Material Master Data

The material master data is used by the system to represent the product or service your
company is selling or producing. It is compiled in much the same way as the customer
master record using multiple views to represent the same material within the different areas
of the business. For example, the plant view contains all the plant-specific material and can
be different for each plant in the organization.
To create material master data records, use the following menu path.

Menu Path SAP Menu | Logistics | Sales and Distribution | Master Data | Products |
Material | Other Material | Create (or by using the transaction code [MM01])

You will notice that one mandatory field is the material type. Material type is similar to
the customer account group in the way that it governs what fields are relevant for data
input. It also controls how the material behaves.
A few common material types are
• HAWA- Trading good
• NLAG- Non-stock material
• FERT- Finished product
• VERP- Packaging material
• DIEN- Service
It is possible to create your own versions of these material types; however, this is done in
the Materials Management module.