3 level of Material Hierarchy in Material Master in SAP R/3

Hi,
We have a requirement wherein we require 3 level hierarchy in all materials created. We have taken Material Type as the 1st Hierarchy. Now we are left with material group which can be the second hierarchy.
I looked into the possibility of material classification but it was not solving our purpose as there is no standard SAP reports for inventory which takes material classification as an input.
For your reference I will give an example.
1st hierarchy = Food ( Material Type )
2nd hierarchy = Dry Foods ( Material Groups )
3rd hierarchy = Bread
I am not being able to accommodate the third level in my material master. I know we can use product hierarchy but there are no inventory reports based on product hierarchy. We also don't have IS Retail.
Please suggest what can be done about the solution.
Thanks

Many different suggestions, however I cannot imagine how those suggestions can help to get an inventory report.
check the availabe inventory reports and see what selection criteria they have, e.g. MB52
I think you just have to develope an own report to get what you want.
And when you do this, then you can use classification for your hierarchy or product hierarchy, which is just one field instead of 3 different fields.
The classification is the only option that is considered in F4 search help without any modification.
And using multiple selection button for material number in the inventory reports may enable you to select all materials of a hierarchy based classification

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I am not getting ur question properly...........but I will try to explain u .......
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