Industry Sectors 
Industry Sectors
Use
When you create a material master record, you are required to classify the material according to industry sector and material type.
Like material types, industry sectors have control functions in the R/3 System. For example, it is a factor determining the
screen sequence and field selection in a material master record. Once you have assigned an industry sector to a material, you cannot change the industry sector again afterwards.
Features
The standard R/3 System contains the following industry sectors. The ID used to identify the industry sector internally appears in parentheses.
The other sectors are for retail.
Activities
Your system administrator can define other industry sectors in Customizing for the Material Master in
Define Industry Sectors and Industry-Sector-Specific Field Selection.