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SAP Movement Types: 101, 261, 311 and 551 Explained

SAP Movement Types: 101, 261, 311, 551 and What Each One Triggers Marta Vidal, a purchasing key user at Glass+ in Valencia, receives twenty tonnes of silica and opens MIGO....

Michael Antoine Michael A. 15 min read
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Storage Type Search Sequence in SAP EWM Explained

Storage Type Search Sequence in SAP EWM: How Putaway Chooses Where Stock Goes Nuria Sanz runs operations at the Glass+ central warehouse in Valencia. One morning, a putaway warehouse task...

Michael Antoine Michael A. 15 min read
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How to Read MD04 in SAP: Stock/Requirements List Explained

How to Read MD04 in SAP: The Stock/Requirements List Explained Available quantity goes negative on October 19. The planner calls the supplier in a hurry, and the order she pulls...

Michael Antoine Michael A. 19 min read
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SAP Account Determination: How OBYC Picks the G/L Account

SAP Account Determination (OBYC): From Goods Movement to G/L Posting You post a goods receipt in MIGO. You enter a material, a quantity, a purchase order. At no point does...

Michael Antoine Michael A. 17 min read
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SAP Document Flow: Trace an Invoice Back to Its Order (VBFA)

SAP Document Flow: Trace an Invoice Back to Its Order (VBFA) It is 9:10 in the morning. A customer is disputing an invoice and wants your answer before noon. You...

Michael Antoine Michael A. 12 min read
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SAP Object Locked by Another User: What It Means (SM12)

SAP Object Locked by Another User: What It Means (SM12) An object locked by another SAP user and an object you have no rights on feel exactly the same: everything...

Michael Antoine Michael A. 15 min read
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SAP availability check (ATP): sales order not confirmed

SAP availability check (ATP): why your sales order is not confirmed The stock is right there on your screen, the sales rep is calling, and the confirmed quantity on the...

Michael Antoine Michael A. 15 min read
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SAP Credit Block: Release a Blocked Sales Order (VKM1, VKM3)

SAP Credit Block: Release a Blocked Sales Order (VKM1, VKM3) and Understand OVA8 You create a sales order the way you do a hundred times a week, and instead of...

Michael Antoine Michael A. 19 min read
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SAP EWM Wave Management: Waves, WT and WO Explained

SAP EWM Wave Management: Mastering Picking Waves A misconception runs through almost every team I meet: "my wave creates my picking tasks." It does not. SAP EWM wave management builds...

Michael Antoine Michael A. 14 min read
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SAP BOM and Routing: Create the Pair (CS01, CA01)

SAP BOM and routing: understand and build the BOM / routing pair First thing to get straight, because this is where everyone stumbles: in SAP, a bill of materials has...

Michael Antoine Michael A. 19 min read