SAP Materials Management Essential Training
1h 23mIntermediate2026-08-20
Authors

Justin Valley
SAP Trainer, Instructional Designer, and Organizational Change Manager
Course details
SAP Materials Management, or MM, is the module that runs purchasing and inventory in one of the most widely implemented ERP systems in the world, and it touches nearly everyone in supply chain, procurement, finance, and operations. In this course, Justin Valley, an SAP trainer and organizational change manager with 19+ years of enterprise implementation experience, teaches you how to work with master data, run the full procure-to-pay process, manage inventory and physical counts, and pull reports in both the SAP GUI and Fiori. Plus, find out how AI and Joule are changing the way people work in SAP.
Learning objectives
Explain the purpose and key components of SAP Materials Management, including its core master data, organizational structure, and the difference between master and transactional data.
Navigate SAP Materials Management confidently using both the SAP GUI and SAP Fiori interfaces, including transaction codes, menus, and the Fiori Launchpad.
Describe how SAP Materials Management supports the procure-to-pay cycle, including purchasing, inventory management, invoice verification, and physical inventory, and how MM connects to Finance and Controlling.
Run, customize, and export purchasing and inventory reports using selection criteria, layouts, variants, and Fiori analytical apps.
Identify how artificial intelligence and Joule are being embedded in SAP Materials Management to assist with purchasing, improve master data quality, and support inventory tasks.
Learning objectives
Explain the purpose and key components of SAP Materials Management, including its core master data, organizational structure, and the difference between master and transactional data.
Navigate SAP Materials Management confidently using both the SAP GUI and SAP Fiori interfaces, including transaction codes, menus, and the Fiori Launchpad.
Describe how SAP Materials Management supports the procure-to-pay cycle, including purchasing, inventory management, invoice verification, and physical inventory, and how MM connects to Finance and Controlling.
Run, customize, and export purchasing and inventory reports using selection criteria, layouts, variants, and Fiori analytical apps.
Identify how artificial intelligence and Joule are being embedded in SAP Materials Management to assist with purchasing, improve master data quality, and support inventory tasks.
Concepts
Introduction
- Manage purchasing and inventory
SAP Materials Management Overview
- SAP MM process overview
- SAP MM module integration
- SAP MM organizational structure
- AI in SAP MM
Master Data in SAP Materials Management
- MM Master data overview
- Create material master in SAP - MM01
- Extend a material master in SAP - MM01
- Create a supplier in SAP - BP
- Extend a supplier in SAP - BP
- Create a purchasing information record in SAP - ME11
- Maintain a source list in SAP - ME01
Purchasing in SAP Materials Management
- SAP purchasing process overview
- Material requirements planning overview
- Create a purchase requisition - ME51N
- Create a request for quotation - ME41
- Create a purchase order in SAP - ME21N
- Create a contract in SAP - ME31K
- Create a scheduling agreement - ME31L
- Purchasing reports in SAP
Inventory Management in SAP
- SAP inventory management overview
- Create a goods receipt in SAP - MIGO
- Create a stock transfer in SAP - MIGO
- Create a reservation in SAP - MB21
- Create a goods issue in SAP - MIGO
- Post a supplier invoice in SAP - MIRO
- Inventory management reports in SAP
Physical Inventory in SAP
- SAP physical inventory process
- Create physical inventory document - MI01
- Enter physical inventory count - MI04
- Post physical inventory difference - MI07
- Physical inventory reports in SAP
Conclusion
- Extend your SAP skills