Interview Questions Set 12

01. What is meant by access sequence? When it is used?
Condition type has an access sequence assigned to it which determines which tables to access for data and in what sequence. This has a sequence of table based on the most specific to most generic. It can be used for any new condition type creation.
02. How does the PO pick up the pricing schema?
The pricing procedure assigned to a vendor has a calculation schema attached to it. This schema defines the various conditions’ pre-requisite, calculation & sequence in the PO. Generally, only one type of pricing procedure is followed for all the vendors.
03. What are the types of special stocks available?-
Consignment stock - vendor- Components provided to vendor- Project stock- Consignment stock – customer- Pipeline material- Orders on hand
04. What are the types of inforecords?-
Standard- Pipeline- Consignment- Subcontracting
05. What is meant by consignment stock?
Consignment stock is the material which is lying in the premises but is not owned by the company. It has no value assigned to it until it is taken into own stock. Once it is used in production (or) to be sold, it is taken into own stock.
06. What are the steps involved in consignment cycle?
Consignment cycle is similar to a standard purchase cycle. The difference it that no accounting document is created at the time of goods receipts only QTY is updated.It is settled once the same is utilized.
Tell me about the subcontracting cycle.When the material is sent for subcontracting i.e. some value addition, it is converted into a different material. It needs a BOM to define the components of the finished item being received.
07. How is scrap accounted in subcontracting?
The scrap or the process loss can be adjusted while doing a quality inspection of the material received after subcontracting.
08. How are the byproducts taken care of in subcontracting?
Byproducts can be taken care of by defining them in the BOM
Tell me about the various movement types and usage.
101 – GR in unrest. use103 – GR in Blocked stock105 – Release from Block to Unrest. use stock.122 – Return to vendor from unrest. use stock.124 – Return to vendor from blocked stock301 - Plant to Plant tfr.309 – Material to Material tfr.311 – Tfr. from stg loc to stg loc261 – Issue for consumption.411 – Taking consignment stock into own stock.551 – Withdrawal for scrapping.Etc.
09. What is the difference between a contract and a scheduling agreement?
A scheduling agreement can be made for Consignment, Subcontracting and stock transfer. A contract, also known as a blanket PO, can be made for standard items and can be restricted to a Value or QTY.
10. How does the system calculate taxes?
Based on the calculation schema of that condition and based on access sequence assigned to it.
11. What are the cutover activities performed in final preparation phase?
This activity involves- Master data upload for objects like customer masters including partner function assignment, customer material info, pricing, outputs and credit masters.
12. How to create a Purchase Order to a vendor who got best rating in Price comparison session (ME49). I wish to create PO from this session directly, explain how can it be created?
Answer1:Vendor rating has to be done for new purchase order every time. PO can be generated by using transaction ME21N. This PO has to be released after creationThe other way is to assign that item to the vendor and maintain info records and update it by using ME11. This can also be done manually.
Answer2:This is not possible. Price comparison session only gives you the idea which supplier has given the best price for a particular material. You have to raise the PO ME21N transaction only.
Answer3:The vendor who has got best price will have a unique quotation number. Use ME21N transaction and create PO with respect RFQ from Overview tab .
13. What is the complete flow of the profit center accounting and Internal orders in controlling?
Profit Centre Accounting:The following data can be passed on in Profit Center Accounting
* Costs (assessment and/or distribution)* Revenue and sales deductions (assessment and/or distribution)* Balance sheet items (distribution)
For this purpose, it is necessary to define cycles containing rules for finding sender-receiver relationships.
Related Activities in Controlling
* Definition of actual assessment cycles* Definition of plan assessment cycles* Definition of actual distribution cycles* Definition of plan distribution cycles
Internal OrdersInternal orders are normally used to plan, collect, and settle the costs of internal jobs and tasks. The SAP system enables you to monitor your internal orders throughout their entire life-cycle; from initial creation, through the planning and posting of all the actual costs, to the final settlement and archiving:Features* You can use master data to assign certain characteristics to your internal orders, which enables you to control which business transactions can be used with the internal order.
* Internal order planning enables you to roughly estimate the costs of a job before the order starts and tomake an exact calculation at a later date. You can choose between various planning approaches to compare the effectiveness of different methods.
* You can assign and manage budgets for internal orders.
* You apply the actual costs incurred by a job to your internal orders using actual postings. In Financial Accounting, you can assign primary cost postings (such as the procurement of external activities and external deliveries) directly to internal orders.
* In period-end closing you can use various different allocation methods (for example, overhead costing) to allocate costs between different areas of Cost Accounting.Order settlement enables you to transfer the costs incurred by an order to the appropriate receivers.
* The information system for internal orders enables you to track planned and assigned costs on your orders in each stage of the order life-cycle.
* You can archive internal orders that you no longer require.
14. What is the one full implementation of life cycle in SAP-BW.?
Full life cycle implementation means implementing the project start from requirement gathering, analysis, solution design, mapping, implementing according to ASAP methodology.
15. How the Price determination process works in SAP-MM?
Price determination process:Create a Price schemaAdd a condition type if requiredAssign Access sequence to the condition type.Create a condition table and specify flds required.Create a cond. rec. The price schema for the particular mat. has a cond type. This pricing will trigger the Price determination process. Basically the access sequence assigned to the cond type will search the cond table to find the particular cond. rec. and determine the price.
16. What are the activities we will do in SAP MM module implementation?
Various activities in SAP MM are: Inventory, Warehouse, Purchasing, Vendor evolution, Invoice verification etc.
17. Explain what are the steps in the SD process at least up to the invoicing stage Answer1:1) pre-sales activity -inquiry,quotation2) sales-order,3) inventory sourcing,4) delivery,5) pgi,6) invoicing
Answer2:SD Inquiry– Quotation—Sales Order—Delivery—Transfer Order—-Post Good Issue—-Billing—Invoicing.
Condition technique :condition technique means, the combination of- condition table- access sequence- condition type- procedure- determination
18. What is the work you have done in the MM module and what programs did you use for creating views in MM?
1. Stock overview for a period can be done by Tcode-MB5B -further giving details like storage location,Plant,Material code,Date..
2. Stock as on date can be viewed by using Tcode-MMBE-further giving details like storage location,Plant,Material code.mail
19. How do you get the Sales Order (S.O) No. from the Delivery Order?
There are 2 ways through which you can see the reference of the documents.1) Through Document Flow
2) Enter the delivery-> Go at the item level and select TAB PREDECESSOR DATA tab and you can see the reference order number.
20. What is an Open Item in SAP?
How will you find an Open Item in SAP?You can generate a list of open items from the information systems menu option:* General Ledger: Information system ® General ledger reports ® Line items ® General ledger line items ® G/L line items, list for printing.* Accounts Receivable: Information system* ® Reports for accounts receivable ® Customer items ® List of customer open items for printing. Accounts Payable: Information system ® Reports for accounts payable ® Vendor items ® List of vendor open items for printing.