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Learn how to design a standard SAP solution to meet the business requirement to implement transfer prices or arm’s-length prices between intercompany, parent, or subsidiary inventory transfers. The main business reason for using transfer prices is to ensure that an organization having multiple affiliate companies is not manipulating income taxes by setting up prices over…...…

Learn how to achieve optimal inventory levels for raw materials, work in process, and finished products across the supply chain with SAP Integrated Business Planning. Key Concept The unified planning area, SAP Integrated Business Planning’s standard planning area, provides end-to-end business processes related to all the technical details of a planning area in SAP Integrated…...…

Learn about the three main inventory count methods in Warehouse Management — annual inventory, continuous inventory, and cycle counting — and see how you can determine which process is best for your situation. Then find out how to configure each process. Key Concept The goal of the inventory count process is to ensure the accuracy…...…

An integrated approach offers a powerful way to meet all of these requirements for modern supply chains. SAP Enterprise Inventory and Service-Level Optimization and SmartOps solutions provide predictive analytics and advanced reporting functionality that allows the delivery of enhanced customer service with accurate, real-time inventory investment levels. When integrated with SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization…...…

Discover where your organization is in this inventory maturity model, understand the set of required capabilities, and identify the key SAP functionalities to implement at each level. Consider the guidelines described in this roadmap to achieve higher customer satisfaction levels and reduce inventory carrying costs. Key Concept The inventory maturity model is a proposed four-…...…

Understand the reasons that cause inventory value discrepancies in materials management (MM) and FI. Learn how to avoid these discrepancies by means of adequate master data and configuration checks. Understand how to identify and resolve MM and FI inventory value discrepancies. Key Concept Material movements originate in materials management (MM) and denote physical movement of…...…

Organizations strive to achieve high standards in customer service with balanced investment inventory. Material planners, from the plant to managerial to the corporate level, work on managing inventory on a periodic basis to maintain balance between inventory to carry vs. customer satisfaction. The right tools can replace spreadsheets to help organize this information effectively on…

Intercompany transactions require significant attention and have always been a critical part of the financial analysis world in SAP. Certainly, this process is very complex, and it will require significant resources with different levels of expertise as operational reporting and business requirements become more detailed. In this article, SAPinsider expert Dr. March Sisfontes-Monge will highlight…

Meet the challenge of creating SAP NetWeaver BW monthly inventory data targets, including reports. Learn how to create a customized report that quickly displays opening balance, receipts, issues, end balance, and valuated stock for the current month and previous month. Sample code is included. Key Concept Receipts and issues are important points to be familiar…...…

A lot can go wrong if you don’t understand moving average price. Sort out the complexities that arise when material movements, invoices, reversals, and purchase order history interact with moving average price. Understand both the cause and the cure for the frustration and confusion. Key Concept Materials that are entered into an SAP system as…...…