C_TS452_2022 SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement Questions and Answers

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.

You can use the valuation grouping code to group together plants assigned to company codes with the same chart of accounts. This reduces the effort to configure account determination because you only need to maintain one set of valuation classes and account assignments for each valuation grouping code instead of each plant. References: SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement | SAP Learning, Course S4550, Unit 1, Lesson 1.

The SAP Fiori launchpad is a role-based, personalized, and real-time access point for SAP applications and services. Some personalization options of the SAP Fiori launchpad are:

• Add new tile groups, which are collections of tiles that represent different applications or tasks. You can create your own tile groups and arrange them according to your preferences.
• Add tiles to existing tile groups, which means that you can add more applications or tasks to the tile groups that are already available on your launchpad. You can also remove tiles from tile groups or move them to different tile groups. References: SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement | SAP Learning, Course S4500, Unit 1, Lesson 1.

A purchasing organization is an organizational unit that is responsible for procuring materials or services for one or more plants and negotiating prices and conditions with vendors. When defining purchasing organizations, you must consider the following aspects:

• Each purchasing organization has its own info records, which contain information about the conditions and delivery data for a material from a specific vendor.
• Each purchasing organization has its own supplier master data, which contain information about the general data, accounting data, and purchasing data for a supplier. References: SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement | SAP Learning, Course S4500, Unit 1, Lesson 1.

When you manually create a purchase requisition, the system will list all valid records and the user needs to select one. The system will not choose the most recent info record, the info record with the lowest price, or the info record from the last purchase order. References: [SAP Help Portal - Creating Purchase Requisitions Manually]

To enable the system to check the shelf life of materials at goods receipt, you must meet the following prerequisites:

• The purchase order item contains the remaining shelf life, which is the minimum number of days that a material must be usable after goods receipt.
• The shelf life expiration date check is activated for the movement type in Customizing, which means that the system will compare the remaining shelf life in the purchase order with the total shelf life in the material master and reject the goods receipt if it does not meet the requirement. References: SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement | SAP Learning, Course S4510, Unit 2, Lesson 1.

To determine the safety stock during automatic reorder point planning, the system requires the following data:

• Service level, which is the probability of avoiding a stockout situation during the replenishment lead time.
• Mean absolute deviation, which is a measure of the forecast accuracy based on the historical consumption data.
• Replenishment lead time, which is the time required to procure or produce a material. References: SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement | SAP Learning, Course S4525, Unit 1, Lesson 1.

Centrally agreed contracts are contracts that are created by a central purchasing organization and can be used by multiple purchasing organizations within a company. Some of the characteristics of centrally agreed contracts are:

• You can use centrally agreed contracts in a procurement hub scenario, which means that you can leverage the central purchasing organization’s negotiation power and expertise to procure materials or services for other purchasing organizations.
• You cannot specify plants in centrally agreed contracts, which means that the contracts are not plant-specific and can be used by any plant that belongs to the purchasing organizations that are assigned to the central purchasing organization. References: [SAP Help Portal], [SAP Help Portal]

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.

A subcontracting process involves sending components to a vendor who provides a service and returns an assembled or processed product. Some steps that can be part of this process are:

• Post subsequent adjustment of component consumption, which means that you can correct the actual quantity of components consumed by the vendor after receiving the finished product.
• Create an outbound delivery for components to be provided, which means that you can ship the components from your plant to the vendor’s location using the shipping functionality.
• Purchase components for direct delivery to the subcontractor, which means that you can order components from another vendor and have them delivered directly to the subcontractor without storing them in your own plant. References: [SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement | SAP Learning], Course S4520, Unit 4, Lesson 1.

SAP Fiori achieves the role-based design principle by using the following methods:

• By giving end users exactly what they need for their work, which means that SAP Fiori apps are tailored to the specific tasks and processes that users perform in their roles.
• By decomposing big transactions into several discrete apps suited to the user’s role, which means that SAP Fiori apps are focused on one or a few activities that users can complete quickly and easily. References: SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement | SAP Learning, Course S4500, Unit 1, Lesson 1.

A subcontracting procurement process involves sending components to a vendor who provides a service and returns an assembled or processed product. Some features of this process are:

• You can maintain the components to be provided in a bill of material (BOM), which specifies the quantity and type of components required for each finished product.
• You can have subcontracting purchase requisitions created by MRP (material requirements planning), which calculates the demand for finished products and components based on various planning parameters.
• You can customize the control parameters for the subcontracting item category (L), which determines whether a goods receipt or an invoice receipt is required, whether account assignment is possible, and whether a material number is mandatory. References: SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement | SAP Learning, Course S4520, Unit 4, Lesson 1.

The automatic account determination is used to assign the correct general ledger accounts for the inventory postings. If the account determination is set up incorrectly, the system will issue an error message when posting a transaction that affects the inventory value or quantity. The transactions C, D, and E are examples of such transactions, as they involve stock movements between different valuation areas, stock types, or company codes. The transactions A and B do not affect the inventory value or quantity, as they only change the material master data or the purchasing info record. References: SAP Help Portal, SAP Community

You maintain the purchasing value key in the material master at plant level. The purchasing value key contains parameters that influence the purchasing process for a material, such as order unit, rounding value, minimum order quantity, and delivery tolerance. References: SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement | SAP Learning, Course S4520, Unit 3, Lesson 2.

To completely block a material for procurement in a plant, you can use the following methods:

• Create an entry in the source list with a blocking indicator and NO supplier, which means that you prevent the system from finding any valid source of supply for the material in the plant.
• Use a relevant plant-specific material status in the material master, which means that you restrict the procurement transactions that are allowed for the material in the plant. For example, you can use material status 01 (Procurement blocked) to block all procurement transactions. References: SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement | SAP Learning, Course S4520, Unit 3, Lesson 2.

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.

When posting an invoice with a cash discount amount using the posting gross method, the cash discount amount is posted to a cash discount clearing account, which is cleared at the time of payment. The posting gross method means that the invoice amount is posted in full to the vendor account and the cash discount clearing account, regardless of whether the payment is made within the cash discount period or not. References: SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement | SAP Learning, Course S4515, Unit 3, Lesson 1.

The account assignment category determines whether you can change the account assignment data for a consumable material during invoice receipt. You can set this parameter in Customizing for Materials Management under Purchasing -> Account Assignment -> Maintain Account Assignment Categories. References: SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement | SAP Learning, Course S4520, Unit 3, Lesson 2.

When you enter a supplier invoice for a purchase order that has already been delivered, you can use the following documents as a reference:

• Delivery note, which is a document issued by the vendor that confirms the delivery of goods and contains information such as delivery date, quantity, and weight.
• Goods receipt, which is a document posted by you that records the receipt of goods from a vendor and updates the stock and inventory data. References: SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement | SAP Learning, Course S4515, Unit 1, Lesson 1.

When you create a blanket purchase order for several minor repairs that may occur during the year, you must enter the following data:

• An account assignment category, which determines how the costs for the repairs are allocated to an account assignment object such as cost center or order.
• An overall limit value, which specifies the maximum amount that can be invoiced for all items within the validity period of the blanket purchase order. References: SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement | SAP Learning, Course S4520, Unit 2, Lesson 1.

SAP Smart Business is a framework that provides real-time insights into key performance indicators (KPIs) and allows users to take actions based on the data. Some SAP Smart Business KPIs available for purchase requisitions are:

• Purchase requisition-to-order cycle time, which measures the average time from the creation of a purchase requisition to the creation of a purchase order.
• Overdue purchase requisitions, which shows the number and value of purchase requisitions that have not been converted to purchase orders by their delivery date.
• Purchase requisition average approval time, which measures the average time from the submission of a purchase requisition to its approval or rejection. References: SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement | SAP Learning, Course S4520, Unit 8, Lesson 1.

 To make sure that consignment purchase orders utilize a different number range than other purchase orders, you must customize a new document type, assign a new number range, and assign the item category for consignment only to this type. This way, you can differentiate consignment purchase orders from other types of purchase orders based on their document type and number range. The item category for consignment is K, which indicates that the goods remain in the vendor’s ownership until they are consumed.

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.

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

The SAP Smart Business key performance indicator (KPI) tiles are interactive dashboards that provide real-time insights and analytics for purchasing processes. Some of the key features of these tiles are:

• Insight to Action: This feature allows the user to drill down into the details of the KPI and perform appropriate actions based on the analysis. For example, the user can view the purchase requisitions that are overdue and create purchase orders for them directly from the tile.
• Smart alert thresholds: This feature allows the user to set different thresholds for the KPI values and change the color or icon of the tile accordingly. For example, the user can set a red alert if the purchase requisition-to-order cycle time exceeds a certain limit. The tile will display a red icon and notify the user of the critical situation.