Get the most out of your Quality Management system in SAP! From QM configuration to business process management to working in the system, this is the resource you need. Get a 360-degree view of the component, learn about QM concepts like samples and certificates, and set up essential master data. Once you've covered the basics, you'll learn how QM works with other components in the supply chain, and learn how to use workflow tools like the Classification System and Engineering Change Management. Highlights: Master data and structureQM configurationEngineering Change ManagementDocument Management SystemFailure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and Control Plan (CP)Audit ManagementMonitoring and controlStakeholder notificationsWorkflow toolsIntegration with SAP components

InhaltsangabeAcknowledgments.23 Foreword.25 Introduction.27 PART I Quality Management Core Concepts 1 Quality Management in SAP ERP.37 1.1 Organizational Structures in SAP ERP.39 1.2 Quality Management in the SAP Landscape.42 1.3 Business Processes in QM.44 1.4 Integration with Other Components.54 1.5 Summary.56 2 Quality Planning.57 2.1 Quality Management View in Material Master.59 2.2 Master Record.70 2.3 Master Recipe or Routing.73 2.4 Reference Operation Set.74 2.5 Work Center.74 2.6 Inspection Method.76 2.7 Quality Agreements.78 2.8 Quality Information Record.80 2.9 Master Inspection Characteristic (MIC).81 2.10 Sampling Procedure.91 2.11 Inspection Plan.94 2.12 Material Specification.108 2.13 Summary.110 3 Quality Inspection.111 3.1 Business Processes in Quality Inspection.112 3.2 Optimization Features of Inspection Planning and Quality Inspection.129 3.3 Multiple Specifications.152 3.4 Configuration Basics: Quality Planning and Quality Inspection.170 3.5 Summary.212 PART II Quality Management Integration with Logistics Components 4 Integrating QM with Materials Management.215 4.1 Configuration Basics.216 4.2 Procurement Business Processes.219 4.3 Pilot Run Inspection: Inspection Type 0102.231 4.4 Subcontracting: Inspection Type 0130.236 4.5 Inventory Management Processes.241 4.6 Handling Inspection Stock at QM Activation: Inspection Type 0800.248 4.7 Summary.251 5 Integrating QM with Production Planning.253 5.1 Configuration Basics.254 5.2 Master Data.259 5.3 Business Processes in Production Planning.263 5.4 Summary.282 6 Integrating QM with Sales and Distribution.283 6.1 Configuration Basics.284 6.2 Master Data.285 6.3 Business Processes.287 6.4 Summary.295 7 Integrating QM with Plant Maintenance.297 7.1 Deciding Which SAP ERP Components to Implement.298 7.2 Defining Test Equipment.300 7.3 Configuration Basics.302 7.4 Test Equipment Master Data.305 7.5 Business Processes in Test Equipment Management.322 7.6 Summary.329 8 Optimizing Quality Management.331 8.1 Dynamic Modification Rule (DMR).332 8.2 Recurring Inspection, Best Before Date, and Shelf Life Expiration Date.346 8.3 Active Ingredient Management.354 8.4 Batch Derivation.375 8.5 Summary.385 PART III Quality Management Workflow Tools 9 Sample Management.389 9.1 Plant Settings: Sample Management.390 9.2 Master Data.391 9.3 Business Processes in Sample Management.396 9.4 Physical Sample Drawing with Reference: Production Processes.408 9.5 Configuration Basics.411 9.6 Summary.413 10 Quality Certificates.415 10.1 Incoming Quality Certificates.415 10.2 Outgoing Quality Certificates.427 10.3 Summary.437 11 Quality Notification.439 11.1 Workflow.440 11.2 Quality Notification in Sales and Distribution.442 11.3 Quality Notification in Production.457 11.4 Quality Notification in Procurement.460 11.5 Quality Notification Tools.464 11.6 Configuration Basics: Quality Notification.475 11.7 Summary.482 12 Quality Costs.483 12.1 QualityRelated Costs.484 12.2 Master Data Setup for Quality Costs.486 12.3 Business Processes.493