Specification Management 

Purpose

With this SAP component you create specifications for substances and other EH&S objects (agents, dangerous goods classifications, waste codes, packagings) and assign characteristics to these objects using identifiers, for example. For each specification you enter structured data and text information in the form of phrases. You can find information about R and S phrases, material safety data sheet requirements, or physical attributes. The SAP System offers you a selection of typical value assignment types using a property tree. If required, you can use Customizing for Product Safety to define your own property trees and value assignment types.

See also: Example: Editing Substance Data

The SAP specification management component uses interfaces to external systems to enable you to determine secondary values from existing values. You can then transfer this secondary data and use it to assign values to specifications (see Secondary Data Determination).

You can assign any number of materials to a specification, thus creating a link to other logistic processes. Currently, automatic report shipping for the specifications of substances requiring a material safety data sheet is carried out from within Delivery.

The SAP System supports the import and export of specification data in productive systems. When exporting specifications, you can convert phrases in the active phrase library to phrases for the export library. Similarly, when importing specifications, you can convert phrases in the import library to phrases for the active phrase library (see Interfaces).