C_TS452_2022 questions and answers

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.

Explanation: When setting up a cross-company-code purchasing organization, you do not need to maintain the assignment of plant to purchasing group. A purchasing group is an organizational unit that is responsible for the day-to-day purchasing activities for one or more materials or services. A purchasing group can be assigned to one or more plants, but it is not mandatory.
References:
SAP S/4HANA
Sourcing and Procurement | SAP Learning, Course S4500, Unit 1, Lesson 1.

Flexible workflows for purchase order approval are a new way of defining and managing approval processes for purchase orders in SAP S/4HANA. Some prerequisites for using flexible workflows are: Define the recipients for the flexible workflow in the Manage Workflows for Purchase Orders SAP Fiori app, which allows you to specify who can approve or reject a purchase order based on various criteria such as amount, material group, or plant.
Activate the flexible workflow for purchase orders in Customizing under Materials Management ->
Purchasing -> Purchase Order -> Release Procedure for Purchase Orders -> Activate Flexible Workflow for Purchase Orders. Set up the preconditions for the flexible workflow in the Manage Workflows for Purchase Orders SAP Fiori app, which allows you to define the conditions that must be met before a
purchase order is sent for approval.
References:
[SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement | SAP
Learning], Course S4520, Unit 1, Lesson 1.

SAP S/4HANA stores low-level code in the following objects: Bill of material (BOM), which is a structured list of components that make up a product or assembly.
Planning file, which is an internal table that contains information about materials that need to be planned by MRP.
References:
SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement | SAP Learning, Course S4525, Unit 1,
Lesson 1.

Explanation: 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]

Explanation: When using split valuation for your refurbishing process to differentiate between materials based on the condition of the material, you must consider that for each possible valuation type, the price control must be moving average price (MAP). This means that each valuation type has its own moving average price that is updated after each goods receipt or invoice receipt. You cannot use standard price for split valuation because it would not reflect the different values of the materials with different conditions.
References:
SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement | SAP Learning, Course S4520, Unit 3, Lesson 2.

You activate SAP S/4HANA output management for purchasing documents at the document type level.
You can assign an output determination procedure to each document type and define output parameters such as output type, channel, recipient, timing, etc. You do not activate output management at the document category, application object, or purchasing organization level.
References:
[SAP Help Portal -
Output Management for Purchasing Documents]

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.

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.

Contract leakage is a key performance indicator that measures the percentage of purchase orders that do not have a contract reference, although an existing contract could have been used. It indicates how well the procurement organization is utilizing its contracts and avoiding unnecessary spending. Off-contract spend is a similar concept, but it measures the absolute value of purchase orders that are not covered by contracts. Unused contracts are contracts that have not been used at all or have been used below a certain threshold. Purchase order value is the total value of purchase orders created in a given period.
References:
[SAP Help Portal], [SAP Help Portal], [SAP Help Portal], [SAP Help Portal]

You can configure the workflow for purchasing for a purchase requisition. A workflow is a sequence of tasks that are performed by different agents according to predefined rules and conditions. A workflow for purchasing can automate and streamline the approval process for a purchase requisition, which is an internal document that requests the procurement of a material or service.
References:
SAP S/4HANA
Sourcing and Procurement | SAP Learning, Course S4520, Unit 1, Lesson 1.

The stock determination strategy is a set of rules that defines how the system selects a suitable stock for a material requirement. To use a stock determination strategy for a material in management, some prerequisites are needed. First, a stock determination rule must be assigned to the business transaction in Customizing. This rule specifies which stock types and special stocks are allowed for the transaction.
Second, a stock determination rule must be customized and assigned to the storage type. This rule defines the sequence in which the system searches for available stock within the storage type. Third, a cross-application strategy for stock determination must be customized. This strategy determines how the system selects a storage location and a batch for the material requirement. The other options are not prerequisites, as they are optional or not related to the stock determination strategy.
References:
[SAP Help Portal], [SAP Community]

A movement type is a key that determines how goods movements are updated in inventory management and accounting. When defining a new movement type, you can configure some of the following aspects: The value string for account determination, which means that you can define which accounts are posted during the goods movement based on the valuation area, valuation class, account category reference, transaction/event key, etc. The allowed transactions, which means that you can define which transactions (such as goods receipt, goods issue, transfer posting, etc.) are possible with the movement type.
The field control, which means that you can define which fields are mandatory, optional, or hidden in the material document for the movement type.
References:
[SAP Help Portal], [SAP Help Portal], [SAP Help Portal]

To implement split valuation, you must do the following: Customize valuation categories and valuation types, which are the key elements of split valuation. A valuation category defines the criteria for splitting the valuation of a material, such as origin or quality. A valuation type is a subdivision of a valuation category that represents a specific stock type, such as country of origin A or B. You can customize valuation categories and valuation types in Customizing under Materials Management -> Valuation and Account Assignment -> Split Valuation -> Configure Split
Valuation.
Create additional accounting data for the relevant materials, which means that you must maintain the valuation data for each valuation type at valuation-area level. The valuation data includes the valuation price, total stock quantity, and total stock value for each valuation type. You can create additional accounting data for the relevant materials in the material master under Accounting 1 view.
References:
Split Valuation in Inventory Management | SAP Help Portal