• understand enterprise mm – configuration

structure

• understand material type

• enterprise structure is the basic
for configuration of other
parameters.

• it is defined with respect to

• finance and controlling

• sales and distribution
• logistics

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 Enterprise Structure
Client

Company
Sales
organization Purchasing
Company organization
code

Plants
(1à n)
Sales group
Purchasing
group
Storage
Location

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 Company
Or Client
Enterprise structure: Materials Management
Company Controlling
code Area

Purchasing
Organization Plant

Storage
location

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F O LLOWING AR E THE ELEMENTS O F F I C O R ELATED
ENT ER PRISE S T RUCTURE

O P E R AT I NG C O N C ER N

Controlling area

Company code

Credit control area

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SD RELATED ENTERPRISE STRUCTURE DEFINED
UNDER THE COMPANY CODE ARE

SALES ORGANIZATION

Distribution channel

Division

Sales offices

Sales group

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▪ logistics related enterprise structure defined
under the company code are
▪
▪ plants
▪ storage locations
▪ purchase organizations
▪ purchasing group

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plant describe the place where the production
activities are performed or goods and services
are provided.

it is attached to the company code

example.
manufacturing set up
head office

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IT REPRESENTS THE PHYSICAL AREA WITHIN A
PLANT WHERE THE MATERIALS ARE STORED.
IT IS ATTACHED TO A PLANT.

EXAMPLE.
0001 – RAW MATERIAL LOCATION
0002 – SEMI FINISHED LOCATION

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• IT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROCURE MATERIAL
AND SERVICES, NEGOTIATION OF PRICE WITH
VENDOR.

• IT CAN BE
• COMPANY SPECIFIC - ASSIGNED TO COMPANY
CODE

• PLANT SPECIFIC – ASSIGNED TO PLANT

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represents buyer or group of buyer responsible
for certain purchasing activities.

example:
and – andrew
rm1 – group of buyers responsible for rm
procurements

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• M A T ERI A L T Y P E I S T HE I M P ORT A NT I DENT I F I CA T I ON
FOR MAT ERIAL MAST ER.

• DI F F ERENT F I EL DS A ND SCREENS A RE CONT ROL L ED

WI T H RESPECT T O MAT ERI AL T Y PE

• SA P DEF I NED MA T ERI A L T Y P ES A RE USED T O

I DENT I F Y T HE M A T ERI A L S. USER SP ECI F I C M A T ERI A L
T Y P ES CA N A L SO BE CREA T ED.

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f o llowing are m o st o f ten us e d

roh - raw m aterial

halb – semi finished
fert – finished
ve rp – pac kaging m at erial

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• m at erial m aster c o nt ains t ho usands o f f ie lds
re lated t o vario us f unc tions in an o rg anization.

• inf o rma tion re la ted t o dif ferent de pa r tments is

s t o r e d t h r o u g h d i f f e r e n t v i e w s o f m a t e r i a l m a s t e r.

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• VIEWS FOR MATERIA L MASTER ARE
• BASIC DATA
• CLASSIFIC A TION
• SALES VIEWS
• MRP VIEWS
• WORK SCHEDULING
• STORAGE LOCATIONS
CONTD…

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• v ie ws f o r mat erial mas t er are

• w arehouse dat a
• quality management dat a
• ac c ounting dat a
• c o s ting dat a

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 Views on a Material Master Record
Basic Data Purchasing

St

t MRP Sales

Material
A Stocks in plant/ master record Work
B
storage location scheduling

Quality
Accounting
management

Storage Forecasting

Warehouse
Classification
management
• S E QUENCE OF M ATERIAL M A STER V I E W I S B A SED ON
T H E I N D U ST RIAL T Y P E .

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• f ie lds in t he m at erial m as ter can be
• m ade as m andator y
• hide f rom display

• it is co nt rolled t hro ugh t he f ie ld g ro up.

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• you must have understoo d the
•
• e nte r pr i s e s tr uc tur e i n di f fe r e n t m o dul e s

• impor tance of enterprise structure in logistics

module

• material types
•
• m a te r i a l m a s te r di f fe r e nt vi e w s

• field control for material master

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