Includes index.

Part I Materials Management Foundations
1 Materials Management Overview
2 Organizational Structure
3 Configuring the Material Master
4 Material Master Data
5 Business Partners
Part II Procurement
6 Purchasing Overview
7 Purchasing Information Record
8 Purchase Requisitions
9 Requests for Quotation
10 Purchase Orders
11 External Services Management
12 Special Procurement Types
Part III Planning
13 Planning Overview
14 Material Requirements Planning
15 Forecasting
Part IV Inventory
16 Inventory Management Overview
17 Goods Issue
18 Goods Receipt
19 Physical Inventory
20 Invoice Verification
21 Inventory Valuation and Account Assignment
22 Material Ledger
23 Classification
Part V Advanced Materials Management
24 Document Management System
25 Batch Management
26 Early Warning System
27 Demand-Driven Replenishment
28 Reporting and Analytics

Manage your materials with SAP S/4HANA! Whether your focus is on materials planning, procurement, or inventory, this guide will teach you to configure and manage MM in SAP S/4HANA. Start by creating your organizational structure and defining business partners and material master data. Then get step-by-step instructions for your essential processes, from purchasing and MRP runs to goods issue and receipt. Discover how to get more out of SAP S/4HANA by using batch management, demand-driven MRP, SAP Fiori reports, and other built-in tools.