You can use this function to assign any number of materials from the R/3 Material Master component to a substance in the R/3 Product Safety component, thereby creating a link to further logistic processes.

The material contains logistics data, such as price, weight and dimensions. This data depends on a substance’s packaging size or trading units.

Substances carry substance property data This data is independent of a substance’s packaging size or trading units.

If the material carries the environmentally relevant indicator and a delivery is posted to this material, the R/3 System checks whether the material is assigned to a substance that requires a material safety data sheet, and then, if necessary, triggers material safety data sheet shipment.

• In the Basic data 2 view of the material master, you must set the Environmentally rlvt (environmentally relevant) indicator for materials which require a material safety data sheet.

• The substance must belong to a substance category for which the Mat. assignment indicator has been set in the IMG activity Specify substance categories.

You can

• assign one or several materials to a real substance.

• assign one material to several real substances.

• specify a plant for a material.

After you have assigned a material and plant, the R/3 System checks whether

• the material and plant exist

• the material exists in the plant

• the material-plant combination is unique