Explanation of Important fields in Material Master

Material master is one of the important master data in SAP Material

Management. Material is created with transaction code MM01. It contains
different views like Basic data, Purchasing, Sales, Accounting etc. In this
document, important fields are explained with details. I hope it will be helpful
to understand the usage of different fields in Material master views. And also I
have provided the levels of material views below i.e. at what level the data will
be stored.

1. Basic Data – Client Level

2. Purchasing, MRP, Costing Data – Plant Level
3. Sales Data – Sales Organization Level (Tax indicator is at country
level)
4. Storage Data – Storage Location Level
5. Accounting Data – Valuation Area Level
6. Warehouse Data – Warehouse Number Level
7. Storage Type Data – Warehouse Number and Storage Type level

Organizational Structure of the Material Master Record

Use
Each company has a specific structure and a typical organization. This is represented in the SAP System
as an organizational structure. A certain part of the organizational structure is relevant for every company
area.
Organizational Levels
An organizational structure consists of several organizational levels. These are used by different
company areas. The organizational levels sales organization and distribution channel are, for example,
used exclusively by sales and distribution while plant and storage location are shared by sales and
distribution and materials management.

The sales and distribution data for a material is managed at the organizational levels client, plant, sales
organization and distribution channel. Therefore, you have to enter the plant, the sales organization and
the distribution channel for which you want to change a material master record.
If a material which is available both in plant 1 and plant 2 is to be changed in plant 1, enter
only that plant number. You then only get the plant data for this material in plant 1. If you
only enter the sales organization and the distribution channel, then you get the sales-
specific data without plant data.

Using the organizational level distribution channel, you can, for example, sell materials with
different conditions. The prices agreed for distribution channel wholesale trade, for example,
are not the same as those for distribution channel retail sales.