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Material Master: New Data on the Storage and Warehouse Management Screens

Description

On the Storage screen, the Basic data and General data blocks have been combined into the block Basic data. Three fields for managing shelf life have been included in this block:

Minimum number of days for which the material must keep upon receipt of the goods in order for the goods receipt to be accepted by the system.
If you enter a total shelf life in the material master record, the system will assume that the date entered upon receipt of the goods is the material's date of production. It then calculates an expiration date from the date of production plus shelf life in days. Once the goods receipt is accepted, it updates this expiration date in the batch master record and in the material document.
If no value is entered in the material master record, the system will assume that the date entered upon receipt of the goods is the material's expiration date, which it updates in the batch master record and in the material document once the goods receipt is accepted.
Percentage that specifies how much of the total remaining shelf life of the material must be left if the material is sent to another plant (for example, store) by a central plant (for example, distribution center).

On the Warehouse management screen, the following fields have been included in the Basic data block:

Using this neutral capacity usage indicator for a material, you can check capacity in the Warehouse Management System, which must be set at storage type level. You must make an entry for each procurement unit of measure.
The procurement unit of measure indicates the material unit of measure to which the capacity usage refers.

Effect on batch input

The new fields have been included in transfer structure BMMH1. The sequential files already created are still supported together with the data to be transferred. You should create any new files in the new format.