Materials with some common attributes are grouped together and they are assigned to a material type. It gives an indication of the category to which a particular material belongs. Material Type:- Material Type is the classification of material mainly based on the attributes of the material. A Service may also be treated as material. Material can be traded, used in Manufacture,Consumed and produced. Material:- Goods or Objects that are used,consumed, or created durring the Manufacturing may be called the materials. Material master has the four characteristics which will be discussing one by one in below context.

Additional Data: - This will include additional information like short description about material, currency etc. So, the data screens that are used to create material master can be divided into two categories: Main Data: - This will include basic data (base unit of measure, weight), purchasing data (over tolerance and under tolerance), accounting data (standard price, moving price). So each user department has its own view of material master record. So they will enter different information regarding their material. Since there are different departments in an enterprise and each department works on some specific material. This data will include information on the materials that a company can procure, or produce, or store or sell. SAP MM is of following two types: 1) Material 2) Vendor 3) Service 1 Material : This is the enterprise main source of material specific data. Transactional data - Data that is associated with processing of business transaction is Transactional data.e.g. For Example: Vendor is a type of master data that is used for creating purchase orders or contracts. It remains constant over the time but we need to update it on regular basis. SAP data is categorized into two: Master data - Data that is created centrally and it is valid for all applications. The important thing while creating any data is to maintain data integrity. Number Range: Create Service Master Record: of 33ģ SAP MM - SAP works on real time data that is there is no time lag between data entry and data availability.

Number Range: Creation of Vendor Master: Change of Vendor Master: Display of Vendor Master: Service A. Number Range: Creation of Material Master: Change of Material Master: Display of Material Master: Vendor A. MATERIALS MANAGEMENT USER MANUAL MASTER DATA of 33Ģ Table of Contents SAP MM Material.

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