SAP MM Tutorial

SAP MM Tutorial – Learn SAP Material Management Online

SAP MM Tutorial – To learn some of the free SAP MM (Material Management) topics and how to deal material management and inventory management.

SAP MM stands for Material Management and this is one of the major and important module in SAP and dealing procurement, vendor master data and material resources of a company. In SAP, MM (material Management module records all transactions which related to goods or materials on a regular basis. SAP MM module help to implement the supply chain management (SCM) in an organization and enables to control the inventory management, forecast customer demand and updated on all the transactions of supply chain.

SAP Material Management module integrate with other modules in SAP such as Production planning (SAP PP), Financial Accounting and controlling (SAP FICO), Quality Management (SAP QM), Warehouse Management(SAP WM), along with Sales and distribution (SAP SD).

Master Data in Materials Management

A number of master data files in Materials Management require a significant amount of understanding, not only on the part of the SAP consultant but also on the part of the SAP customer.

Material Master

The Material Master is the repository of the data used for a material. The Material Master is more than a single file for each material, it is where all information on a material is entered and accessed from.

Material Master Tables

Material Master transaction allows the users to enter all of the information relevant to a particular item of material into the correct tables. The Material Master isn’t just a single file but a number of tables of information that combined reflect all of the information for that material.

Material Number Range

The material number ranges can be configured in Transaction MMNR or via the navigation path

IMG > Logistics > General > Material Master> Basic Settings >Material Types > Define Number Ranges for Material Types.


The transaction allows a range of numbers to be entered and the option to make that range either external or internally assigned.

SAP MM is one of the most widely used modules in SAP. I have written a lot on SAP MM Tutorial and this is a summary post that will work as an index to go through with all of them in order

SAP MM Tutorial/ Course

SAP MM Tutorial # Part 1

Tutorial : SAP Materials Management – Overview

TutorialWhat is Master Conditions in SA P?

Tutorial What is SAP Vendor Evaluation System and how Integrated?

Tutorial What is Consumption based Planning in SAP MM?

Tutorial What is Sap Material Ledger Periodic Unit Price?

Tutorial What is Difference between Safety stock and Reorder Level

Tutorial Consumption Based Planning Process in SAP MM?

Tutorial SAP MM Transaction Codes (Material Management)

Tutorial What is Contract in SAP?

SAP MM Tutorial # Part 2

Tutorial What is Condition Technique in SAP?

Tutorial What is Scheduling agreement in SAP MM?

Tutorial What is Purchase order in SAP?

Tutorial What is Structure of SAP SD Master Data?

Tutorial SAP Purchasing info Records Types?

Tutorial What is outline agreement in SAP?

Tutorial What is request for quotation (RFQ) in sap?

Tutorial What is Release Procedure for Purchase Requisition in SAP MM?

SAP MM Tutorial # Part 3

Tutorial Material Ledger Closing in SAP Quick review

Tutorial Material Requirements Planning (MRP) in SAP MM

Tutorial What are the different Types of Master data in SAP MM?

Tutorial What is Planned Order in SAP?

Tutorial To Create Purchasing Information Records with Material Master

Tutorial What is Materials Planning and Control?

Tutorial How to do Material Ledger Multiple Currency?

Tutorial Release Procedure for requisitions in Purchasing in MM

Tutorial What is Variant Configuration in SAP?

Tutorial What is Reorder Point Planning in SAP MM?

SAP MM Tutorial # Part 4

Tutorial What is SAP Block Material for Posting?

Tutorial What is Invoice Verification in the SAP System?

TutorialHow to View Existing Purchasing Documents per Vendor?

Tutorial SAP Trading Goods Transaction Code MMH1 – Step by Step

Tutorial What is Bill of Materials (BOM)?

Tutorial What is Purchase Info Record in SAP?

Tutorial How To Create Purchase Info Record SAP?

Tutorial The Functions of Goods issue Posting in AP

Tutorial SAP Item Category Determination an Overview

Tutorial Transport Request in SAP – Different Types

Tutorial What is Hardware Sizing for SAP ERP?

SAP MM Tutorial # Part 5

Tutorial What is Returnable Transport Packaging (RTP) in SAP MM?

Tutorial : What Is a Blanket Purchase Order?

Tutorial : What is Logistics Invoice Verification in SAP MM?

Tutorial : What is SAP Procurement – Vendor Consignment Stock?

Tutorial : How to Maintain default User Settings when Creating Material Master?

Tutorial : How to do Availability Check against Product Allocation in SAP?

Tutorial Flagging Material Master Records for Deletion SAP PP

Tutorial To use Multiple Master and Body Pages in the SAP Adobe Forms

Tutorial Batch Management Configuration in SAP MM

SAP MM Tutorial # Part 6

Tutorial Special Stocks and Procurement Types in SAP MM an Overview

Tutorial Materials Management Terms in SAP

Tutorial How to Change the Type of Price Control in SAP?

Tutorial :How to delete Master Data in SAP?

Tutorial Material Master Data – Overview

Tutorial What is Bill of Materials (BOM)? – Definition

Tutorial : How to extend a material to new storage location – SAP MM

Tutorial : SAP MIGO Partial Goods Receipt

Tutorial SAP Cost Center Accounting – Overview

Tutorial : SAP MMBE Stock Overview

SAP MM Tutorial # Part 7

Tutorial : List of Stock Values Balances Transaction Code MB5L

Tutorial : One time vendor – Posting FB60

Tutorial : How to create purchase order in sap using me21n

Tutorial : How to define Standard Hierarchy in SAP?

Tutorial How to Create Cost Center in SAP?

Tutorial Make to Order (MTO) and Make to Stock (MTS)

Tutorial SAP MTO (Made To Order) with AFS

Tutorial : SAP Goods Movement

Tutorial SAP MM Simple Procurement Cycle

Tutorial SAP Business Model and AS-IS Process Mapping

Tutorial How to add New fields to Field Catalog?

SAP MM Tutorial # Part 8

TutorialHow to Define Condition Types?

Tutorial : What is Proof of Delivery (POD) Process in SAP?

Tutorial : What is Schedule Line Categories and Schedule Agreements in SAP?

Tutorial SAP SD: Scheduling Agreement Vs Contract

Tutorial : Create New Movement Types in SAP MM Step by Step

Tutorial : What is SAP Correction and Transport System (CTS)?

The Materials Management functionality includes a number of important master data files. The Material Master and Vendor Master files are at the core of Procurement, Inventory Management, and Invoice Verification.

SAP MM Tutorial for beginners explain what SAP MM Module, and it gives a brief understanding of messaging and important SAP MM concepts are explained above post. I will be adding more posts in SAP MM tutorial, so please bookmark the post for future reference too.