Material Usage (SAP Library - Sales & Operations Planning (LO-LIS-PLN))

Material Usage

The Material usage function shows you a lot of information on a material’s membership of product groups. It has two possible display formats:

You see all the product groups of which the specified material is a member.
You see only those product groups of which the specified material is a direct member.

In the report, you click on the pushbuttons More and Less to vary the level of detail. Up to three levels of detail can be displayed. An extended report shows:

The hierarchical level of each node in ascending order up the hierarchy

The plant, number, and description of the hierarchy node

Any planning versions that exist for that node

The proportional, aggregation, and conversion factors of each node in relation to the directly superior product group

The proportional, aggregation, and conversion factors of the specified material in relation to each hierarchical level

Use the pushbutton Details (or double-click) to obtain detailed data on a particular node. From the Detailed Data window, you can branch to a list of the planning versions that exist for that node.