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  Cable Master Data for the Reel Calculation

Use

You use this function to enter the data in the cable material master that the system requires to determine the most suitable reel for the cable.

Prerequisites

  1. You have read Characteristics for SAP for Mill Products .

  2. In Customizing for Logistics - General , you have assigned the characteristic name 202 to the characteristic SAP_MILLCA_LENGTH, by choosing Start of the navigation path Basic Settings for SAP for Mill Products Next navigation step Assign Characteristics for SAP for Mill Products. End of the navigation path

  3. To be able to enter the data required for the reel calculation in the Cable Data view when you are creating the cable master data, you must use one of the following material types or your own material type:

    • MCFE : Mill Cable finished product

    • MCHA : Mill Cable trading goods

    • MCHF : Mill Cable semifinished product

    • MCRO : Mill Cable raw material

  4. You have created a valuated material variant with a plant-specific configuration (material master view MRP 3 ) to one of the above material types by assigning it to a configurable material . You have classified the cable using a class of class type 023 (Batch). This class contains the characteristic SAP_MILLCA_LENGTH for transferring the individual length to the reel calculation.

    To ensure that the reel calculation functions properly, the relevant characteristics (see following table) in the class of class type 300 (material variant) in the configurable material must match those in the IMG activity Assign Characteristics for SAP for Mill Products . In addition, if you work with fast entry of characteristics for orders and sales orders, the characteristics from the characteristic display must match the relevant characteristics.

    Relevant Characteristics for the Reel Calculation

    Characteristic name

    Description

    SAP_MILLCA_LENGTH

    Individual length

    SAP_MILLCA_PACKAGING_CAT

    Packaging material type (reel category)

    SAP_MILLCA_PACKAGING

    Packaging material (reel type)

    SAP_MLLCA_PACKAGING_NO

    Packaging material number (reel number)

    Note Note

    The packaging material number characteristic is relevant only if you want to use the reel calculation in the goods receipt.

    End of the note.

  5. As an alternative to 4, you can also use directly configurable materials as a cable in the reel calculation by defining the cable as a configurable material in the Basic View 2 view in the material master. In addition, you have classified the material master of the cable with a class of class type 300 (Variants) . This class contains the relevant characteristics.

    Recommendation Recommendation

    We recommend that you proceed as described in 4.

    End of the recommendation.

Activities

Enter the following data for the reel calculation in the material master of the cable:

  • Net weight of the cable material (required entry field)

  • Cable diameter (required entry field)

  • Percentage allowance (plus/minus) on the cable diameter

  • Bending factor

  • Coil delivery indicator

  • Run-out flange indicator

  • Clearance between top cable layer and top edge of the reel disk

  • Maximum number of vertical layers