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Material Master Fields - Basic Data

Base Unit of Measure

It is the smallest unit of measure in which stocks of the material are managed.

Ex. Each, Piece etc..

Alternate unit of Measure

It is the unit of measure which can be available besides base unit of measure.

For instance: If the sales unit of measure is different than that of the base of the unit of measure then an alternate unit of measure is being used.

Gross / Net Weight 

The weight of the material maintained in this field will be carried over to the sales document item-level data.

Old Material Number

Legacy system Material Number will be maintained in this field.We can use the old material number to systematically search for material master records via match codes (Search Help)

General Item Category Group

This helps the system to determine item categories during the Inbound delivery process.

This field is used as one of the parameters during item type determination at sales document or inbound delivery level.

Material Group 

Ideally Materials with the same attributes are assigned to the same material group.

This field is used for reporting and pricing at sales document level.




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