MaterialMaster(LO-MD-MM)HELP.LOMDMMRelease4.6CMaterialMaster(LO-MD-MM)SAPAG2April2001Copyright©Copyright2001SAPAG.Allrightsreserved.NopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedortransmittedinanyformorforanypurposewithouttheexpresspermissionofSAPAG.Theinformationcontainedhereinmaybechangedwithoutpriornotice.SomesoftwareproductsmarketedbySAPAGanditsdistributorscontainproprietarysoftwarecomponentsofothersoftwarevendors.Microsoft®,WINDOWS®,NT®,EXCEL®,Word®,PowerPoint®andSQLServer®areregisteredtrademarksofMicrosoftCorporation.IBM®,DB2®,OS/2®,DB2/6000®,ParallelSysplex®,MVS/ESA®,RS/6000®,AIX®,S/390®,AS/400®,OS/390®,andOS/400®areregisteredtrademarksofIBMCorporation.ORACLE®isaregisteredtrademarkofORACLECorporation.INFORMIX®-OnLineforSAPandInformix®DynamicServerTMareregisteredtrademarksofInformixSoftwareIncorporated.UNIX®,X/Open®,OSF/1®,andMotif®areregisteredtrademarksoftheOpenGroup.HTML,DHTML,XML,XHTMLaretrademarksorregisteredtrademarksofW3C®,WorldWideWebConsortium,MassachusettsInstituteofTechnology.JAVA®isaregisteredtrademarkofSunMicrosystems,Inc.JAVASCRIPT®isaregisteredtrademarkofSunMicrosystems,Inc.,usedunderlicensefortechnologyinventedandimplementedbyNetscape.SAP,SAPLogo,R/2,RIVA,R/3,ABAP,SAPArchiveLink,SAPBusinessWorkflow,WebFlow,SAPEarlyWatch,BAPI,SAPPHIRE,ManagementCockpit,mySAP.comLogoandmySAP.comaretrademarksorregisteredtrademarksofSAPAGinGermanyandinseveralothercountriesallovertheworld.Allotherproductsmentionedaretrademarksorregisteredtrademarksoftheirrespectivecompanies.SAPAGMaterialMaster(LO-MD-MM)April20013IconsIconMeaningCautionExampleNoteRecommendationSyntaxTipMaterialMaster(LO-MD-MM)SAPAG4April2001ContentsMaterialMaster(LO-MD-MM)........................................................................................7CorporateStructure.....................................................................................................................................8Client............................................................................................................................................................11CompanyCode...........................................................................................................................................12Plant.............................................................................................................................................................13PurchasingOrganization...........................................................................................................................14SalesOrganization.....................................................................................................................................16StorageLocation,WarehouseNumber,StorageType...........................................................................17Storage-Location-SpecificData..............................................................................................................19EnteringStorageLocationsCollectively............................................................................................20MaterialMasterRecords............................................................................................................................21MaterialNumbers.......................................................................................................................................22IndustrySectors.........................................................................................................................................24MaterialTypes.............................................................................................................................................25StandardMaterialTypes.........................................................................................................................27SpecifyingaMaterialType......................................................................................................................31ChangingaMaterialType.......................................................................................................................32ExampleofHowtoChangetheMaterialType..................................................................................34CreatingMaterialMasterRecords............................................................................................................35CreatingaMaterialMasterRecord.........................................................................................................36ExtendingMaterialMasterRecords........................................................................................................38ExtendingaMaterialMasterRecord.................................................................................................39FindingInformationforExtendingMaterialMasterRecords.............................................................41ChangingMaterialMasterRecords...........................................................................................