SAP S/4HANA: ‘Forecast to Stock’ Interview Question-Answer

Q.1 Identify the material master views relevant to the manufacturing process.
1. Basic Data view
2. Sales view
3. Advanced planning view
4. Material planning view
5. Accounting view

       A. 1, 3, 4

       B. 3, 4, 5

       C. 2, 3, 4

Ans : 1, 3, 4


Q.2 The _________ process is where materials are manufactured based on anticipated customer demand.

       A. Make to Order

       B. Engineer to Order

       C. Make to Stock

Ans : Make to Stock


Q.3 Material _________ refers to the physical or logical movement of material that causes a change in the material stock.

       A. Movement

       B. Distribution

       C. Procurement

       D. Sales

Ans : Movement


Q.4 _________ is abbreviated as WIP.

       A. Work in Progress

       B. Work in Production

       C. Work in Process

Ans : Work in Progress


Q.5 ____________ is the process of designing a product which is sold or manufactured.

       A. Manufacturing execution

       B. Product engineering

       C. Quality engineering

       D. Product planning

Ans : Product engineering


Q.6 Bill of Materials (BOM) refers to the _________ required to manufacture specific finished materials.

       A. List of orders

       B. List of activities

       C. List of materials

Ans : List of materials


Q.7 The _________ process is where materials are designed and manufactured based on a firm customer requirement.

       A. Engineer to Order

       B. Make to Stock

       C. Make to Order

Ans : Engineer to Order


Q.8 Yield is the discarded material from a manufacturing job.

       A. True

       B. False

Ans : False


Q.9 In SAP S/4 HANA, the MRP controller is responsible for material requirements planning and material availability.

       A. True

       B. False

Ans : True


Q.10 A _________ will determine which alternate BOM can be used with which task/recipe to manufacture a material or create a master production schedule.

       A. Production Version

       B. Routing

       C. Cost Center

       D. Work Center

Ans : Production Version


Q.11 _________ is the function of recognizing the demand for goods and services to support the market place.

       A. Demand management

       B. Inventory valuation

       C. Material requirement planning

Ans : Demand management


Q.12 Identify the high-level activities carried out during the ‘Forecast to Stock’ process.
1. Demand Management
2. Outbound delivery creation
3. Material requirement planning
4. Capacity planning
5. Sales order creation

       A. 1, 2, 3

       B. 1, 4, 5

       C. 3, 4, 5

       D. 2, 3, 5

Ans : 1, 2, 3


Q.13 The ____________ process is where materials are assembled or manufactured based on the customer’s order.

       A. Make to Stock

       B. Engineer to Order

       C. Make to Order

Ans : Make to Order


Q.14 Production master data is created at the ________ level.

       A. Shipping point

       B. Plant

       C. Client

       D. Storage location

Ans : Plant


Q.15 _________ is a combination of master data BOM and Routing/Master Recipe.

       A. Production Plan

       B. Production Execution

       C. Production Version

Ans : Production Version


Q.16 For one material, it is possible to have exactly one production version.

       A. True

       B. False

Ans : False


Q.17 Repetitive manufacturing is a process where discrete products are continuously produced.

       A. True

       B. False

Ans : True


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