SAP MM Module

What is SAP MM Module?

SAP MM (Material Management) Module is a SAP ERP component that helps organizations with material management, inventory management, and warehouse management in the supply chain process. It is a part of SAP ECC’s logistics functions which consists of several components and sub-components. The most prominent and widely used components are Master Data, Purchasing, and Inventory.

All of these components have their subcomponents that are essential in specific business processes, and all of the processes are executed by using transactions in SAP MM process flow.

Transaction (in SAP) means processing of certain information in order to complete business process requirement. For example, if you have purchased 10 pieces of litter buckets, you can perform particular transaction code (t-code) that will reflect those changes in SAP. Most of the business processes involve multiple SAP transactions to be accomplished and are spread over one, two or more modules.

SAP MM – Master Data

Data stored in SAP R/3 is categorized as

1. Master Data and
2. Transactional Data.

Master data in SAP materials management is the core data that is used as a base for any transaction. If you are producing, transferring stock, selling, purchasing, doing a physical inventory, whatever your activity may be, it requires certain master data to be maintained.

Example of Master Data

• Material master data
• Customer master data
• Vendor master data
• Pricing/conditions master data
• Warehouse management master data (storage bin master data)Features of SAP MM

• It can deal with both material management and inventory management.
• Ensures no shortage of material in the supply chain process.
• Helps to speed up material management and procurement activities.
• It helps to accelerate productivity and reduce costs while maintaining accommodations for frequent changes in a business environment.
• It helps organizations to deal with various business aspects like Procurement, Master data, Material valuation, Inventory management, Invoice verification, Material requirement planning, etc.