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 etc.
• 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 steps

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

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Standard Release strategy configuration steps
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Standard Release strategy configuration steps

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

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Standard Release strategy configuration steps

• 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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Standard Release strategy configuration steps
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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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