provided against each item. Just click the hyperlink and you are taken to the respective section. A New Approach to SAP Implementation You can use this book to implement SAP in a structured way. This approach is explained in the book. Configuration manual The documentation of SAP implementation includes a configuration manual. This configuration manual may be structured on the lines of this book. User manual The documentation of an SAP implementation includes a user manual. This book should serve as a generic user manual. Company-specific user manual may also be structured on the lines of this book and may include only company-specific guidelines for the users.

SAP is a powerful software that meets the requirement of business all over the world. This well-organised book comprising 34 chapters is useful for both beginners and professionals. Being a learning guide and a user manual, the book will be immensely valuable for all those who are training to be SAP consultant. If you are a material/production manager, a QM professional or a business executive, you will find that the book brings a lot of convenience in your work and minimises inventory losses. A New Approach to SAP Implementation Structured dialog :The dialog between the consultant and the users should be based on the structure of this book. The consultant would demonstrate a business transaction, e.g. goods receipt, in its simplest form. He would then explain the data items on the screens, their meaning and significance. He would enquire whether the data item is relevant for the client company. The data items that are not relevant can be hidden in the implementation, and related configuration marked as not required. When the consultant would come to a section explaining IMG node, his questions to the user would be designed to collect the information required to configure that node. Prototyping :As the structured dialog continues, the consultant would go on doing the configuration. By the end of the dialog, the consultant would have built a company-specific prototype. Training and trials :The prototype would be a rough-cut implementation of SAP for the company. It would be used for training the users. After training, the users would try out the system. They would perform routine transactions several times using real-life data of their company. They would try different scenarios and record their observations. Refinement :After prototype trials, the consultant and the users would sit together to discuss what the users required to do, but could not do with the prototype. The consultant would use this input to refine the prototype and to build new functionality, if needed. Configuration manual :The documentation of SAP implementation includes a configuration manual. This configuration manual should be structured on the lines of this book as explained in Chapter 34. Such a configuration manual will be easy to understand as it groups logically related elements together. User manual :This book will serve as a generic user manual. Company-specific user manual can also be structured on the lines of this book including only company-specific guidelines for the users. Other SAP MM Book by the Author • SAP MM Purchasing: Technical Reference and Learning Guide

Invoice verification is an important business process in almost every company. In SAP you can verify invoices against purchase orders and goods receipts. SAP provides important functionalities like automatic account determination, financial posting, etc. SAP is powerful software that can meet the needs of any business scenario for any type of business in any part of the world. Its all encompassing nature makes SAP complex. In order to derive maximum benefit for business, SAP must be understood well. Mr. Agrawal attempts to explain SAP completely; a seemingly impossible task. This is his third book on the Materials Management module; his first two books in the Materials Management module are ‘Purchasing’ and ‘Inventory Management’. In this book, like in his earlier books, he explains every screen of SAP MM Invoice Verification. Both the SAP Menu and Customizing Implementation Guide are expanded and the chapter number where they are covered is indicated. This not only creates a direct link between the book and the SAP software, but also ensures that the book is comprehensive. The author has taken care to balance details with overviews that explain linkages between concepts. The book is organized in chapters that are important business activities. Each chapter covers business processes carried out in SAP by the user as well as its related configuration. This book can be used to learn SAP from scratch; it is a learning guide. It is, therefore, useful to persons who are training to be SAP Consultants. Having learnt SAP with the help of this book, the Consultant keeps returning to refer to it. In implementation of SAP, Consultants prepare User Manual. With the availability of this book, their task becomes simpler. In the User Manual, they need to cover only implementation specific points. The user refers to this book as a generic User Manual. As the user gains knowledge he also begins to understand the customizing settings for his implementation. This book can also be used by Business Process Owners and Senior Managers to get an overview of SAP and the important choices it offers.