Material Master (SAP Library - Materials Management)

Material Master

Use

In the Purchasing view of the material master you enter the data relevant for the material procurement in the R/3 standard system as well as the following AFS additional data:

If you use the source allocation, enter the purchasing organization in the group box Source allocation which the system should automatically assign to the corresponding purchase requisitions in an MRP run. The system ignores purchase requisitions that are not assigned a purchasing organization in the source allocation.

If you use the source allocation and want to carry out a quota check, you enter those quota categories in the material master which you defined in customizing.

If you work with purchase grids and have defined key combinations and conditions for the validity of purchasing grids in customizing, enter the schema for the grid determination in the entry field Grid det. Proc. MM in the AFS Basic data view.

The following entries are necessary if you want to create the material master for an AFS material:

If you want to procure and manage the AFS material in various dimensions (for example, size and color), assign a master grid to the material in the AFS Basic data view. Set the indicator AFS Status to activate the material as an AFS material. Once you have set the indicator you cannot assign another master grid to this AFS material.

If you want to procure and manage the AFS material in various categories (for example, qualities), assign a coverage strategy to the material in the AFS MRP view. Set the indicator AFS Status MRP to activate the material as an AFS material. Once you have set the indicator you cannot assign another coverage strategy to this AFS material.

Caution

You cannot use the AFS material until you have set the indicator AFS status MRP in both the AFS Basic data view as well as in the AFS MRP view.