release strategy in sap mm

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Release Strategy in SAP MM


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Release Strategy Concept

This is the corporate purchasing approval matrix in any organization.

Purchasing documents need higher management approval

. (after certain value limit)

Designing approval matrix is a difficult step

As many departments use different purchasing process

but they demand for a unique and simple Release Process


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Release Strategy Concept


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Release Strategy in SAP MM

The SAP Release strategy defines the approval process for

purchasing documents.

Release strategy for Purchase Requisition( Internal Document)

Release strategy for Purchase Order, Request For Quotation(RFQ),

Contracts (External Documents)


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Types of Release Strategy

Release Strategy without Classification

Release Strategy with Classification


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Release Strategy without classification

For Purchase Requisition


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Release Strategy with classification

This procedure is more flexible

We can have more criteria for approval process

Document type, Purchase org, Purchasing group, Net order value, Plant, Material group

The Purchase orders, RFQ, contracts can be released at header level.

Only Purchase Requisitions are released at both header and item level


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Standard Release strategy configuration step

Create Characteristics (will be used as criteria in approval process)


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Create Class (all the characteristics will be assigned to this class)


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Create Release Group ( Link this with the class)

Create Release codes for Release group

Release Indicator

Set up release strategy using above release codes

Workflow


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Purchase Order for Release ( ME23N)


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Purchase Order for Release (ME29N)

PO in ME29N


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Purchase Order for Release


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Purchase Order for Release (ME29N)

PO in ME29N


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Advantages

Speed up the whole approval process

Releasing Process can be fully automated using SAP release strategy

Collective release of purchasing document is possible

Simple to operate and Easy to maintain


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