Industry Sectors 

Industry sectors indicate the assignment of a material to a certain branch of industry (for example, plant engineering and construction, chemical industry, mechanical engineering, and pharmaceuticals industry).

Use

Like the material type, the industry key also has important control functions. It determines, for example, the selection of data fields on screens or the screen sequence. The subdivision into different industry sectors is necessary because, for example, a material in the chemical industry, such as a chemical solution, differs from a material in mechanical engineering in its basic characteristics.

In the standard version of the SAP System, the following industry sectors have been defined for the material master record:

Industry Sectors in the Standard Version of the SAP System: