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`Material Master
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`In this section you will learn about some of the basic features of the material master. The material
`master contains all the information on all materials in a company. This section provides an overview
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`Functions and Use of the Material Master
`The material master contains all the information on all materials that a company procures,
`produces, stores, and sells. It is the company’s central source for retrieving material data. The
`material master is used by all components in the SAP Logistics system.
`The integration of all material data in a single data base object eliminates redundant data storage.
`Areas such as purchasing, inventory management, material requirements planning, invoice
`verification, and so on, can all use the same data.
`The data in the material master is used to perform the following functions in the SAP Logistics
`system:
`in purchasing for purchase order processing
`in inventory management for goods movement postings and physical inventory management
`in invoice verification for posting invoices
`in sales for order processing
`in production planning and control for material requirements planning, scheduling, and work
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`Data Structure of the Material Master
`The material master has a hierarchical structure resembling the organizational structure of a
`company.
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`How a Company is Organized in the SAP R/3 System
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`The SAP R/3 System can be organized flexibly to suit individual company needs. When the system
`is installed, its organization is tailored as precisely as possible to your company structure.
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`Basic Concepts of the Company Structure
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`The SAP R/3 System represents your company structure using the following organizational units:
`Client
`A client is a legally and organizationally autonomous user of the system; a grouping and/or
`collaboration of legal, organizational, commercial, and/or administrative units with a common
`purpose.
`Example: group
`Company code
`A company code is a legally independent unit within a client.
`The balance sheet and profit and loss account are drawn up at company code level, in accordance
`with legal requirements. The R/3 System can manage several companies at the same time in one
`client.
`Examples: company, subsidiary
`Plant
`A plant is an operating unit or place of business within a company.
`Examples: production site, branch office, field office
`Storage location
`A storage location is the total of all storage bins in a plant that are managed together.
`Purchasing organization
`A purchasing organization is an organizational unit that procures materials and/or services for all
`organizational units situated beneath it in the company structure, and negotiates general
`purchasing conditions with vendors.
`Sales organization
`A sales organization is an organizational unit that sells materials or services and negotiates sales
`conditions.
`The market can be divided up on the basis of sales organizations into, for example, geographical
`regions or specific industries. All sales events and transactions are processed within a particular
`sales organization.
`A sales organization can be further subdivided into distribution channels and divisions.
`Warehouse number
`A warehouse number represents a complex warehouse management system consisting of different
`organizational and technical units (that is to say, storage types).
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`Storage types subdivide a complex warehouse (that is to say, a warehouse number) into separate
`areas that differ with regard to their storage method, organizational form, and/or function.
`Examples: goods receipt, picking, and replenishment stocks
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`How the Organizational Units Are Linked to Each Other
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`The company structure as modeled in the SAP System is hierarchical. The client is the top level,
`which can include several company codes. Several plants can be allocated to a company code,
`and a plant can include various storage locations.
`The following figure illustrates these relationships graphically.
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`can be repeated as long as they are in different plants.
`A purchasing organization groups together any combination of plants. The allocation of plant to
`purchasing organization is not fixed; that is, a purchasing organization may supply to several plants
`and a plant may be supplied by several purchasing organizations. However, a purchasing
`organization is always allocated to one company code.
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`organization is not fixed; that is, a sales organization may sell for several plants and a plant may
`supply to several sales organizations. However, a sales organization is always allocated to one
`company code.
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`The warehouse number and the storage type are only relevant if you use the SAP Warehouse
`Management system (WM).
`Only one storage location per plant can be allocated to a warehouse number. However, storage
`locations belonging to different plants can be managed under the same warehouse number.
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`One warehouse number may exist for several physical warehouses, and these are represented as
`storage types in the Warehouse Management system. Storage types differ according to
`organizational and technical criteria (for example, high rack storage area and block storage area).
`One storage type groups together several storage bins. A storage bin is the smallest physical unit
`the system can address.
`A plant may have storage locations that are not managed using the Warehouse Management
`system.
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`How the Company Structure is Represented in the Material Master
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`Some material data is valid at all organizational levels, while other data is valid only at certain
`levels. We have designed the material master so that it reflects the hierarchical structure of a
`company and can manage material data centrally without amassing redundant information.
`Client level
`General material data applicable to the entire company is stored at client level. This includes, for
`example, material group, base unit of measure, material descriptions, and conversion factors for
`alternative units of measure.
`Plant level
`All data that is valid for a particular plant as well as for the storage locations belonging to it is
`stored at plant level. This includes, for example, MRP and forecast data.
`Storage location level
`All data that refers to a particular storage location is stored at storage location level. This applies
`mainly to storage location stocks.
`Sales organization level
`All material data relevant to sales is stored at sales organization level. This includes, for
`example, grouping terms such as product hierarchy, account assignment group, and price
`reference material.
`Warehouse number level
`All material data specific to warehouse management and relating to a particular warehouse
`number is stored at warehouse number level. This includes, for example, data on palletizing,
`stock placement, and stock removal.
`Storage type level
`All material data specific to warehouse management and relating to a particular storage type is
`stored at storage type level. This includes, for example, fixed storage bins as well as maximum
`and minimum storage bin quantities.
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`Material Master Records
`This section describes material master records. These are what the material master is made up of.
`You will learn about:
`¯ the different types of data that a material master record can contain
`¯ the statuses that a material master record can have
`¯ how material master records are numbered
`Also explained is the importance of the material type, industry sector, and profiles for material
`master records.
`The final section tells you what factors determine the sequence in which screens appear and which
`fields are displayed when you process a material master record.
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`Data in the Material Master Record
`All the information your company needs to manage a material is stored in a data record in the
`material master, the material master record. Thus, a material master record contains all the main
`data on a material, sorted by various different criteria.
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`What Type of Data Does a Material Master Record Contain?
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`You can enter and change the majority of data in a material master record yourself.
`However, some information can only be updated by the system. For example, the system updates
`the administrative data when you process a material master record, and stock balances when
`goods receipts or goods issues are posted.
`Moreover, the data in a material master record can be divided into two categories:
`¯ Data of a purely descriptive nature
`This is data with an information content such as name, size, or dimension.
`¯ Data that the system uses to perform a control function
`This is data such as MRP type and price control.
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`What Departmental Data Does a Material Master Record Contain?
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`Since different departments in a company work with the same material but each department uses
`different information on that material, the data in a material master record can also be subdivided in
`terms of the departments to which it belongs. Every department has its own view on a material
`master record and is responsible for the correctness of its data.
`Below is a list of the different user departments or views, as they are called in the R/3 System. The
`information that can be stored for them is illustrated with examples:
`Work scheduling
`Data required for production scheduling. Examples: tolerance data and in-house processing
`times.
`Accounting
`Data relating to material valuation and automatic account determination. Examples: price
`control, standard or moving average price, valuation class.
`Material requirements planning
`Information on material requirements planning. Examples: MRP type, safety stock, and planned
`delivery or production time for a material.
`Purchasing
`Material data provided by the purchasing department. Examples: purchasing group responsible
`for the material, overdelivery and underdelivery tolerances, and purchase order text.
`Production resources/tools
`Information on the use of a material as production resource/tool. Examples: use in particular
`task list types, grouping keys, default values for task lists and production orders.
`Costing
`Data needed for costing purposes. Examples: product/unit costing indicator, costing lot size,
`default valuation data.
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`Classification
`Typical material classification data. Examples: assignment to one or more classes, valuation of
`characteristics, standard class.
`Engineering/design
`Technical specifications for the engineering/design of a material. Examples: Document
`Management data, International Article Number (EAN), and dimensions.
`Storage
`Information on storage and transportation. Examples: storage conditions and packaging sizes.
`Warehouse management
`Information on stock placement and stock removal. Examples: storage type for stock placement
`and stock removal, and loading equipment quantities.
`Forecasting
`Information used to predict material requirements. Examples: forecast model and forecast
`period.
`Quality management
`Data relating to quality management. Examples: technical delivery terms, certificate type
`requirement, quality inspection data (one type for each event).
`Sales
`Information on sales and shipping. Examples: product hierarchy, account determination group,
`pricing reference material, sales text.
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`Maintenance Status of a Material Master Record
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`When a user department creates its data for a material, the material master record acquires a
`maintenance status.
`The maintenance status is important for finding out which data has already been maintained and
`which data still needs maintaining. A material master record also needs a status so that other SAP
`components can work with it. For example, accounting data must exist for a material before
`inventory management can become active.
`The table below shows the possible maintenance statuses of a material master record.
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`User department
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`Maintenance status
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`Accounting
`Classification
`Costing
`Engineering/design
`Forecasting
`Material requirements planning
`Plant stocks
`Production resources/tools
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`Quality management
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`Interdependency of User Department and Organizational Levels/Profiles
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`You may need to enter additional organizational levels and control parameters, depending on which
`department you are in. One important factor is the organizational level at which the data is
`managed.
`The table below shows you which data you must specify/can specify, and when.
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`Accounting
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`Classification
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`Costing
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`The entry is ...:
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`mandatory
`Company code
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`Plant mandatory
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`Engineering/design
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`none
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`Forecasting
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`Material requirements
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`Production
`resources/tools
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`Purchase order text
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`Purchasing
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`Quality management
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`Sales text
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`Plant
`Forecast profile
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`Plant
`Storage location
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`optional
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`optional
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`Distribution channel
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`Sales organization
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`mandatory
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`Plant
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`Warehouse number
`Storage type
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`optional
`optional
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`optional
`mandatory
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`Sales/plant data
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`Storage
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`How Is a Material Master Record Numbered?
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`For every material your company uses, you must create a material master record in the material
`master. This record is uniquely identified by a material number.
`You can assign mnemonic keys or non-mnemonic keys as material numbers, depending on the
`method your company prefers. The SAP R/3 System distinguishes between two types of number
`assignment:
`¯ external number assignment
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`internal number assignment
`If your company uses mnemonic keys (these are normally alphanumeric), you enter the character
`string you want to use as the material number when you create the material master record. This
`process is called external number assignment.
`If your company uses non-mnemonic keys, you do not enter a material number when creating a
`material master record. The system fills the field with the material number Internal when you save
`the material master record. The system then assigns a consecutive number automatically. This
`process is called internal number assignment.
`The type of number assignment allowed depends on the material type selected and is defined in
`Customizing by the systems administrator.
`The systems administrator can also set the material number length (in Customizing) to suit the
`needs of your company. A material number may contain up to 18 characters.
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`KMaterial Types
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`Materials with the same basic features are grouped together and assigned to the same material
`type. This allows you to manage different materials in a uniform manner that conforms to your
`company’s requirements. Examples of material types are raw materials, semi-finished products,
`and finished products.
`When creating a material master record, you must assign a material type to the material. The
`material type determines certain features of the material and has important control functions.
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`What Is the Function of a Material Type?
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`When you create a material master record, the material type you choose determines
`¯ whether the material number can be assigned internally or externally
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`from which number range the material number comes
`¯ which screens appear and in what sequence
`¯ which departmental data you may enter
`In addition, the material type determines the material’s procurement type, that is, whether a material
`is manufactured in-house or procured externally, or whether both are possible.
`The material type together with the plant also determines the material’s inventory management
`requirement, that is:
`¯ whether changes in quantity are updated in the material master record
`¯ whether changes in value are also updated in the stock accounts of financial accounting
`Furthermore, the accounts affected by a material entering or leaving the warehouse depend on the
`material type.
`The systems administrator defines these control functions centrally in Customizing.
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`What Material Types Are There?
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`The following table shows you what material types exist in the standard SAP R/3 System, and what
`their different roles are.
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`Material type
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`Services
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`Finished goods
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`Definition
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`Services are procured externally
`and cannot be stored. A material
`master record of this material
`type can always contain
`purchasing data.
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`Finished goods are produced by the
`company itself. Since they are not
`ordered by purchasing, a material
`master record of this material type
`does not contain purchasing data.
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`Semi-finished
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`Trading goods
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`Operating
`supplies
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`Non-stock material
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`Raw materials
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`Non-valuated
`materials
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`Production
`resources/tools
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`Packaging materials
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`Semi-finished products can be procured
`externally and/or manufactured
`in-house. The company then processes
`them further. A material master record of
`this material type can contain both
`purchasing and work scheduling data.
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`Trading goods are procured externally
`and then sold. A material master record
`of this material type can contain
`purchasing and sales data.
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`Operating supplies are procured
`externally and required for the manufacture
`of other products. A material master record
`of this material type can contain
`purchasing data but no sales data.
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`This is material that is not held in
`stock because it is consumed immediately.
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`Raw materials are always procured
`externally and processed further. Since
`raw materials cannot be sold, a material
`master record of this material type
`contains no sales data.
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`A material of this material type is managed
`on a quantity basis, not by value.
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`These materials are procured externally
`and used in the production of
`further materials. A material master record
`of this material type contains purchasing
`data, but no sales data. It is managed
`on a quantity basis. Examples of production
`resources/tools are apparatus, equipment,
`and measuring and testing devices.
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`Packaging materials are used to
`transport goods and are delivered
`with the goods free of charge. A material
`master record of this material type is
`managed both on a quantity basis and by
`value.
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`Competitive products
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`Materials of this type have their
`own material master records, created from
`the Engineering/Design view. The
`competitor’s number, which is stored
`here, assigns the material to one particular
`competitor.
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`Specifying a Material Type
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`You specify a material’s material type when you create a material master record. There are two
`ways of doing this:
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`¯ From the menu screen of the material master, select Material--> Create special --> <Material
`type>. This takes you to the initial screen for creating a material of the material type just
`selected.
`Use this method when you want to create several materials of the same material type in one
`session.
`From the menu screen of the material master, select Material --> Create general. This takes you
`to the initial screen for creating a material. Enter the material type in the Material type field.
`Use this method when you want to create several materials of different material types in one
`session.
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`Changing a Material Type
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`Consider your choice of material type carefully, since it is not always possible to change it. In
`certain circumstances, however, a change in the material type may be necessary. For example, a
`material that was always procured externally in the past and whose material type allows only
`external procurement is to be produced in-house in the future. A material type that allows in-house
`production must therefore be assigned to the material.
`Since the material type influences the way transactions are processed in the SAP R/3 System, the
`system checks any change to the material type to see whether it is allowed. The following cases
`are possible:
`¯ The material type can be changed without restrictions if no stocks, reservations, or purchasing
`documents exist yet for the material.
`¯ The following conditions must be met if the material is already in stock, or if purchasing
`documents or reservations exist for it:
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`- The stock values of the material of the new material type must be updated in the same G/L
`account as the stock values of the material of the old material type.
`Quantities and values of the material of the new material type must be updated in exactly the
`same way in all plants as quantities and values of the material of the old material type.
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`If the new material type does not allow purchasing to maintain the material data, but
`purchasing and similar documents already exist, the system displays a message to this
`effect.
`If there is a transfer request for the material and if quants of the material are available, the new
`material type must also allow Warehouse Management to maintain the material data.
`When you change from a material type that allows only in-house production to a material type
`that allows only external procurement, or vice versa, the system converts the procurement type
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`¯ When you change to a material type that allows different departmental data than the old material
`type
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`all fields for a user department that no longer exists are reset to their initial value
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`- the fields of a user department that become required entry fields as a result of the new
`material type are displayed in a list; you can maintain these fields with Material -~ Change.
`Example:
`You want to produce a material that until now was procured externally and belonged to the material
`type "ROH". You now need to assign it the material type "HALB". In our example, no stocks exist
`yet for the material. This is what you do:
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`1. From the menu screen of the material master, select Material ~ Change material type.
`The initial screen for changing the material type appears.
`2. In the Material field, enter the number of the material whose material type you want to change,
`and in the New material type field enter halb.
`When you press Enter, the system fills the Old material type field with the old material type.
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`3. Select Actions -~ Execute. The following message appears:
`You are changing material type from ROH to HALB.
`4. Confirm this message by pressing Enter.
`If the two material types are linked with different accounts on the basis of their valuation classes,
`a pop-up window appears asking you to enter a valuation class that is valid for all plants or
`company codes with the new material type.
`5. Confirm or change the valuation class and press Enter. The following message appears:
`Material type changed
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`Industry Sectors
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`In addition to classifying materials according to material type, you must also assign an industry
`sector to every material. You specify the industry sector when you create a material master record.
`Like material types, industry sectors have control functions in the SAP R/3 System. Once an
`industry sector has been assigned to a material, it can no longer be changed.
`Read the section Screen S~quer~ce and Ei~!~! Se!ec~i~r).
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`What Is the Function of an Industry Sector?
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`When you create a material master record, the industry sector you specify determines
`¯ which screens appear and in what sequence
`¯ which industry-specific fields appear on the screens
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`What Industry Sectors Are There?
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`You can see what industry sectors there are in the standard SAP R/3 System from the following
`table.
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`Industry sector
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`Industry key
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`Plant engineering and construction
`Chemical industry
`Mechanical engineering
`Pharmaceuticals
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`Setting a Default
`If you repeatedly assign the same industry sector to your materials, you may find it useful to
`predefine this in the system; that is, to set a default industry sector. This value is then proposed
`automatically whenever you create a material master record.
`You set an industry sector default as follows:
`From the initial screen of the application function Create material, select Defaults --> Industry. A
`window appears.
`2. Enter the desired industry key.
`If you do not want the Industry field to be displayed on the initial screen when a material master
`record is created, select the indicator Suppress industry sector on initial screen. The industry
`sector will not reappear on the initial screen until you cancel this selection.
`Press Enter to return to the initial screen and continue.
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`Profiles
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`A profile is a collection of information used to configure certain objects. It stores standard
`information that you need repeatedly in almost identical combinations when maintaining different
`objects. Thus a profile simplifies data entry and data management.
`In a profile you specify
`¯ which fields are filled with values when data on an object is entered
`¯ which values these fields contain
`¯ which of these values can be overwritten (default values) and which cannot be overwritten (fixed
`values)
`In the material master, the objects are the material master records and the object data is the MRP
`or forecast data. There are two kinds of profile:
`¯ MRP profile
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`forecast profile
`You can assign a profile to a material master record when you create it. This has the effect that
`fixed values that are copied from the profile into a data screen cannot be changed in the material
`master record. By contrast, you may overwrite default values. The values are written to the
`material master record when you save it.
`The following functions are available for profiles:
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`create profile
`¯ display profile
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`change profile
`¯ delete profile
`In the following section you will learn how to create, display, change, and delete profiles in the
`material master. MRP and forecast profiles are processed according to identical principles. The
`following section describes this procedure for both profiles.
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`Creating a Profile
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`This is how you create a profile in the material master:
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`1. From the menu screen of the material master, select Profile ~ MRP profile or Forecast profile
`~Create.
`The initial Create Profile screen appears.
`2. Enter the key you want to assign to the profile.
`If you want to use an existing profile as a reference, enter the name of this profile in the
`Reference field so that the system can copy its values to the new profile.
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`3. Select Goto ~ Selection screen.
`The selection screen appears. It shows all the fields that can be copied to the MRP or
`forecasting screen of the material master record.
`4. Enter a profile description and select the fields you want the profile to contain.
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`You must also decide whether each field will be copied to the material master record as a fixed
`value or a default value.
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`5. Select Goto --~ Data screen.
`The data screen appears. Only the fields you marked on the selection screen are presented for
`you to fill in. The fixed and default values are displayed in different colors. All fixed values are
`required entry fields except where the field can also accept the value Blank.
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`6. Enter your data and save the profile with Profile --> Save.
`You now return to the initial screen where you can create another profile.
`Note
`The MRP profile data is spread over two screens. You can switch from one screen to the other with
`Goto --> Screen 1 or --> Screen 2.
`The system runs a number of checks when you create a new profile:
`¯ When you go from the selection screen to the data screen, the system checks whether the
`selected fields form a reasonable combination and are allowed to appear in the same profile.
`Example:
`The Fixed lot size and Maximum stock level fields may not be combined in one MRP profile.
`¯ When you save the data on the data screen, the system checks
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`- whether the values you have entered are valid, for example, whether they are defined in the
`appropriate table
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`- whether the values you have entered are compatible with each other
`Example:
`If the Maximum stock level field appears in the profile, you must also specify a Lot size that
`can give the highest stock level.
`If the system detects inconsistencies or errors, it asks you to change the fields selected on the
`selection screen and/or correct the values.
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`Displaying a Profile
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`This is how you display a profile in the material master:
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`1. From the menu screen of the material master, select Profile -~ MRP profile or Forecast profile
`--> Display.
`The initial Display Profile screen appears.
`2. Enter the name of the profile.
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`3. Select Goto --~ Selection screen.
`The selection screen appears. In display mode, only the fields that are defined in the profile are
`displayed.
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`4. Select Goto --~ Data screen.
`The data screen appears. You see the values that are defined in the profile.
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`Select Goto --~ Back to return to the initial screen and continue.
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`Changing a Profile
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`When you change a profile, the system not only updates the changed values in the profile; it also
`generates a batch job which updates all material master records that have this profile assigned to
`them. However, this applies only to changes that affect fixed values. A change document is created
`automatically for all materials where such changes have occurred.
`This is how you change a profile in the material master.
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`1. From the menu screen of the material master, select Profile -~ MRP profile or Forecast profile
`--~ Change.
`The initial Change Profile screen appears.
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`2. Enter the name of the profile and select Goto --~Selection screen.
`The selection screen appears. All the fields already included in the profile are selected.
`3. Make the desired changes:
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`- Select new fixed values or default values.
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`- Change fixed values to default values or vice versa.
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`- Cancel selections that are no longer needed.
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`Select Goto -~ Data screen 1 or 2 (in an MRP profile) or Goto -~ Data screen (in a forecast
`profile).
`The data screen appears.
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`5. Enter the changed values and save the profile with Profile --~ Save.
`You now return to the initial screen and can continue.
`The same checks are run as when you create a profile. See "Creating a Profile" in .?rofi!es
`In addition, the system automatically creates the batch job PROFILE to update the materia