Definition

Process categories differentiate between the different types of procurement and consumption of materials. There are, for example, the process categories Production or Purchase Order . The different types of procurement and consumption are handled by the system in different ways. The system then updates different data using these different ways for processing consumption and procurement. Using this data, the system can differentiate characteristics that can be used to create procurement processes, procurement alternatives and consumption alternatives.

For example, the following characteristics can be updated to a production process:

You can determine the following characteristics for the procurement process Purchase Order :

In Customizing, you define which of these characteristics is used to create the procurement alternative or procurement process.

Use

In Product Cost Controlling, process categories are used, for example, in Product Cost Planning or in Actual Costing/Material Ledger when creating procurement alternatives and procurement processes.

Structure

The system differentiates between the following process categories:

Upon goods movements, the system determines the process category automatically depending on the movement type.

Integration

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