SAP MM Interview Questions and Answers-2014

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SAP MM Interview Questions and Answers

Questions

1. What is the difference between a contract and a scheduling agreement?2. How does the system calculate taxes?

3. How does the system calculate nondeductible taxes?

4. What is meant by batches? How can the batches be searched?

5. How is a shelf-life item managed in !"? What is the full cycle?

#. What are the settings re$uired for $uota arrangement?

%. What is meant by &'" (y)e and lot si*ing?

+. ,an it be configured in such a way that the external re$uisitions can also be taen into

account while &'" runs in consum)tion-based )lanning if / is selected as &'" ty)e?

0. What is a reference )urchase organi*ation? When can it be used?

1. x)lain the conce)t of s)lit aluation and when can it be used? What are the settings

re$uired?

11. What are aluation area aluation category and aluation class?

12. What is meant by a credit memo?

13. How are free items managed in a "?

14. What is meant by a release strategy?

15. What are release grou)s and release codes?

1#. What are the differences between release )rocedure with classification and release )rocedure

without classification? When are they used?

1%. 6s it )ossible to hae a release )rocedure without classification for a "?

1+. 6s it )ossible to hae scales in a $uotation?

10. What is 7' bloced stoc? When it can be used?

2. What is the moement ty)e for return to endor? How to reerse it?


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21. How are the ariations in subcontracting taen care of in !"?

22. What are the tools aailable for data migration in !"?

23. What is the difference between 8&W and ,!((?

24. How to gie s)ecifications for deelo)ments?

25. How do you )lan for a endor rating system and moe about?

2#. What is '("?

2%. What is the moement ty)e used in recei)t of '("?

2+. How is an item with serial no. managed?

20. How do you mae ariants?

3. What are the ty)es of tables in !"?

31. How to inentory excise duty in !"?

32. What are the documents generated in the &67 11 moement ty)e? What are the accounts

hit?

33. What is the difference between lot and batch?

34. What are the business benefits achieed by maintaining ource list and info record ?

35. How source determination wors ?

Answers

What is the difference between the stock transfer between two plants belonging

to same company code and those belonging to different company code?

1. ! stoc transfer from )lant to )lant generally taes )lace within a com)any code. 6t canhoweer also tae )lace between two com)any codes if the )lants are assigned to different

aluation areas which belong to different com)any codes.

9nlie a stoc transfer from storage location to storage location a stoc transfer from )lant

to )lant affects both accounting and &aterials "lanning as follows:


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o Accounting!ccounting is affected if both )lants are assigned to different aluation

areas. (his means that a stoc transfer leads not only to a $uantity u)date but also to

a alue u)date ;stoc alue 7


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4. (ransaction code is &EE

Cou can co)y new moement ty)e which is near-by old one.

When we go to new moement ty)e if there is no )ossibility to done transaction with old

moement ty)e.

te)s: 1= entry control data 2= short text 3= allowed transactions 4=hel) text 5=u) date control

data #=account grou)ing %=reasons for moement

What is meant by access se"uence? When it is used?

5. ,ondition ty)e has an access se$uence assigned to it which determines which tables to access

for data and in what se$uence. (his has a se$uence of table based on the most s)ecific to

most generic.

6t can be used for any new condition ty)e creation.

!ow does the P# pick up the pricing schema?

#. (he )ricing )rocedure assigned to a endor has a calculation schema attached to it. (his

schema defines the arious conditions )re-re$uisite calculation F se$uence in the ".

7enerally only one ty)e of )ricing )rocedure is followed for all the endors.

$% What are the steps involved in creating a pricing procedure?

(o create a )ricing )rocedure the ste)s will be

o ,reate ,ondition tables

o ,reate access se$uence by )lacing the different condition tables from most s)ecific to

the most general.

o ,reate the condition ty)es

o !ssign the !ccess se$uence to the condition ty)e

o ,reate the )ricing )rocedure

o "lace the all condition ty)es in a se$uential order as )er the business re$uirement

and )ricing needs.

&% What are the types of special stocks available?


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o ,onsignment stoc - endor

o ,om)onents )roided to endor

o "roGect stoc

o ,onsignment stoc customer

o "i)eline material

o rders on hand

'% What are the types of info records?

o tandard

o "i)eline

o ,onsignment

o ubcontracting

()% What is meant by consignment stock?

,onsignment stoc is the material which is lying in the )remises but is not owned by the

endor. 6t has no alue assigned to it until it is taen into own stoc. nce it is used in

)roduction or to be sold it is taen into own stoc.

((% What are the steps involved in consignment cycle?

,onsignment cycle is similar to a standard )urchase cycle. (he difference it that no

accounting document is created at the time of goods recei)ts only $ty is u)dated. 6t is settled

once the same is utili*ed.

*ell me about the subcontracting cycle%

12. When the material is sent for subcontracting i.e. some alue addition it is conerted into adifferent material. 6t needs a /& to define the com)onents of the finished item being

receied.

!ow is scrap accounted in subcontracting?


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13. When the material is sent for subcontracting i.e. some alue addition it is conerted into a

different material. 6t needs a /& to define the com)onents of the finished item being

receied. (he scra) or the )rocess loss can be adGusted while doing a $uality ins)ection of the

material receied after subcontracting.

!ow are the byproducts taken care of in subcontracting?

14. )roducts can be taen care of by defining them in the /&.

(+% *ell me about the various movement types and usage%

o 11 7' in unrest. 9se

o 13 7' in /loced stoc

o 15 'elease from /loc to 9nrest. 9se stoc.

o 122 'eturn to endor from unrest. 9se stoc.

o 124 'eturn to endor from bloced stoc

o 31 "lant to "lant transfer.

o 30 &aterial to &aterial transfer

o 311 (ransfer from stg loc to stg loc

o 2#1 6ssue for consum)tion

o 411 (aing consignment stoc into own stoc

o 551 Withdrawal for scra))ing

What is meant by scales? ,an scales be used in standard )urchase order?

1#. /y using scales we can fix the )rice of a material accordingly for exam)le we can fix the

material )rice.

/ased on the $uantity lie

>or $uantity 1 to 1 )rice is 's1

>or $uantity 11 to 2 )rice is 0

8ie that you can fix )rice.


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1%. ! scheduling agreement can be made for ,onsignment ubcontracting F stoc transfer. !

contract also nown as a blanet " can be made for standard items and can be restricted

to a alue or ty.

1+. /ased on the calculation schema of that condition F based on access se$uence assigned to it.

10. ,ondition ty)e in the standard system: Don-deductible in)ut tax D!

Be)ending on the tax code in the " item and the tax calculation schema the system

calculates the non-deductible tax )ortion and inserts it in the condition ty)e with the

category D.

(he condition ty)e has the calculation rule Iabsolute amountI.

Dormally the access se$uence that regulates tax code determination is assigned to the

condition ty)e.

2. /atch is a subdiision of your stoc of a material haing the same characteristics

ex: medicinesfood )roducts

We can search batches using the standard search facility ;match code ey >4= based on the

naming conention of the batches or if you use batch classification based on the

characteristics of the batches.

21. (here are actually two ty)es of shelf life

1. (otal shelf life

2. &inimum remaining shelf life


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(otal helf life - 6f total shelf life is maintained then the minimum shelf life will also to be

entered mandatory.

While taing 7' for such item it actually ass the user to enter the manufactured date so

that the system automatically calculates the ex)iry date.

&inimum shelf life - While taing the 7' it ass the user to enter the date of 7' date so that

it checs whether the days entered in material master has been satisfied. 6f the condition is

not satisfied then it will not allow to tae recei)t for that item.

2. (o set u) a $uota arrangement for the )rocurement of a material )roceed as follows:

&aster data -J uota arrangement -J &aintain enter the material and )lant number

"ress D('

6t dis)lay the oeriew screen for the $uota arrangement )eriods nter a alidity )eriod for

$uota arrangement nter date until which the $uota arrangement is alid. (he start date is

calculated by the system.

"ress D('

elect the $uota arrangement and choose 7oto -J 6tem oeriew to dis)lay the item

oeriew screen of the $uota arrangement. nter a $uota arrangement item for each source

of su))ly you want to include in the $uota arrangement.

Cou must enter the following data.

o "rocurement ty)e

o )ecial )rocurement ty)e nter in the column for exam)le if a consignment

arrangement for the material exists with the endor.

o endor number

o

"rocurement )lant;su))lying )lant=

o uota column enter the $uota assigned to each item

"ress D('

(he )ercentage distribution of the $uotas is calculated and dis)layed automatically by the

system.


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ae the $uota arrangement. (he system assigns a number to the $uota arrangement item

automatically.

22. 6t is )rocedure that you set in the system on how the &aterial is )lanned

o 'eorder "oint

o easonal re$uirement

o 'e)lenishment

o endor &anaged

o >orecast /ased

o &aster )roduction cheduling

8ot si*e:

Cou can define your re$uirements ;to be )roduced or "rocured= in terms of Weely &onthly

ty based &aximum 'e)lenishment.

23. Ces you can do it based on the &'"2 tab for material master you need to gie you &'" ty)e

as / and in &r)2 set automatic reorder )oint tab. Dow run &B2 and &B4.

24. 6t is reference for all the other existing "urchase rgni*ations.6t is not assigned to either to

)lant or com) code. (he contracts terms and conditions can be utili*ed by other "urchase

rgani*ations.

25. When the same material to be aluated differently then we can go for s)lit aluation. ften

we use s)lit aluation in chemical industries related to chemicals.

>or exam)le color )h $uality.

We need to define aluation categories and aluation ty)es.

1. >or aluation category: origin aluation ty)es are local )rocurement and foreign

)rocurement

2. >or aluation category: )rocurement ty)es aluation ty)es are in-house )rocurement

and external )rocurement.

3. >or aluation category: $uality aluation ty)es are )oor $uality medium $uality

high $uality.


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lie this we can define aluation categories and aluation ty)es.

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4. Befine aluation categories and aluation ty)es.

5. !ssign aluation ty)es to aluation category.

6. !ssign )lants in which aluation is effecting.

nce customi*ation settings are done.

7. ,reate material master and fill account cat reference in accounting iew.

8. !gain for same material ty)e gie aluation ty)es which u taen and gie the moing

ag )rice.

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9. ,reate &21D "urchase order

10. &67

nce taen to &67 chec &&/ -toc oeriew and &/2- !ccounting iews.

2. aluation area is generally com)any or )lantaluation category -s)lit aluation is a))licable

or not.

aluation class- whether the materials fall in to which category for sim)lification such as raw

materials semi finished goods lie that.

3. ,redit memo is as similar as money bac to your account.

>or x. 6f you did excess )ayments ;the difference between " )rice and !ccount (ransfer

)rice= to the endor than the actual )ayment or under some circumstances endor is

returning some amount to your account for this you need to maintain one account ty)e thataccount ty)e is called credit memo. (his may be Gust to identify why and from where the

money has been )osted in your account.

6f this is not maintained at the aluation leel conflicts in )ayment differences may arise.


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4. When you create )urchase order for endor at that time show in line item data in which one

chec box aailable for free deliery. o when you want to create )urchase order with free

$uantity clic on that chec box.

5. 'elease strategy means alue of the )urchase order is more than certain limit that can be

released by && manager. (hat moement ty)e is &20D.

#. 'elease code is a two character 6B allowing a )erson to release a re$uisition or an external

)urchasing document. 'elease grou) is a grou) of release codes which can release a

)urchasing document for a release strategy.

%. 'elease )rocedures with classification can be used for both internal and external )urchasing

documents whereas release )rocedures without classification can be used only for internal

documents.

+. Do release )rocedure without classification not )ossible for external documents lie ".

With classification will allow release at header and 6tem.

Without classification will allow release item -wise only.

>or a " you will want a release header wise and not item wise. Hence you need to use with

classification.

>or "' you can use anyone of them i.e. with or without classification.

0. "ossible in case of time de)endent conditions.

1. When we hae some issues in the receied stoc and we do not want the $uantity to be

considered in the inentory then we can maintain the stoc as 7' /loced stoc.

6t is only recorded in the )urchase order history. (his stoc is D( aluated.

Cou can dis)lay goods recei)t bloced stoc from two iew)oints:

1. 7oods recei)t bloced stoc for a material ;at )lant leel=

2. 7oods recei)t bloced stoc for a )urchase order item

11. &oement (y)e 1#1 is used for return to endor. Eust select return button in the ".

12. ubse$uent adGustment can be "rocesses through (-,ode - &67

13. 8&W - 8egacy ystem &igration Worbench ;9sed to u)load the data from Don !" to

!" ystem=


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,!(( - ,om)uter !ided (est (ool ;9sed to ,reate test cases as well as u)load data=

14. 8&W is uesd to migration of data from non-sa) system to the sa) system or sa) system to

sa) system here the data is migrated from the one system to another system. so this is a

migration tool

Whereas ,!(( is a com)uter aided testing tool used to test the aba) obGect

15. 6n !" for any ind of deelo)ment function consultant need to gie the functional

s)ecification stating the )ur)ose of the deelo)lement as well as logic for the selection

related fields and tables. He also needs to )re)are one or two test cases to test out)ut the

re)ort


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&&8 - &aintain goods recei)t and issue doc. 3 2

B8 - &aintain deliery 3 2

B' - &aintain returns deliery 3 2

6n eriali*ation )rofile there is a checbox for ;xisting re$uired= unchec that chec box F

then test your transaction. Cou will get a button I,reate new in serial numberI in selection

screen during goods recei)ts...,reate new serial number for material there F then mae

goods recei)t.

!ssign erial Dumber to existing stocs

62 - dit - )ecial erial Dumber >unctions

1. ,hange to - >rom toc

2. toc (y)e - K1K

3. "lant - KLLLLK

4. torage 8ocation KLLLLK

5. ae

dit - )ecial erial Dumber >unctions

6. ,hange bac - (o toc

2. 7o to any re)orts

elect sae ariant ;,trlM>1=

,reate the layout as you want then sae the ariant in your name.

21. (here are only 3 ty)es of table in !".

1. (rans)arent (able

2. ,luster (able

3. "ool (able

22. !t the time of 7oods 'ecei)t ;(,ode &67= ca)ture xcise duty in xcise tab. (his is )art 1

ca)ture. (,ode E16L "art 2 "ost xcise duty


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23. (he Bocuments that are generated are: &aterial Bocument F !ccounting Bocument.

!ccounts that are hit are:

o 'aw&!terial


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2+. Source determinationif you actiate this indicator you gie endor during "'

creation .otherwise you can gie the endor at the time of ". you can sae the "' without

endor. source determination is used to identify the source of su))ly.

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SAP MM Interview Questions and Answers-2014