The picture shows a diagram of a material master data structure in SAP. SAP uses a material master record to store information about all the materials that a company procures, produces, stores and sells.
The material master data is the central source for retrieving material-specific information in the SAP system [2]. This data is organized into different views to support the various departments within a company that rely on this information.
The material master data structure is broken down into different areas. Here are some of the areas included in the data structure based on the picture:
- Basic/General Information: This view contains general information about the material, such as the material number, description, and material type.
- Plant Information: This view contains plant-specific information about the material, such as the storage location and unit of measure.
- Storage Location Information: This view contains information about how the material is stored, such as the available stock level.
- Accounting Information: This view contains accounting information about the material, such as the price and valuation method.
- Purchasing Information: This view contains information relevant to purchasing the material, such as the source of supply, price information and ordering data.
- Quality Management Information: This view contains information about the quality management of the material.
- Material Requirement Planning Information: This view contains information relevant to material requirements planning (MRP), such as the planning procedure and lot-sizing procedure.
- Sales and Distribution Information: This view contains information relevant to sales and distribution, such as the sales unit and delivery data.
- Costing Information: This view contains information about the costing of the material.
