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What is SAP MM?

The SAP MM (Material Management) module is one of the logistics modules of SAP and concerns the management of materials. There are 2 main components :

  • MM Stocks : Stock management
  • MM Purchasing : Purchasing and supply management

The rest of this article presents these different SAP MM modules in detail.

MM Stocks

The MM “Stocks” section allows you to :

  • Manage material stocks in quantity and value : each entry, exit or transfer increments or decrements the stock.
  • Recording stock movements (entries, exits, transfers) and integration with other areas (purchasing, accounting). The MM module has total traceability: any movement is recorded, it can be cancelled by a counter entry but never deleted.
  • Reserve stock quantities for materialized requirements in the ERP such as component requirements for production orders or finished goods reservations for customer orders.
  • Manage stocks by material “batch” (option to be activated in the MM module and which allows a notion of “Use By” date). It meets a need for fine traceability and allows upward or downward traceability of material supplies up to delivery of the finished product to the customer.
  • Carry out the physical inventory

Examples of MM Stocks reports

These sample reports are available in the report library of the RapidViews MM module.

Report : Inventory Management

Report : Reservation List

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MM Purchasing

The MM “Purchasing” section allows you to :

  • Planning the needs
  • Controlling supplies
  • Manage purchasing (ordering stock items, ordering non-stock items such as office supplies, printing orders or sending via EDI, price lists, sources of supply).
  • Manage supplies (stock monitoring, needs analysis, in-progress monitoring)
  • Checking invoices (integration with accounting)
  • Manage subcontracting (provision of components, display of stocks at subcontracting partners)
  • Manage supplier payments and the valuation of goods via SAP FI

The purchasing and procurement process forms a cycle that could be described as follows :

SAP MM process purchasing procurement

Following the identification of requirements, a purchase requisition is entered into SAP. When the request is validated, a purchase order is created based on the selection of previously referenced sources of supply and suppliers.) The order is then tracked. What is delivered is checked against the order (weight/quantities/amounts/invoices). Goods receipts are made at MM Stocks level, supplier payments are then made. The data is then passed on to the accounting system (SAP-FICO).

Examples of MM Purchasing reports

These sample reports are available in the report library of the RapidViews MM module.

Report : Contract Details

Report : Purchasing Requisition Delay

Discover Other SAP Modules

  • FI-CO: Financial Accounting (FI) and Controlling (CO)

  • SD: Sales and Distribution

  • MM: Materials Management

  • PP: Production Planning

  • QM: Quality Management

  • EWM: Extended Warehouse Management

  • PS: Project System

  • Ariba: Procurement with SAP Ariba

  • TM : Transportation Management