MDM for Managing Master data for PP & QM Modules

[Former Member]

We have studied the various offerings of SAP MDM for Materials, Suppliers, Financials

These are definitely areas where we would like to automate using MDM and thereby improve Quality, Turn around Time and eliminate errors, redundancy etc.

In these areas we have also succeeded to a some extent in controlling the maintenance process by way of centralizing and building checks and controls in the Configuration of different Modules.

The main pain areas in terms of Master data have been in PP and QM Modules

PP- Maintenance of BoM and Recipe - which is based on process package finalized by R&D Section.

R&D scientists are not so familiar with SAP and SAP Settings

Process Package is usually a simple document- defining specific quantities of the different components required to produce a Specific quantity of a Product and also descibles the procedure of the entire production process, but when it translates into a Recipe and Bom- different tables in SAP come into play.

Eventually the BoMs and Recipes are created by manual input of information from the R&D Process Package

Similarly the QM master data - Inspection Plan in SAP - is based on Specification finalized by the Quality wing of R&D

R&D scientists are not so familiar with SAP and SAP Settings

Specification is usually a simple document defining the different tests to be performed for inspecting a material and the expected range in which the results should fall in order for the material to be accepted- but when it translates into a Recipe and Bom- different tables in SAP come into play.

Eventually the Specifications are created by manual input of information from the R&D Process Package

There is no direct relation between the original R&D Document and the SAP Master data- Verification is a laborious manual process.

We are wondering whether SAP MDM would have the scope to cover these two areas

Tks

[Former Member]

Hello Hari

Ravi's point is well

But i'd like to make some comments:

1)SAP MDM doesn't provide functionality for text recognition.

2) If you'd like to compare Specification's and R&D Process Package's content

you should to use some OCR system for Specification text recognition and then save Specifications data in your repository.

Regards

Kanstantsin Chernichenka

[Former Member]

Hi Hari,

If I understand correctly,you are doing a feasibility study about and trying to find out if standard offering in SAP MDM supports your requirement of linking the master data and R&D documents.

If thats the case I guess you can design a solution based on your business requirement.For this you can either create a custom repository or extend the currently offered standard business content.You can link the documents to the master data,also store these as pdf/image/links etc.

Thanks,

Ravi