Material Exchange in Inventory Management

Use

This function enables you to perform various activities (see below) in inventory management. Because goods receipt always takes place on a manufacturer part number level, the system also holds manufacturer parts in stock as individual parts. This gives you an overview of the manufacturer parts that are actually available, and allows the system to manage additional information, such as serial numbers or valuation.

A cumulative stock analysis also exists for all interchangeable parts.

Features

Stock Overview

The stock overview provides you with an overview across all organizational levels of the stock for a part. Functions for inventory-managed manufacturer parts have been added to the stock overview to allow you to display the following from one part:

  • The total stock of all other parts that are interchangeable with it

  • The total stock of all other parts that belong to the same MPN-MRP set as it

Goods Issue

For more information, see Material Exchange in MIGO During Goods Issue Process .

Goods Receipt

For more information, see Material Exchange in MIGO During Goods Receipt Process .

Activities

Stock Overview

From the SAP Easy Access menu, choose Start of the navigation path Logistics Next navigation step Materials Management Next navigation step Inventory Management Next navigation step Environment Next navigation step Stock Next navigation step Stock Overview End of the navigation path or choose transaction code MMBE. Enter the part. You can also enter selection criteria to restrict the stock overview.

Stock Overview for all Interchangeable Parts

You are in the stock overview for an FFF class part.

To display the total stock of all parts that are interchangeable with this part (that is, the parts that belong to the same FFF class), select a stock line and choose FFF Class . The system displays the total stock of all the parts in the FFF class.

From the total stock for all the parts belonging to an FFF class, you can go to the individual stock for these manufacturer parts. To do this, select a line and choose Members/Display FFF Class Members in the stock overview to split the cumulative stock into its individual parts.

Note Note

In the stock overview, you can switch between the single material view and the aggregated view for FFF classes as required. This also applies to the stock/requirements list (transaction code MD04) .

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Stock Overview for all Parts in the Same MPN-MRP Set

You are in the stock overview for a part in an MPN-MRP set.

To display the total stock of all parts that are interchangeable with this one (that is, the parts that belong to the same MPN-MRP set), choose MPN-MRP Set . The system displays the total stock for all the parts in the MPN-MRP set.

From the total stock for all the parts belonging to an MPN-MRP set, you can go to the individual stock for these manufacturer parts. To do this, select a line and choose Members/Display MPN-MRP Set Members in the stock overview to split the cumulative stock into its individual parts.