Material Master Nomenclature

[sagnikch]

We have a  requirement where in the legacy system the material code is for 12 digits, the breakup of the Material code is first 2 digits represents the Main Group of the material, the next 2 Digits represents the Sub Group of the Material, the next 2 Digits represents the Sub-Sub Group of the Material and the next 2 Digits represents the category code of the material and the last four digits are the running numbers.

For Example - 

Main Group - 91 (IT materials)

Sub Group - 23 ( Hardware)

Sub Sub Group - 41 (Monitors)

Category code - 51 ( 17 inch)

Hence Material code is - 91234151 0001 (17 inch Dell Monitor)

How do we map this material’s nomenclature into SAP’s Material Master without product hierarchy? User wants to see a list of materials based upon either of Main Group, Sub group, Sub Sub group, Category Code.

Regards,

Sagnik

[Daisy_Zhang]

Remove tag SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition Sourcing and Procurement.

[Daisy_Zhang]

Add tag SAP S/4HANA Cloud Master Data.

[ankurch · Accepted solution]

It is basically a design change, now you need to play around with Material Type and Material Group, Main Category differentiate by Material type, and then Sub Category by Material Group.

For rest of the information you can use material description and for further categorization use Characteristics. 

thanks,

[sagnikch · Accepted solution]

Could you elaborate this solution?

[DominikTylczyn]

Hello @sagnikch 

As the legacy material number is 12 chars long, you can take it over directly to SAP as external material number. Material number in SAP is either 18 or 40 chars long, so the legacy numbers will fit nicely.

However bear in mind that external material numbering with any logic is not the best practice. Such logic will break sooner or later, business will come up with new requirements impacting the material numbering logic. However once a material is created, its number can't be changed. So there is no way to implement new requirements without recreating material master data. 

Best regards

Dominik Tylczynski