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Practice SAP ME21N — Create a Purchase Order

Raise a purchase order to supplier 100214 for 100 units of R-1001. Work through it below in a simulated ME21N screen: pick the wrong value and you get the error a real SAP system would give you.

ME21N

Create a Purchase Order

· Procure-to-Pay (MM)

Raise a purchase order to supplier 100214 for 100 units of R-1001.

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Guided

Step 1: Enter ME21N in the command field to open Create Purchase Order.

Create Purchase Order
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MaterialPO QuantityNet Price
Client 100  |  Company Code 1000  |  S/4HANA

What you will do in ME21N

  1. 01Enter ME21N in the command field to open Create Purchase Order.
  2. 02Enter Supplier 100214 — the vendor you’re buying from.
  3. 03Enter Purchasing Organization 1000.
  4. 04Add material R-1001 to the item line.
  5. 05Enter a PO quantity of 100.
  6. 06Enter the net price per unit. What should it be?
  7. 07Click Save to create the purchase order.

SAP errors this simulation teaches

Pick the wrong option and SAP answers the way it would on a real system. Learning to read these is most of the job.

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Next in Procure-to-Pay (MM)

MIGOPost a Goods Receipt

Receive 100 units of R-1001 into stock against purchase order 4500000077.

MIROVerify a Supplier Invoice

Post the supplier invoice for PO 4500000077 — and make the 3-way match balance.

ME51NCreate a Purchase Requisition

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MB1BTransfer Stock Between Locations

Move 50 units from the main warehouse to the production storage location.

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