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Business Process : Procure to Pay Course Title : Material & Service Master Data Learning Unit : Material Master

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Work Instruction Create material MM01

Purpose In this lesson you are going to learn how to create a material. Prerequisites Not required Menu Path Use the following menu path(s) to begin this transaction: SAP Menu Logistics Materials Management Create (general) Immediately Transaction Code MM01 Material Master Material

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Procedure

1.

Start the transaction using the menu path or the transaction code.

SAP Easy Access

2.

Double-click

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Create Material (Initial Screen)

3.

As required, complete/review the following fields:


*R=Required O=Optional C=Conditional

Field Name Material Industry sector

R/O/C R R

Description Alphanumeric key uniquely identifying the material. Example: C70001 Key that specifies the branch of industry to which the material is assigned. Example: M Mechanical Engineering Key that assigns the material to a group of materials such as raw materials, operating supplies or trading goods. The material type defines certain attributes of the material and has important control functions. Example: HAWA Trading goods

Material type

4.

Click

<Enter>.

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Select View(s)

5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.

Click Click Click Click Click Click Click Click .

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13. 14. 15. 16.

Click Click Click Click <Enter>.

Organizational Levels

17.

As required, complete/review the following fields:


*R=Required O=Optional C=Conditional

Field Name Plant

R/O/C R

Description Specifies the key for a production facility or branch office within the company (that is, the company code). Example: 1000 Number of the storage location at which the material is stored. A plant may contain one or more storage locations. Example: 0001 An organizational unit responsible for the sale of certain products or services. The responsibility of a sales organization may include legal liability for products and customer claims. Example: 1000 The way in which products or services reach the customer. Typical examples of distribution channels are wholesale, retail, or direct sales. Example: 01

Stor. location

Sales Org.

Distr. Channel

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18.

Click

<Enter>.

Create Material C70001 (Trading goods)

19.

As required, complete/review the following fields:


*R=Required O=Optional C=Conditional

Field Name Material description

R/O/C R

Description Text that describes the material in more detail Example: Extra Brilliant Lamp

Base Unit of Measure

Unit of measure in which stocks of the material are managed. The system converts all the quantities you enter in other units of measure (alternative units of measure) to the base unit of measure. Example: UN Key that you use to group together several materials or services with the same attributes, and to assign them to a particular material group. Example: 003 .
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Material group

20.

Click

<Enter> or click

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Create Material C70001 (Trading goods)

21.

As required, complete/review the following fields:


*R=Required O=Optional C=Conditional

Field Name Tax classification

R/O/C R

Description The indicator with which the system determines output tax for the material when processing sales and distribution-specific documents. Example: 1 Full tax

22.

Click

<Enter>.

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Create Material C70001 (Trading goods)

23.

As required, complete/review the following fields:


*R=Required O=Optional C=Conditional

Field Name Gross weight

R/O/C R

Description Gross weight expressed in the unit of weight specified by you in the Unit of weight field. Example: 0,3 Net weight expressed in the unit of weight specified by you in the Unit of weight field. Example: 0,2 This field has two uses: 1. Specifies whether and how the system checks availability and generates requirements for materials planning .2. In Flexible Planning, defines - together with the checking rule - the different MRP elements that make up this key figure. The sum of these elements gives the key figure. Example: 01 A grouping of materials that share the same route and transportation requirements. Example: 0001

Net weight

Availability check

Trans. grp

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Field Name LoadingGrp

R/O/C R

Description A grouping of materials that share the same loading requirements. Example: 0001

24.

Click

<Enter>.

Create Material C70001 (Trading goods)

25.

Click

<Enter>.

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Create Material C70001 (Trading goods)

26.

As required, complete/review the following fields:


*R=Required O=Optional C=Conditional

Field Name Purchasing group

R/O/C R

Description Key for a buyer or a group of buyers, who is/are responsible for certain purchasing activities Example: 001 .

27.

Click

<Enter> or click

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Create Material C70001 (Trading goods)

28.

As required, complete/review the following fields:


*R=Required O=Optional C=Conditional

Field Name Comm./imp. code no.

R/O/C R

Description Official key corresponding to the harmonized system for the description and coding of merchandise. Example: 89987654 A grouping of materials with similar export requirements. Example: 0002 .

Export/import group

29.

Click

<Enter>.or click

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Create Material C70001 (Trading goods)

30.

As required, complete/review the following fields:


*R=Required O=Optional C=Conditional

Field Name MRP Type

R/O/C R

Description Key that determines whether and how the material is planned. You have the following options: Example: VB If the stock falls below this quantity, the system flags the material for requirements planning by creating a planning file entry. Example: 100 Specifies the number of the MRP controller or group of MRP controllers responsible for material planning for the material. Example: 001 Key that determines which lot sizing procedure the system uses within materials planning to calculate the quantity to be procured or produced. Example: ex

Reorder Point

MRP controller

Lot size

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Field Name Rounding value

R/O/C R

Description
Value to a multiple of which the system rounds up the procurement quantity.

Example:

10

31.

Click

<Enter> or click

Create Material C70001 (Trading goods)

32.

As required, complete/review the following fields:


*R=Required O=Optional C=Conditional

Field Name SchedMargin key

R/O/C R

Description Key that the system uses to determine the floats required for scheduling an order. Example: 000 Number of calendar days needed to obtain the material or service if it is procured externally. Example: 10

Plnd delivery time

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33.

Click

<Enter> or click

Create Material C70001 (Trading goods)

34.

As required, complete/review the following fields:


*R=Required O=Optional C=Conditional

Field Name Forecast model

R/O/C R

Description Indicator that defines on which forecast model the system bases its calculation of future requirements of the material. Example: D constant model

35.

Click

<Enter> or

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Create Material C70001 (Trading goods)

36.

As required, complete/review the following fields:


*R=Required O=Optional C=Conditional

Field Name Valuation Class Price control

R/O/C R R

Description Assignment of the service to a group of G/L accounts. Example: 3100 Indicates the price control used to valuate the stock of a material. Example: V Moving average price Price of the material. Example: 10

Moving price

37.

Click

<Enter>.

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Create Material C70001 (Trading goods)

38.

Click

<Enter>.

Last data screen reached

39. 40.

Click

You have completed this transaction.

Result You have learned how to create a material.


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