chap 3 Flashcards

1
Q

All data in a SAP system may be classified into what 3 categories?

A

organizational data
master data
transaction data

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2
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what is Organizational data?

A

defined as part of the configuration process.

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3
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what is master data?

A

type of data that is relatively static or unchanged over a period of time.

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4
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“customer name, address, telephone, fax, contact name, “this is an example of what type of data?

A

master data

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5
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“plant=1000, storage location=001” this is an example of what type of data?

A

organizational data

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6
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what is transaction data?

A

result from executing a transaction or data base entry. Transaction data will contain certain master data and organizational data elements.

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7
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what is organizational unit within a company?

A

plant

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8
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A plant is a place where valuated goods and services are:?

A

Manufactured
Stored
Consumed
Distributed

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9
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what is storage location?

A

An organizational unit where various inventories of materials may be kept in a plant.

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10
Q

A storage location will typically but not always store:
Raw materials
Component materials
Maintenance and repair (MRO) materials
(true or false?)

A

true

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11
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what can storage locations be referred as?

A

warehouse

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12
Q

what is basic building block of all supply chain management activity?

A

material master

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13
Q

Some systems may refer to this as an item, part number, part, etc.. what term is this in SAP?

A

material

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14
Q

A material may be described in SAP using many _____ ______?

A

different parameters

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15
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description, weight, physical dimensions, inventory management policy, cycle time, etc.
This describes what?

A

material

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16
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Material Masters are always defined with respect to a?

A

Material AND A Plant.

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17
Q

The material master has a _______ structure

A

hierarchical

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18
Q

Client, plant, storage location.. these are what in material master?

A

Organizational Levels for Material Master Record

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19
Q

The material master hierarchical structure makes it easier for what?

A

makes it easier to organize information on materials and minimizes data redundancy.

20
Q

Material master records are grouped according to?

A

industry sector and material type

21
Q

What determines which industry-specific data appears in the material master record?

A

industry sector

22
Q

what determines which departments can enter data and whether quantities and/or values are updated in inventory management?

A

material type

23
Q

what is material type?

A

groups together materials that have attributes in common.

24
Q

material type controls?

A

Which departments (views) are able to maintain material data
Whether and how quantities and values are updated in the system
Whether the material is procured internally or externally
Which G/L accounts (for example, material stock account) are updated

25
Q

what is industry sector?

A

determines, which branch of industry the material is assigned to.

26
Q

The industry sector determines….?

A

Which screens appear and in which order
Which industry-specific data appears

27
Q

Most important views in the material master?

A

MRP 1, MRP 2, MRP 3 & MRP 4

28
Q

most scm data is contained in what view in the material master?

A

MRP data views

29
Q

As base quantity changes it only impacts the processing time. The setup time and interoperation will_______

A

will remain the same

30
Q

what are Maintenance of the MM?

A

Use of profiles to populate default values
Mass maintenance
Engineering Change Control

31
Q

what is Engineering Change Control?

A

essential to document the history of changes to the MM.

32
Q

what is mass maintenance in MM?

A

allows mass changes to the MM by material type.

33
Q

What difficulties are there in managing materials?

A

Inventory Management – defining the best inventory policy and managing the inventory balance so there is adequate but not too much inventory.

Material Selection – different material numbers that describe the same material.

Material Sourcing – too many sources for the same material.

Inactive Materials
-purging inventory of inactive materials
-Identifying the replacement material

Maintaining data in SAP
Centralized vs de-centralized data maintenance responsibility
Inadequate IT security for data maintenance

34
Q

what is complete, formally structured list of the components that make up a product or assembly?

A

BOM

35
Q

What is BOM?

A

The list contains a description and object number for each component together with the quantity and unit of measure.

36
Q

Bill of material almost all of them are _____?

A

SINGLE LEVEL

Single level means there is a parent and child relationship

37
Q

What BOM of category do we mostly use?

A

material BOM

38
Q

What is BOM usage?

A

define where the BOM is being used

39
Q

Validity Period( think our own driver license where it has an expiration)

A

BOMs may have effective dates
Valid from date(start date) to valid to date (expires)

40
Q

what is Simple BOM?

A

1 produced with fixed set of material items

41
Q

what is Alternative BOM?

A

1 product with multiple sets of material items

42
Q

what is Variant BOM?

A

Multiple products with multiple sets of material items

43
Q

what are the three important BOM techincal types?

A

simple bom
alternative bom
variant bom

44
Q

Why use engineering change management?

A

-Monitoring and documentation of changes (history of changes)

-Planning and execution at a specific point in time

-Saving of several change states of the same object

-Integration in the supply chain

-Collation of changes that belong together

45
Q

BOM explosion allows you to what?

A

allow you to look at different levels

46
Q

BOM deletion can be carried out using the:

A

Delete function
Deletion indicator

47
Q

BOMs can be deleted:

A

-Without history

-Wit history using engineering change management (ECH)