Assigning Target Values to a Material - Example

In this example, the material is a semi-finished product assigned to the industry sector C (chemicals) with material type HALB . It has the material number 350-105 and the base unit of measure KG (kilogram).

You assign class type 022 or 023 (batch) to the material as well as the class you set up previously, in this case PAINT_350 . Once you have assigned your class, the system will display the characteristics contained in this class.

You will now need to assign target values to the characteristics of your material.

Assigning Values to Numeric Characteristics

In the material master record, you assign the property pH value an interval value of 1.0 - 13.0 . If you assign this property to the material, the pH value can be any value within this range.

In order to enable batches with this property to have a pH value from anywhere within the range 1.0 - 13.0 , you must not restrict the range in the material master. This means that if you were to assign the characteristic a value of 10.0 at material level, only the value 10.0 would be available for selection when you come to assign specifications to the batch.

However, you might want batches of this material to have a pH value within a restricted range of 6.0 - 11.0 . You would then assign 6.0 - 11.0 to the product at material level, in which case you could further restrict assignment at batch level and select definite values lying in this interval.

If you have entered an interval value for a numeric characteristic in the material master record, you will be able to assign either

Assigning Values to Alphanumeric Characteristics

You want to limit the delivery of the material to particular regions. You therefore need to define the regions to which you want this material delivered by assigning the respective values to your material class. In this way, the regions to which the material can be delivered are defined at material level. When you assign characteristics to the batch, you can further restrict the values assigned to the material, and specify the regions to which this particular batch may be delivered.

In this case, Available_for is a characteristic you want to assign to batches to specify that certain batches can only be delivered to certain regions or countries. For example, a batch of a material can only be delivered within Europe and North America. Once a batch has been assigned this characteristic, you can restrict your batch determination procedure to select only those batches that are available for Europe and North America.

Availability of a characteristic of data type CHAR (character). Depending on your requirements, the batch might be usable for more than one region or country. In this case, you would set the Multiple value indicator. Thus when you set up the specifications for the material or for the batch itself, you can select both Europe and North America from a possible list of, for example, Australia, Europe, Asia, North America.

To enter more values for the material and the batch, set the Additional values indicator in the characteristic on the Values tab page (  Logistics Central Functions Classification Master Data Characteristics ).

Hidden Characteristics

Hidden characteristics are characteristics that you have defined as hidden in the Interface control screen. You can display them by choosing Hidden characteristics . Depending on how you have defined these characteristics when you set them up, you may or may not be able to enter values for them.

For example, you may have used existing inspection characteristics from QM in classification, which you do not want the system to display when you assign values.