Material Numbers

Material Numbers
Definition A unique number is assigned to each material master record. This number identifies a specific material. Material numbers can be assigned internally or externally

Material data
Use For every material that your company uses, you must create a material master record in the material master. This record is uniquely identified by a material number.

Number Assignment

number assignment If your company uses mnemonic keys (normally alphanumeric), you enter the character string you want to use as the material number when you create the material master record.

:External

Material Numbering Scheme

Internal number assignment If your company uses nonmnemonic keys, you do not enter a material number when creating a material master record. Instead, the system assigns a consecutive number to the material. This number is visible when you maintain the material master record.

Material Numbering Scheme

Your system administrator defines the required type of number assignment in Customizing for the Material Master in Define Number Ranges. After defining a number range, he or she can flag it, if external number assignment is required, as an external number range.

Material Master Material Type

It is used to categorize materials It defines material attributes of:

Valuation Procurement, and Price control, etc.

It controls transaction (types) allowed for the material It controls the screen (view) sequence, number assignment, field selection, and account determination

Material Master More Material Types

In SAP standard system material number are created according to the group with their number ranges. Each group has unique number in the form of FROM-TO interval. Under the Group material types are assigned for the elements.

Material Master Data maintenance features

Material groups divided in to 3-ways to identify the material easily with the material number. Material family group Material main group Material sub group

Material Master Organization Levels

Here each group assigned with the 2-length character for number. So whenever choosing the group for the material the system intake the assigned number in the table. For example
Material family group RAW MATERIAL 11 Material main group Material sub group METALLI CS IRON MS SCRAP 01 02

 If I chosen raw material group system will take assigned number as 11, for metallic cs iron as 01 and Msscrap as 02.Finally the number range will be set as 110102001. Table for maintain the material type , material code , material group , Material Group Code , Material Sub Group, Material Sub Group Code (ZMATERIALNUM)

For the Given Material Code Material Group Code Material Sub Code to get the last number for the given combination table is ZMATNUMBER and added with one.

Validation
MESSAGE 'Enter a Valid Material Type' TYPE 'I'. MESSAGE 'Enter a Valid Material Gro up' TYPE 'I'. MESSAGE 'Enter a Valid Material Sub Group' TYPE 'I'. MESSAGE 'No Material Code exists for this Material Type' TYPE 'I'.