Class ProductPlant

ABC Indicator. Indicator that classifies a material as an A, B, or C part according to its consumption value. This classification process is known as the ABC analysis. The three indicators have the following meanings: A - important part, high consumption value B - less important part, medium consumption value C - relatively unimportant part, low consumption value. Maximum length: 1.

Checking Group for Availability Check. This field has two uses: Specifies whether and how the system checks availability and generates requirements for materials planning. 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. Use 1: Availability Checking and Materials Planning The value you enter for use 1 (see above) is a default value which defines: Which MRP elements (for example, purchase orders, reservations) the system includes in the availability check Whether the system checks availability only until the end of the replenishment lead time or whether it checks availability over the entire period for which MRP elements exist Whether the system generates individual requirements or summarized requirements if you enter sales orders or deliveries for the material Use 2: Flexible Planning If you use this field to define the MRP elements of a key figure for Flexible Planning, you must also select Document KF in the Customizing parameters of the information structure. Maximum length: 2.

Commodity Code. Official code number based on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (HS). The Harmonized System contains code numbers for all goods that an be transported across national or regional boundaries. Goods are coded according to this nomenclature when declaring the import or export of goods to the proper authorities. The specification of standard commodity codes in declarations enables the authority to tally the quantities of imported or exported goods of specific goods categories for statistical purposes (INTRASTAT). Maximum length: 17.

Control code for consumption taxes in foreign trade. Maximum length: 16.

Country of Origin of Material (Non-Preferential Origin). Key of the country in which the material has been produced. You are legally required to specify the country of origin both for export and import. Export You prove the origin of a material by presenting the certificate of origin. This is issued and controlled by the relevant authority of the issuing country. This authority confirms the origin of a material and the required information with the certificate of origin. Import The relevant authority of the importing country - usually the Ministry of Economic Affairs - stipulates which regulations regarding customs and foreign trade law have to be observed for the certificates of origin accompanying goods. This information is used for foreign trade processing in different areas, such as: Foreign trade law Customs law Example for Europe: Article 9 of the EU origin regulation is the legal regulation for the certificate of origin. The responsible authorities in Germany include: Chamber of Commerce (Industrie- und Handelskammer) Chamber of Handicrafts (Handwerkskammer) Customs office. Maximum length: 3.

Fiscal Month Current Period. Maximum length: 2.

Fiscal Year Current Period. Maximum length: 4.

Fiscal Year Variant. The fiscal year variant is used to define the fiscal year. You can define the following using a fiscal year variant: How many posting periods are in a fiscal year How many special periods you require How the system determines the posting periods when posting. In the definition, you allocate your posting periods to the calendar year. Allocation control requires the same number of posting periods in the company code and in the assigned controlling area. This means that the number of posting periods in the fiscal year variants must be the same in the company code and in the controlling area. The period limits for the two fiscal year variants must also coincide. You must define which fiscal year variant is to be used for each company code. To do this, you must define the appropriate fiscal year variant (to contain no more than 16 periods). Note: The company codes delivered with the standard system are allocated to the fiscal year variant that corresponds to the calendar year and which also uses four special periods. You maintain fiscal year variants as well as the allocation of fiscal year variant to the company code in Financial Accounting Customizing. Maintain fiscal year variants Proceed. Allocation of fiscal year variant to the company code Proceed. Maximum length: 2.

Fixed lot size. Quantity that will be ordered or produced in the event of a shortage. If the amount of the shortage is less than the fixed lot size, it is the fixed lot size that is ordered or produced (and not the lesser quantity that is actually required). If the amount of the shortage is greater than the fixed lot size, a multiple of the fixed lot size is procured. The system creates several purchase order proposals for this purpose.

Goods Receipt Blocked Stock Qty.

Goods Receipt Processing Time in Days. Number of workdays required after receiving the material for inspection and placement into storage.

Consignment Control. Controls whether a material is preferably procured for own stock or consignment stock at a plant. You can set the values for consignment control that you defined in Customizing for consignment control. When you set consignment control, please note the following: The system only evaluates the setting if you have activated Retail consignment processing Note that the settings for the Consignment Control and Source of Supply fields have to be coordinated: If you set procurement for own stock in consignment control, the search sequence for the supply source has to begin with "Normal". If you set procurement for consignment stock in consignment control, the search sequence for the supply source has to begin with "Consignment". Maximum length: 1.

Has Post to Inspection Stock. Specifies whether the product is subject to quality inspection (without inspection lot processing) and whether a goods receipt is posted to inspection stock. The indicator is copied to purchase order items and goods receipt items as a default value. You can select this indicator, if no stock-relevant inspection type has been selected in the inspection setup, and therefore no stock-relevant inspection lots can be created. If you activate a stock-relevant inspection type, the entry in this field is deselected and can no longer be maintained. In this case, a corresponding indicator in the inspection type controls whether goods are posted to inspection stock.

Batch management requirement indicator. Specifies whether the material is managed in batches. This indicator can be set in the material master record manually or, if batches are valuated individually, it is set automatically for the plants concerned, in which case it cannot be changed. The indicator cannot be changed if stocks exist in either the current period or in the previous period. The reason for checking the previous period is because stocks can be posted to this period when goods movements are entered.

Indicator: Material can be co-product. Indicator you can use to specify that the material can also be used as a co-product.

Batch management indicator (internal). Indicator that specifies that the material is managed in batches.

Flag Material for Deletion at Plant Level. If this indicator is set, the archive and delete program checks whether the material may be deleted at plant level, and deletes the data at this level and at all lower levels accordingly.

Negative stocks allowed in plant. Indicates that negative stocks of the material are allowed at the plant. Negative stock balances can only result if they are allowed at the following levels: Valuation area level Storage location level Material level (plant data in the material master record) Negative stock levels are already allowed for special stocks if negative stocks have been activated in the valuation area and for the special stock in question in the plant. You do not have to activate them in each material master record. You can have negative balances in stocks of the types "unrestricted-use" and "blocked". Negative balances are possible in the following special stocks: Vendor consignment (K) Stock of material provided to vendor (O) Consignment stock at customer (W) Sales order stock (E) Project stock (Q) Returnable packaging stock at customer (V) Returnable transport packaging (M).

Maintenance status. The maintenance status records: Which user departments may maintain a material master record of a particular material type Which user departments have already maintained the material master record at a particular hierarchy level The overall maintenance status is made up of the individual maintenance statuses. The individual maintenance statuses have the following meaning: User department Maintenance status Work scheduling A Accounting B Classification C MRP D Purchasing E Production resources/tools F Costing G Basic data K Storage L Forecasting P Quality management Q Warehouse management S Sales V Plant stocks X Storage location stocks Z. Maximum length: 15.

Maximum Lot Size. Quantity that is not allowed to be exceeded during procurement. The system takes this value into account during the automatic lot size calculation for planned orders and production orders. The lot size of the individual orders cannot exceed this value.

Minimum Lot Size. Minimum procurement quantity.

MRP Controller. Specifies the number of the MRP controller or group of MRP controllers responsible for material planning for the material. Maximum length: 3.

MRP Type. Key that determines whether and how the material is planned. You have the following options: Manual reorder point planning Automatic reorder point planning Forecast-based planning Material requirements planning with forecasts for unplanned consumption Master production scheduling (MPS) Demand-driven replenishment. Maximum length: 2.

Period Indicator. Indicator specifying the periods in which the material's consumption values and forecast values are managed. Maximum length: 1.

Plant. Key uniquely identifying a plant. Maximum length: 4.

Procurement Type. Indicator that defines how the material is procured. The following procurements types are possible: The material is produced in-house. The material is procured externally. The material can be both produced in-house and procured externally. Maximum length: 1.

Material Number. Alphanumeric key uniquely identifying the material. Maximum length: 40.

Material CFOP category. This is the CFOP category of a material. The CFOP category is used to determine the proper CFOP. Maximum length: 2.

Configurable Product. Number uniquely identifying the configurable product. Maximum length: 40.

Issue Storage Location. In the case of a material produced in-house, this is the key of the storage location that is copied to the planned order, production order, or run schedule quantity. If the material is a component, it is the issuing storage location to which a backflush is posted. If the material is produced, it is the receiving storage location to which the receipt of the material is posted. Maximum length: 4.

Plant-Specific Material Status. Indicates whether, for a specific plant, the material may be used in the following areas: Materials management (for example, in purchasing and in inventory management) Production planning and control Plant maintenance Warehouse management Costing with a quantity structure The plant-specific material status restricts the usability of the material for the plant concerned, that is, it defines whether a warning or error message is displayed if you include the material in a particular function. The material may be a part under development or one to be discontinued. Maximum length: 2.

Date from which the plant-specific material status is valid. Materials planning The valid-from date of the material status is considered only if it precedes or is the same as the planning date; that is, if the valid-from date is later than the planning date, it is not considered, even if it is within the planning horizon. Example I<-------------Planning horizon------------->I -----I--------------------I-----------------------I--> Planning date Valid-from date Time In this case, the valid-from date is not considered in materials planning since it is later than the planning date. Purchasing The valid-from date of the material status is checked against the current date. Example You block the material for purchasing from May 1, xxxx. A purchase order is created for the material on April 28, xxxx with a delivery date of May 10, xxxx. In this case, the valid-from date May 1, xxxx is checked against the purchase order date April 28, xxxx and the purchase order is allowed. Had you created the purchase order on May 3, xxxx, an error message would have been issued.

Profit Center. Key which together with the controlling area uniquely identifies a profit center. Maximum length: 10.

Purchasing Group. Key for a buyer or a group of buyers, who is/are responsible for certain purchasing activities. Internally, the purchasing group is responsible for the procurement of a material or a class of materials. Externally, it is the medium through which contacts with the vendor are maintained. Maximum length: 3.

Region of Origin of Material (Non-Preferential Origin). Describes more precisely the origin of goods. You can enter a region of the country from which the goods originate. This information is required for the declarations regarding goods dispatches/imports and goods receipts/exports which are made to the authorities. Declarations to the authorities for foreign trade are a legal requirement in many countries. INTRASTAT - Declaration in the European Union EXTRASTAT - Declaration in the European Union In the materials management document, the 'region of destination' field indicates the region of the receiving plant. Maximum length: 3.

Serial Number Profile. Freely definable four-digit key that provides unique identification for a serial number profile. Maximum length: 4.

Stock determination group. Specifies the stock determination group. The stock determination group combined with the stock determination rule at plant level create a key for the stock determination strategy. You enter the stock determination group in the material master record at plant level and it controls a stock determination based on material. Maximum length: 4.

Stock In Transfer Quantity.

Stock In Transit Quantity.

One-to-one navigation property to the ProductPlantProcurement entity.

One-to-one navigation property to the ProductSupplyPlanning entity.

One-to-one navigation property to the ProductWorkScheduling entity.

One-to-many navigation property to the ProductStorageLocation entity.