Knowledge Management

Question:
Dear friend
I plan to test MM certified next month, so I would like to know the overview of this exam. Could you give me the website or any channel to find this information?
Thank you for advance
Jeff
Answer:
3.3.1 Certification Requirements
The certification test for becoming an application consultant for the SAP Materials Management area is intended to provide
candidates with the opportunity of proving that they have a fundamental knowledge of this particular area of the MM
component as well as that they are able to apply this knowledge within a project environment.
Please note that access to on-line documentation or to a R/3 system is not available.
The 3 hour examination consists of 80 multiple choice questions based on the functionality and features of the MM 4.6B
areas specified below.
Topic Areas
1. General questions (+)
· Working with the system
· IMG (Implementation Guide)
· Project Implementation
· Enjoy SAP R/3 Overview
· mySAP.com Overview
· BW Overview
2. Master data (++)
Material master
· Organizational Levels
· Material type and industrial sector
· Number assignment for materials
· Valuation class
· Views, editing material master
Service Master
· Maintaining the service master
Vendor master
· Organizational levels
· Account group
· Partner functions/roles
· Views, editing vendor master
3. Materials planning and forecasting (+)
Materials planning
· MRP dates in material master, MRP profiles
· Planning methods, net requirements calculation,
scheduling procedure, lot size procedure
· Processing planning run, planning file, planning
level, storage location MRP
· Fixing and rescheduling check, planning horizon
· MRP list and current requirements/stock list,
elements of MRP list and current
requirement/stock list, exception messages
Forecasting
· Overview
4. Purchasing (+++)
Generals
· Item category
· Account assignment category, procurement for
stock/consumption, Procurement for External
Services, account assignment
· Release procedure
· Fundamental structure of purchasing
documents
Purchase requisitions
· MRP, sources
· Fundamental structure
· Overall release of purchase requisitions
Request for quotation and Quotation
· Business process, integration
· Fundamental structure
· price comparison list
Purchase orders
· Fundamental structure, sources/references
· Purchase order history
Lean processes for procurement of consumables
and services
· Blanket purchase orders
· Invoicing plan
Outline agreements
· Quantity/value contracts, scheduling
agreements
· Release order history
· Automatic generation of delivery schedule
lines/automatic delivery schedule update
· Aggregation of Schedule lines
Supply source determination and optimized
purchasing
· Purchasing information record, source list,
quota arrangements
· Assigning and editing purchase requisitions,
automatic purchase order generation
· Optimization of the Procurement Process
· Pricing and message printing
· Conditions techniques
· Output medium
Reports
· Purchase order and contract monitoring,
purchase reports
· Logistics Information System(LIS)
5. Inventory Management (+++)
Goods movements, stocks
· Movements types
· Goods receipts (referencing purchase orders,
referencing production orders/reservations,
other GR)
· Inventory management levels, stock types,
special stocks, quality inspection
· Planned/unplanned movements, reservations
· Goods issues
· Transfer postings and stock transfers
· Reverse postings (reverse posting movement,
document reversals), return deliveries
· Integration, effects of Inventory Management
postings, quantity/value, control data (e.g. field
control, quality inspection indicator, tolerances)
· Message determination
· Analyses/inventory controlling
Special processing forms
· Negative stocks
· Stocks under split valuation
· Subcontracting (Purchasing and Inventory
Management)
· Vendor consignment, zero-value stocks,
non-valuated GR, quantity/value
Simplification of procurement for stock
· Consignment (Info record for consignment)
· Automatic generation of purchase order for
goods receipt
· One-step procedure for stock transport orders
Physical inventory
· Physical inventory methods
· Physical inventory procedure
6. Invoice Verification (++)
Procedure and forms of Invoice Verification
· Referencing on purchase order or Goods
Receipt/Delivery Note
· Purchase orders with account assignment,
valuated/non-valuated Goods Receipt
· Gross and net postings, cash discount
· Planned and unplanned delivery costs
· Taxes
· Variances, blocking reasons
· Preliminary Posting
· Posting transactions, value, price control
Release procedures
· Blocking reasons
· Individual and collective release
· Automatic release
Special processing forms
· Credit memos and cancellations
· Subsequent debits/credits,
· Invoices in foreign currency
· Invoices for consignment stock
· Invoices without reference (posting to material
or G/L account)
· Evaluated Receipt Settlement (ERS)
· GR/IR account maintenance
· Posting transactions, value, price control
Enhancements in invoice verification
· Logistics invoice verification in the background
· ERS in Logistics invoice verification
· Invoice Reduction
7. Valuation and Account determination (++)
Account determination
· Account determination controlling, needed dates
and customizing settings, valuation grouping,
account grouping, general reconciliation
account/value string, posting keys
· Account determination for stock movements
and Invoice Verification
· Automatic postings
Valuation in the fiscal year
· Price control and effects for
valuation/account determination
· Valuation of Goods Receipt and Invoice
Verification
· Valuation levels, quantity/value, split
valuation
· Zero-value stocks, non-valuated Goods
Receipt
· Revaluation
· Integration, posting transactions/posting
keys, field control, control/reconciliation
account, cost element
8. Classification (+)
· Basics in Classification
9. Integration (+)
· Cross Company Procurement
· MM Processes with the modules FI, SD, PP
· Basis in Integration (Project Experience or
Participation in Case Study)
Weighting Key in the Test:
+ = 1 - 10%
++ = 11 - 20%
+++ = over 20%