External Material Group (UNSPC)
We would like to use the External Material Group field on the Material Master to house our UNSPC Codes. We would then use the Material Group field to develop and In-house code that is more intuitive for our Buyer's to enter on Purchase Orders to better track Spend Visibility.
Can the External material Group field be used for this purpose? Will if cause any problems with upgrades in the future and or right no (we currently don't use the field)? Are there other companies who have suggestions on how they looked at their Spend Visibility for Procurement? Thanks!
Hi,
You should be OK to use the field as you indicate.
As for text based PO spend, I normally use one of two options. I either use material groups (as long as they are specific enough and as long as there are not too many of them). This comes with useful config help in the MM > Purchasing > Material Master > Entry aids for items without a material master ./ This config allows you to link a valuation class to the material group so that the correct accounts are used (and a specific purchasing value key).
The other option is to use material masters for the text POs, remember that you can change the text on a material master PO item and so you can then set up some basic material masters for things such as "It consultant", "Advertising campaign" etc. and then when the user enters the order they either change the text or add additional text on the item. This way you can then analyse the spend as normal, i.e. by material. It gives you a lot more functionality than simple items with free format text and you are more likely to be comparing similar POs than by just relying on free format texts where users will ALWAYS put things like "Temp" or "as authorised by Fred" etc.
You can then prevent users from entering free format texts and forcing them to use material masters and so you will at least have something to compare / reprot on.
I hope this helps
Steve B
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> In MM60, I need to include the field 'external material group' from material master
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Ravi. -
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Examples
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Please could you guys help me explore the following or point me to where I may get more info on:
Understanding concepts of Material Group and Product Category and exploring the option of having different material groups based on different purchasing organisations and plants
Effective usage of UNSPC codes especially for determining the correct Material Group
Setting up more than 1 company code and purchase organisations in the SRM system
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- Atul -
Hi Gurus,
Some materials have already been assigned to a material group. These are all active materials & stock exists for these materials.Now can we assign these to a different group. Can we use the fld "external material group" for further grouping i.e sub group.
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Kumaryou can assign a new material group to material
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Hi gurus, can any one tell me where can i add the material group
hi there,
i wana add material group, external material group and product hierarchy in the sap?
can any one let me know the program name or the t-code
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Follow the below T.Code and the path for the required information..
Material Group - OMSF
External Material Group -
SPRO --> Logistics - General --> Material Master --> Settings for Key Fields --> Maintain External Material Groups
Product Hierarchy -
SPRO --> Logistics - General -->Material Master --> Settings for Key Fields --> Data Relevant to Sales and Distribution --> Define Product Hierarchies.
Hope this helps..
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Siva -
Importance and uses of material group
Hi All,
I need to know the importance of Material Group and where all it is used in Procurement.
Regards ,
Ritesh.hi,
Key that you use to group together several materials or services with the same attributes, and to assign them to a particular material group.
You can use material groups to:
Restrict the scope of analyses
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Maintain External Material Groups
In this step you can assign a material to an external material group, or to a material group that was created using externally-defined (non-SAP) structures.
u will get the settings under menu path:
SPRO > IMG > LOGISTIC GENERAL > MATERIAL MASTER > SETTINGS FOR KEY FIELDS > DEFINE MATERIAL GROUPS.
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SPRO > IMG > MATERIAL MANAGEMENT > PURCHASING > MATERIAL MASTER > ENTRY AIDS FOR ITEMS WITHOUT A MATERIAL MASTER.
can assign a purchasing value key and a valuation class to a material group.
The assignment of a purchasing value key provides you with default values for reminder levels etc. in purchase order items without a material master record and without an info record.
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jash -
Hi All,
How can I configure external material group?
Thanks.Hello Edward,
This is the SAPGUI forum which does not cover your query.
You might get a reply here,but it might be more efficent if you raised it in the application area rather than in the SAPGUI.
Refer to Scope of the forum for what we cover here:
Jude
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