GTIN Mapping

Use

This function enables the automatic substitution of a Global Trade Item Number ( GTIN ) by a material number. For example, during a sales promotion such as the Christmas sale, a consumer product may have promotional packaging. In such a case, the system can automatically replace the material number of the specific consumer product with the relevant GTIN.

Following are some of the fields that are considered for GTIN mapping:

  • GTIN; this is the only mandatory field

  • GTIN variant type

  • Customer

  • Country

  • Distribution channel

  • Sales organization

  • Division

GTIN mapping allows you to use the flexibility of the condition technique to its full advantage. Examples include the following:

  • Choosing the fields and specifying their combinations

  • Specifying the sequence of the various key combinations

  • Using free selection fields that allows you to maintain generic condition records

    Note Note

    • If various key combinations (condition tables) are used in an access sequence or if various condition types are used in the determination procedure, GTIN mapping stops as soon as any one of these accesses is successful.

    • If several condition records are found for the same access, the system uses the condition record with the highest priority.

    End of the note.

Prerequisites

You have defined all of the required condition technique elements (for example, condition tables, access sequences and condition types) in Customizing for GTIN Mapping .

Features

The system executes this function during the sales order inbound process. It checks whether GTIN mapping is active. If yes, then the system determines the material number that matches the specified GTIN.

Example

The following example defines the condition technique elements, and then provides the possible mapping for various settings.

  • A condition table comprises the key fields GTIN, GTIN Variant Type, Sales Organization and Customer.

  • In the access sequence, the fields are setup as follows:

    • Sales Organization and Customer are free selection fields, having access type as A.

    • Customer is setup with a higher priority.

    • GTIN Variant Types P (Promotion) and S (Standard) have the sequence 1 and 2, respectively.

  • For a certain GTIN, condition records exist as listed in the table below:

    GTIN Variant Type    

    Sales Organization

    Customer

    Valid From

    Valid To

    Material

    S

    01/01/2006

    31/12/9999

    MAT_STANDARD

    S

    CUST01

    01/01/2006

    31/12/9999

    MAT_STANDARD

    P

    0001

    01/05/2006

    31/05/2006

    MAT_SPECIAL

    P

    01/12/2006

    24/12/2006

    MAT_PROMO

    Note Note

    The empty key fields for free selection fields indicate that a record is valid for any value.

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The system processes the following cases and determines their results in accordance with the above condition technique settings:

  • Case 1: Customer CUST02 places an order on 01/03/2006 .

    Result: The system determines the standard material MAT_STANDARD.

  • Case 2: Customer CUST02 places an order on 01/12/2006 .

    Result: The system determines the promotional material MAT_PROMO. This is because the GTIN Variant Type P has a higher priority and is therefore considered before S .

  • Case 3: Customer CUST01 places an order on 01/12/2006 .

    Result: The system determines the standard material MAT_STANDARD. This is because, even though a matching record exists for the GTIN Variant Type P , the Customer field has matching data and a greater relevance as compared to the GTIN Variant Type .

  • Case 4: Customer CUST01 places an order on 01/05/2006 in Sales Organization 0001.

    Result: The system determines the standard material MAT_STANDARD even though a matching record exists for Sales Organization 0001. This is because the Customer field has a higher priority as well as matching data.