How to change material number?

Question

Hi guruz,
Is there a way to change the muterial number (eg ABC123 to ABC223)?
Thanks,
Utpal

Answer 1

HI,
can we clear this up because the thread is becoming confusing with the different viewpoints being expressed (all right in their own way, but still confusing).
Firstly, you cannot change the material number of a materail master record. This is simply NOT POSSIBLE.
The 309 movement type that has been suggested will simply move STOCK from one material number to another. Even if this is what you wanted to achieve a 309 is NOT the recommended option for this. The 309 movement is NOT designed to correct errors, it has a VERY specific purpose. It is designed to be used where the material has physically changed somehow without a production process happening. So if you make cheese (or wine etc.). The material matures naturally and even though you have not actually done anything to it, the new cheese (or wine) will change into a saleable product. this is what a 309 is designed for.
Similarly if a material ages and becomes a lower quality just due to its age, a 309 is appropriate for that purpose because no physical process was involved (it there was a physical process then a PP order should have been used).
To use a 309 movement to correct an error (such as the wrong material was GRd etc.) is wrong. The accounting postings involved will be corrupted by a use such as this (for example, any value difference will be shown as a gain/loss of profit due to the material improving or degrading and this is WRONG). I
If an error has occured and the wrong material has been GRd etc. the correct way is to reverse the GR and do it correctlty.
So please do not use a 309 to corrct errors.
So the answer is NO you can't change the material number and a 309 is NOT a relevant solution to this situation.
Steve B