SAP Fiori Apps in SAP MM: A Comprehensive Guide for S/4HANA Consultants

SAP Fiori brings a modern, role-based, and intuitive interface to the traditional SAP GUI world. For Materials Management (MM) in SAP S/4HANA, Fiori apps simplify operations, increase productivity, and enhance the user experience across procurement, inventory management, invoicing, and analytics.

Let’s break down the key Fiori apps in SAP MM, categorized by business process areas.

📦 1. Operational Procurement

These apps are tailored for procurement professionals, buyers, and self-service requestors.

🔹 Purchase Requisitions

  • My Purchase Requisitions - New – Self-service requisitioning with user defaults, copy, confirm, delete, etc.

  • Create Purchase Requisition - Advanced (ME51N) – SAP GUI app for professional requisition creation.

  • Manage Purchase Requisitions - Professional – Supports lean services.

  • Process Purchase Requisitions / V2 – For converting PRs to POs with advanced filtering.

  • Release Purchase Requisition / Requisitions – Approve individually (ME54N) or in mass (ME55).


🔹 Purchase Orders

  • Manage Purchase Orders – Create POs with drafts, dynamic prefill (limited types).

  • Create Purchase Order (ME21N) – SAP GUI tile on launchpad.

  • Assign Source of Supply to PRs (ME56) / Process PRs (ME57) – SAP GUI apps.

  • Create PO via PR (ME58) / Auto-Create PO (ME59N) – Convert PRs into POs.

  • Monitor Supplier Confirmations – Check PO confirmations.

  • Display Purchasing Documents by Material/Supplier (ME2M / ME2L)


🔹 Purchase Contracts

  • Manage Purchase Contracts (V2) – Renew contracts, monitor usage, Excel mass changes.

  • Manage Central Purchase Contracts – For central procurement.


🔹 Info Records & Source List

  • Manage Purchasing Info Records – Supports only gross price.

  • Mass Changes to Info Records – For bulk price changes.

  • Manage Source Lists / Quota Arrangements / Sources of Supply (V2)


🔹 RFQ & Supplier Quotes

  • Manage RFQs / Supplier Quotations – Integrated with external sourcing platforms.

🏷️ 2. Master Data Management (MM)

🔹 Material & Product Master

  • Create / Change / Display Material (MM01/02/03) – SAP GUI tiles.

  • Manage Product Master Data – Streamlined for basic material maintenance.


🔹 Supplier & Business Partner Master

  • Maintain Business Partner (BP) – Unified app for customer/vendor data.

  • Manage Supplier Master Data / Display Supplier List

  • Block Vendor (Purchasing or Centrally)

🚚 3. Inventory Management

🔹 Goods Movement

  • Post Goods Movement (MIGO) – Full-featured movement posting.

  • Post GR with or without Reference / for Production Order

  • Transfer Stock - In-Plant / Cross-Plant – Simple UI for 301, 303, etc.

  • Post Subsequent Adjustment – For subcontracting adjustments.


🔹 Inventory Monitoring

  • Manage Stock / Stock – Single & Multiple Material

  • Overdue Materials - Blocked Stock / Stock in Transit

  • Overview Inventory Processing


🔹 Physical Inventory

  • Create Physical Inventory Documents

  • Manage Physical Inventory Count – Barcode scanning supported.


🔹 Subcontracting

  • Subcontracting Cockpit / Display Subcontracting Stocks

  • Post Subsequent Adjustment – From 2021 release onwards.


🔹 Reservations

  • Manage Manual Reservations / Reservation Items


🔹 Material Documents

  • Material Documents Overview – View and cancel from the Fiori launchpad.

📥 4. Invoice Verification

🔹 Invoice Entry & Processing

  • Create Supplier Invoice / Advanced (MIRO) – Create and park invoices.

  • Manage Supplier Invoices / List

  • Edit Supplier Invoice Settings – E.g., show FI doc number.


🔹 GR/IR Reconciliation

  • Clear GR/IR Account (MR11) / Reconcile GR/IR Accounts

  • Monitor GR/IR Account Reconciliation / Process Insights

  • Input Tax from Parked Documents (RFPUMS00)

🔗 5. Central Procurement

SAP S/4HANA Central Procurement enables centralized handling of POs, PRs, and contracts.

  • Manage Central Purchase Contracts

  • Standard procurement Fiori apps are reused in this centralized landscape.

📊 6. Analytics & Insights for MM

🔹 Smart KPIs & Dashboards

  • Purchasing Analytics Tiles / Smart Business KPIs

  • Purchasing Group Activities / PR-to-Order Cycle Time

  • Off-Contract Spend / Analyze Source List

  • Purchase Requisition Item Changes / Item Types

  • Monitor Material Coverage (Net Segments)

🧠 7. Fiori Foundation for MM Users

🔹 Launchpad & Navigation

  • SAP Fiori Launchpad – Personalize tiles, groups.

  • Cross-Content Search / Object Pages – Business object drill-down.


🔹 Approvals & Workflow

  • My Inbox – One-stop workflow approvals (PRs, POs, Contracts, Invoices).

  • Manage Workflows for POs / PRs – Setup flexible approvals.


🔹 Situations

  • Manage Situation Types / Monitor Situations – Alerts based on exceptions (e.g., overdue deliveries).


🔹 Procurement Overview Page

  • Actionable cards for tasks like contracts nearing expiration, blocked invoices, or pending approvals.

✅ Benefits of Using Fiori Apps in MM

Feature

Benefit

🎯 Role-Based

Only shows what you need to do your job

📱 Responsive

Works on mobile, tablet, desktop

⚡ Fast Actions

Inline editing, draft concept, dynamic search

🧩 Integrated

From object page → related transactions

📈 Analytics

Real-time KPIs and drilldowns

🛠️ Simplified

Reduces training effort and errors

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