question : Difference between MD04 & MMBE

[Former Member]

Hi PP Guru's,

Please give the difference between MD04 & MMBE and also provide merits &

Demerits of these 2. Is this the standard Tcode ?

Thanx in advance

Regards,

Vimalbalaji

[former_member196398 · Accepted solution]

Vimal,

Both the transactions are standard SAP ones, and most frequently used by MM/PP persons.

MMBE - Shows you only the stock details relevant for a material along with open order qty for purchase material.

The main advantage here is that you can see the stock status of the material through out the SAP client. i.e Across companycode/plants/storagelocation/batch.

MD04 - This is basically an evaluation report where we get all the reciept elements , Issue element, Stock relevant for MRP(No split up).

The disadvantage of this is you can see only for a Plant / Material combination. The advantage is you can use the tree overview to drill down to the next BOM level details.

Hope this helps....

Regards,

Prasobh

[Former Member]

Hi Vimal,

Just to add further with Prasobh, MD04 is dynamic stock reqireemnts list which change frequently with updates from so many linked transactions and this represents the current stock at plant level with data of all future incoming receipts and issue like PO and sales orders. So you will be having the view of current and future updates at once from the MD04 list.

From MMBE you will get only stock view at various levels like stoarge location, batch numbers etc butyou will not get the future receipts data like incoming purchase orders etc.

The best answer is given by Prasobh. So request you to rewards max points Prasobh and close this thread.

Reagards

TAJUDDIN

[former_member196398]

Tajuddin/Vimal,

Thank you buddies,

Regards,

Prasobh

[Former Member]

Raj,

MMBE is from the Inventory Management perspective -Just gives the detailed stock status for a material in under various categories like Unrestricted, Quality Insp, Blocked, Reserved, Returns, etc.... The stock is diaplyed at Batch/ Valuation Type level and under each speacial stock categoty wise. It gives a total glimpse of the stock situation for the particular material.

MD04 is from the Planning perspective. Here the stock status is from planning perspective and hence would be cummulative of all the stock types which are relavant for MRP. It shows how the stocks will be utilized. What are the requirements that would look for the stock.

MD04 is helpful for the planner. MMBE is useful for all - especially the Inventory Manager.

Hope you are fully clear now.

Ram

[former_member184655]

Dear Rajaraman,

<b>After MRP run the stock/requirement list can be viewed in

MD04-Stock/Requirement list.

As the name tells first it shows you the stock and followed by the various MRP elements like planned orders,production orders ,open orders and other elements.

In this in the front page you will be able to see2 tab pages Individual/Collective access.

Using individual access you check the Stock/Requirements list for an individual material.

Using collective access you check for a MRP controller or using options listed in that screen.

You use this T code to view the stock of a particular material-

MMBE-Stock overview.

In this u will be able to find the various stocks for same material and their respective quantity.

Stocks like unrestricted stock,Quality inspection,Reserved,Recpt reservation.

I dont understand what you mean by merits & demerits.

They both are 2 different T codes used in PP module and they are used when in need.</b>

I hope this will be helping you.

Please reward suitable points.

Regards

Mangal

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Mangal