C_TS452_2022 Sample Questions Answers

When creating a value contract with a supplier for packaging, you must use the item category W (Material group). This item category allows you to specify only a material group and a target quantity or value without specifying exact materials and their purchase prices until the release orders. You cannot use the item categories B (Limit), T (Text), or M (Material unknown) for this purpose. References: [SAP Help Portal - Value Contract]

A manually created reservation is a document that reserves a certain quantity of a material for a specific purpose or account assignment object. Some properties of a manually created reservation are:

• You can assign different account assignment objects per item, which means that you can allocate the costs for each reserved material to a different cost center, order, project, or asset.
• You can set the Movement Allowed indicator per item, which means that you can specify whether you want to allow goods movements for each reserved material or not. References: SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement | SAP Learning, Course S4510, Unit 2, Lesson 1.

You can assign one purchasing organization to several company codes, one purchasing organization to one company code, or one purchasing organization to several plants across company codes in Customizing for the enterprise structure. These assignments determine the scope and level of purchasing activities. References: SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement | SAP Learning, Course S4500, Unit 1, Lesson 1.

The conditions in an already created purchasing info record can be automatically updated by selecting the Info Update indicator when maintaining a quotation from a vendor. This indicator tells the system to update or create purchasing info records with the conditions from the quotation when saving it. The other options do not update the conditions in an existing purchasing info record, as they either create new purchasing info records or do not affect them at all. References: [SAP Help Portal], [SAP Community]

When you post an invoice with invoice reduction, two accounting documents are created: one for the invoice posting and one for the credit memo posting. A message is also created that can be issued to the supplier as a notification of a credit memo posting. The invoice is not blocked for payment until the supplier confirms the credit memo receipt, and only one accounting document is not created, containing both the invoice and the credit memo postings. References: [SAP Help Portal - Invoice Reduction]

Purchase-order-based invoice verification is a process of verifying and posting an invoice with reference to a purchase order. Some key features of this process are:

• The system proposes the quantity to be invoiced as the difference between the total delivered quantity and the total quantity already invoiced. This ensures that you do not pay more than what you have received.
• Partial deliveries for a purchase order item are NOT flagged as individual invoice items. This means that you can post one invoice for multiple partial deliveries of the same purchase order item. References: [SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement | SAP Learning], Course S4515, Unit 1, Lesson 1.

To have MRP generate a procurement proposal for 1000 pieces for each supplier, you must maintain the following:

• Set a maximum lot size in the quota arrangement item and activate the lx checkbox, which means that MRP will split the total requirement quantity according to the quota allocation and create one procurement proposal per quota arrangement item.
• Set a maximum quota quantity in the quota arrangement item for each supplier, which limits the total quantity that can be procured from each supplier within a validity period. References: SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement | SAP Learning, Course S4525, Unit 1, Lesson 1.

Automatic conversion of purchase requisitions into purchase orders is a process that allows you to create purchase orders automatically from purchase requisitions without manual intervention. The prerequisites for this process are:

• The Automatic Purchase Order indicator is set in the purchasing data of the business partner master record, which means that the vendor is authorized for automatic purchase order creation.
• A source of supply containing valid conditions is assigned to the purchase requisition, which means that there is an agreement or an outline agreement with the vendor that specifies the price and other terms for the material.
• The Automatic Purchase Order indicator is set in the plant-specific purchasing data of the material master record, which means that the material is suitable for automatic purchase order creation. References: [SAP Help Portal], [SAP Help Portal], [SAP Help Portal]

You use an invoicing plan in this scenario. An invoicing plan is a method of creating invoices automatically at predefined intervals or dates without referring to any service entry sheets or goods receipts. You can use an invoicing plan for blanket purchase orders or contracts that have a fixed amount and validity period. References: [SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement | SAP Learning], Course S4520, Unit 2, Lesson 1.

During reorder point planning, the system performs a net requirement calculation for every material included in the planning run and carries out a lot-size calculation for every material with net requirements. The system does not flag materials that have been subject to an activity relevant to MRP or perform backward scheduling to determine the availability dates of purchase requisitions2 References: SAP Help Portal - Reorder Point Planning

Supplier consignment is a special procurement process in which the materials are stored at your premises but are still owned by the vendor. What you must do when using supplier consignment are:

• Create consignment info records, which contain information about the conditions and delivery data for a consignment material from a specific vendor.
• Settle liabilities resulting from consignment stock withdrawals, which means that you pay the vendor for the materials that you have consumed from the consignment stock. References: SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement | SAP Learning, Course S4520, Unit 4, Lesson 1.

One difference between the SAP Fiori launchpad and the classical SAP Graphical User Interface (SAP GUI) is that the SAP Fiori launchpad is role-based, while SAP GUI often offers single complex transactions for many user roles. This means that the SAP Fiori launchpad provides a user-friendly and personalized access to the applications and tasks that are relevant for a specific user role, while SAP GUI often requires users to navigate through menus and screens that are not relevant for their role. References: [SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement | SAP Learning], Course S4500, Unit 1, Lesson 1.

The Procurement Overview app is a SAP Fiori app that provides an overview of the procurement activities and key performance indicators. You can personalize the app by using the following options:

• Filter the contents of all cards according to a specific supplier, which means you can narrow down the information displayed on the cards based on a supplier name or number.
• Use your user settings to define which cards to show and hide, which means you can customize the app layout by selecting or deselecting the cards that are relevant for you.
• Use the drag-and-drop functionality to rearrange cards, which means you can change the order and position of the cards by dragging and dropping them on the app screen. References: [SAP Help Portal], [SAP Help Portal], [SAP Help Portal]

The Delivery Completed indicator in a purchase order item signals that no more goods receipts are expected for this item. Some consequences of setting this indicator are:

• You can still post goods receipts of remaining quantities if you have not received the full ordered quantity yet. However, you cannot post goods receipts that exceed the ordered quantity.
• The purchase order item is skipped when delivery reminders are generated by the system. Delivery reminders are messages that are sent to vendors to remind them of overdue deliveries or upcoming delivery dates. References: SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement | SAP Learning, Course S4520, Unit 2, Lesson 1.

The system message that is shown when a user creates a purchase order with a delivery date in the past can be controlled by copying it to a new version and setting it as an error message or a warning message. To allow such purchase orders to only be created by authorized users, the version with the error message must be assigned to non-authorized users with user parameter MSV. This way, non-authorized users will not be able to save or post such purchase orders, while authorized users will only receive a warning message that they can ignore. The other options do not achieve this, as they either assign the wrong version to the wrong users or do not set the message as an error message. References: [SAP Help Portal], [SAP Community]

Authorization object M_EINK_FRG for the release of purchasing documents contains the following fields:

• Release strategy, which defines the release codes and release indicators that are required for releasing a purchasing document.
• Release group, which groups together purchasing documents that have similar release characteristics such as document type or value limit. References: SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement | SAP Learning, Course S4520, Unit 1, Lesson 1.

The account category reference is a grouping of material types that have a similar account determination. By assigning the same account category reference to different material types, you can control that they use the same valuation class for account determination. The valuation class is a key factor that determines which general ledger accounts are posted during inventory transactions. Therefore, if you want to set up the same account determination for raw materials (material type ROH) and operating supplies (material type HIBE), you can group them by assigning the same account category reference to these material types. References: [SAP Help Portal], [SAP Help Portal]

The product type group in the material type controls whether a material is used in the lean service process. The lean service process is a simplified procurement process for services that do not require a service entry sheet or an invoice receipt. You can use product type group 3 (Lean Services) to indicate that a material is used for this process. References: [SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement | SAP Learning], Course S4520, Unit 4, Lesson 1.

Material requirements planning (MRP) is a process that calculates the net requirements and generates planned orders or purchase requisitions for materials based on various factors, such as demand, supply, lead time, lot size, safety stock, etc. To carry out MRP for a plant, some prerequisites are needed. Two of them are:

• Maintain MRP data in the material master record for the materials to be planned automatically: This prerequisite is necessary, as the MRP data contains the parameters that control how the system plans the material, such as MRP type, MRP group, MRP controller, lot size, procurement type, special procurement, etc. Without these parameters, the system cannot determine the optimal quantity and timing of the material requirements.
• Maintain plant parameters for the corresponding plant in Customizing: This prerequisite is necessary, as the plant parameters define the global settings that apply to all materials in the plant, such as planning horizon, planning calendar, opening period, scheduling margin key, etc. These settings influence how the system calculates the dates and quantities of the planned orders or purchase requisitions.

The organizational structure for procurement consists of various organizational units that are related to each other. Some properties of this structure are:

• A plant can only belong to one company code, which is the smallest organizational unit for which a complete self-contained set of accounts can be drawn up.
• Several storage locations may be assigned to a plant. A storage location is the place where materials are physically stored within a plant.
• A storage location key must be unique in a plant, but not in a company code. References: SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement | SAP Learning, Course S4500, Unit 1, Lesson 1.

If you want to implement production planning and product costing in your company, you must choose plant as the organizational level for stock valuation. This means that each plant has its own valuation area and valuation class for each material. This allows you to valuate materials differently in different plants and calculate production costs accurately. References: SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement | SAP Learning, Course S4550, Unit 1, Lesson 1.

Time-dependent conditions are conditions that have different values depending on the validity period. For example, you can have different prices or discounts for different time intervals within a contract or a scheduling agreement. You can configure the usage of time-dependent conditions for these two documents in Customizing for Materials Management under Purchasing -> Conditions -> Define Price Determination Process -> Define Schema Determination -> Determine Schema for Standard Purchase Orders -> Assign Schema Group to Purchasing Organization. References: SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement | SAP Learning, Course S4520, Unit 5, Lesson 1.