Item Master Data Best Practice

hello all
we are now using SBO for more than a year, and yet we still always add new items in our item master data. what is the best practice on maintaining the item master data. for you to understand this is the scenario. since in the Factory/Mill there are a lot of spare parts and equipments there, if some of this equipments is damage, we have to buy a new one, here the problem occur because if it only differ in Part Numbers we use another item code for it. with this practice, at later part we found out that we have more than 1 item code for only one item because of the naming convention. so we have to hold the other item code and use the other one coz we cant delete it anymore. sometimes 1 itemcode occurrs only once in the in the item history.
please suggest what is the best Practice on this matter.
1. Item Grouping
2. Naming Convention
etc..
NOTE:
our goal is minimize adding of items in item master data.
FIDEL

FIDEL,
From what I understand, you have to replace broken / damaged component of an item like Bulldozer, Payloader and mill turbines. This is the reason why you defined the parts as a new item.
From your Item code examples, I am not clear why you have 2 different names for the same item. and also what you mean by "this two item codes are actually the same,
If you are just buying parts to replace components and if you do not need to track them then I would suggest you create generic itemcodes in the Item master and simply change the description when you buy / sell them.
Example: Same Item different description.
REPL101 OIL FILTER
REPL101 FUEL FILTER
REPL101 xxxxx
This way you are not going to keep creating items in the database and also you can see the description and know what it was.
Simply change the ItemName in the marketing document and instead of pressing Tab to move to the next column Press CTRL+Tab so that SAP does not auto check then ewly typed name against the item master.
Let me know if your scnenario is otherwise
Suda

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