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Materials Management (MM)

Identifier indicating the characteristics of an item.

The item category determines whether the following are necessary or allowed with regard to an item:

• Material number

• Additional account assignment

• Inventory management in the R/3 System

• Goods receipt

• Invoice receipt

Production Planning and Control (PP)

Defines items in a BOM according to certain criteria, such as the object type of the component (for example, material master record or document info record).

The item category controls the following:

• Screen sequence

• Field selection

• Default values

• Material entry

• Inventory management

• Sub-items

Examples of item categories are: stock item, non-stock item, and document item.

Sales and Distribution (SD)

Indicator which defines the characteristics of a document item.

For example, the item category controls the type and scope of

• pricing

• billing

• delivery

• inventory posting

• transfer of requirements

Items kept in stock, and value and text items are all possible item categories

Funds Management (FI-FM)

Control parameter in the commitment item master record.

It is used:

• in Cash Budget Management to differentiate between actual/commitment values and plan values in inventory, revenue, and expenditure items

• in Commitment Accounting to differentiate between actual/commitment values and budget values in revenue and expenditure items

Advertising Management (IS-M-AM)

The item category describes the features of all document items of a particular item category.

It determines whether a document item is relevant to planning, pricing, production, billing, COA and/or commission.

Examples of possible item categories include the following:

Offer item

Standard item

Full credit memo

Reciprocal business deal