SCM500 – Processes in Procurement

Unit 1: Procurement Processes

Defining Processes and Organizational Levels in Procurement

• Describe the various external procurement processes
• Identify the relevant organizational levels for procurement

Maintaining Purchase Orders

• Maintain purchase orders
• Execute print outputs for purchase orders

Posting Goods Receipts

• Post a goods receipt

Entering Invoices

• Enter an invoice

Unit 2: Master Data

Maintaining Vendor Master Records

• Create a vendor master record

Maintaining Material Master Records

• Create a material master record
• Extend a material master record

Using Entry Aids for Master Data Maintenance

• Create vendor master data with reference
• Maintain material master data using entry aids

Performing Mass Maintenance

• Execute mass maintenance

Unit 3: Stock Material Procurement

Applying Conditions in Purchasing

• Apply conditions in purchase orders

Handling Requests for Quotations and Quotation Processes

• Create requests for quotations
• Enter incoming quotations

Creating Purchase Orders with Reference

• Create purchase orders with reference

Maintaining Purchasing Info Records

• Maintain purchasing info records

Analyzing Material Valuation

• Analyze material valuation

Posting Goods Receipts for Purchase Orders

• Analyze the stock overview report
• Analyze the results of a goods movement

Entering Invoices with Reference to Purchase Orders

• Identify the postings for a procurement process with delivery costs
• Analyze the results of an invoice entry

Unit 4: Consumable Material Procurement

Purchasing Consumable Materials

• Examine the procurement of consumable materials

Creating Purchase Requisitions

• Create purchase requisitions

Creating Purchase Orders with Reference to Purchase Requisitions

• Create a purchase order with reference to a purchase requisition
• Enter an order acknowledgment for a purchase order

Entering Valuated and Non-Valuated Goods Receipts

• Enter valuated and non-valuated goods receipts

Creating Blanket Purchase Orders

• Create a purchase order for services

Unit 5: External Services Procurement

Maintaining Master Data for External Services

• Create a purchase order for services

Ordering Services

• Create a purchase order for services

Creating Service Entries and Verifying Invoices

• Create and accept a service entry sheet
• Enter an invoice for a service purchase order

Unit 6: Automated Procurement

Maintaining Data for Material Requirements Planning (MRP)

• Maintain data for material requirements planning

Maintaining Contracts and Source Lists

• Identify sources of supply in purchasing
• Create a contract
• Maintain source lists

Performing Procurement Processes Automatically

• Execute an individual planning run
• Convert a purchase requisition into a purchase order automatically
• Post goods receipts automatically

Unit 7: Reporting and Analytics

Using Standard Reports

• Run lists in SAP ERP Logistics
• Run standard reports in purchasing
• Run standard reports in inventory management
• Run standard reports in Logistics Invoice Verification

Performing Standard Analyses in the Logistics Information System

• Perform standard analyses in the Logistics Information System

Unit 8: Introduction to the SAP Buyer Role

Assessing the Buyer Role

• Assess the Buyer role

Unit 9: Self-Service Procurement and Ariba

Examining the Functions of Self-Service Procurement

• Analyze the functions of self-service procurement
• Examine Ariba procurement solutions