Attachment of AFS Materials to Material Class 

Use

You can use this function to create (if required) and attach a material class to the apparel and footwear (AFS) material. This is done to know what characteristics values characterize a material.

Each stock keeping unit (SKU) (a grid value combination) is created as an individual product in SAP SCM. During the transfer of the AFS materials, the classification information (taken from the AFS material) is attached to the SKU variants so that the corresponding product variants in the SAP SCM have the material class and corresponding characteristics values associated to them.

Prerequisites

You have created an AFS material master record with a master grid assigned to the material.

Features

This function offers the following features:

·        The system creates a material class (type 001) of group /AFS/SAP and attaches it to the material.

The material class created has the same characteristics as the characteristics involved in the grid attached to the material.

·        If a class with characteristics that are identical to the characteristics of the grid already exists in the system, then this class is attached to the material.

Activities

On the SAP Easy Access screen, choose Logistics ® AFS Central Functions ® AFS Interface ® Attach AFS Material to Material Class.

You can verify the material class by checking the Classification View of the material master. To check the material class, choose Logistics ® Materials Management ® Material Master ® Material ® Display  ® Display Current.

To check the class group and characteristics of the class, choose Logistics ® Central Functions ® Variant Configuration ® Environment ® Classification ® Master Data  ® Classes, and then check for the class assigned to the material.