General help with material groups, UNSPC codes etc?

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
Setting up the business partner and establishing connectivity to R/3 in order to successfully create a PO in R/3.

Hi
<b>Please go through these links -></b>
Re: differece between product categories in SRM and Material Group in MM
Re: SRM5.0 Not possible to list replicated product categories in SRM
Re: material group replication from R/3 to EBP
Re: Material/Product replication - table & field names
Regards
- Atul

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