Definition

Good that is the subject of business activity. A procuct is used, created, or consumed during the manufacturing process.

Use

The product master data of the SCM system are located in SCM Basis and can be used in all SAP applications containing SCM Basis, such as SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization ( SAP APO ).

You maintain the product master data in the SAP menu under  SCM Basis Master Data Product .Here you can create, display, change, or delete products. You can log changes to master data using the functions for change logging for master data . The mass maintenance of products is possible using the mass maintenance functionality for master data .

Frequently, product master data is used in other master or transaction data (for example, in locations or documents). To find out where a certain product is used, you can perform the where-used function. For more information, see Where-Used List for Master Data .

Structure

The master data for a product can be divided into global and location-dependent data. While the global data (such as the product group of a product) is valid everywhere, the location-dependent data for this product apply only within a certain location. When you enter product data maintenance, you can set the global view or - by entering a certain location - the location-dependent view of the data. The location-dependent view always also displays the global data for a product. For more information, see Maintain Global Product Master Data and Maintain Location-Dependent Master Data .

The product master data is located on a number of tab pages. Some of the tab pages contain data that you only need in certain applications. For information enabling you to set up the product master data maintenance display on a user-specific basis by suppressing individual tab pages, see User-Specific Display Profiles for Master Data Maintenance .

Integration

In an integrated system landscape with SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (SAP ERP) and an SCM system, the ERP system is frequently the leading master data system. In this case, the product master data is maintained in the ERP system, where it is managed as materials, and transferred to the SCM system via the SAP Core Interface (CIF). For more information, see Integration of Products .