SAP Quality Management – Operations and Reporting

• An understanding of SAP ERP fundamentals
• Experience with inventory or production processes
• Basic familiarity with SAP GUI navigation

Audience

• Quality management professionals
• Warehouse and inventory control personnel
• SAP users involved in quality and production operations

SAP Quality Management (QM) is an integrated module designed to support quality planning, inspection, and control within the SAP ERP system.

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level SAP users who wish to manage and track quality-related movements, controls, and reporting.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Execute and monitor material movements between quality-related storage locations.
• Record and manage scrap movements accurately.
• Confirm material availability by specific location and inspection status.
• Apply and manage quality hold statuses such as blocked, unrestricted, and quality inspection.
• Design and generate custom reports related to scrap, cost, and quality performance.

Format of the Course

• Interactive lecture and discussion.
• Lots of exercises and practice.
• Hands-on implementation in a live-lab environment.

Course Customization Options

• To request a customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.

Introduction to SAP Quality Management

• Overview of SAP QM module and its role in SAP ERP
• Key concepts: quality planning, inspection, and control
• Integration of QM with other SAP modules (MM, PP, SD)

Movements Between Locations

• Types of storage locations in SAP QM
• Transferring stock from Quality Inspection to Unrestricted
• Managing stock transfers using movement types (e.g. 321, 322)

Scrap Movements

• Identifying and documenting scrap in production or inspection
• Movement type 553 and related processes
• Integration with costing and waste tracking

Confirmation of Available Material by Location

• Availability checks in SAP QM
• Viewing material stock by inspection status
• Reporting and monitoring available inventory by storage location

Quality Hold (Blocked, Unrestricted, Quality Inspection)

• Understanding stock statuses in SAP
• Assigning quality holds and releasing materials
• Process flows for blocked and inspection stock transitions

Custom Reports (Scrap, Cost, etc.)

• Using standard SAP reports (MB52, MB5T, etc.)
• Creating custom reports using SQVI/SQ01
• Best practices for reporting on quality, scrap, and cost data

Inspection Lot Processing

• Creating and managing inspection lots
• Recording results and usage decisions
• Linking inspection data to production or procurement processes

Summary and Next Steps