Key challanges in implementation and various material master issues

Hi
I wish to know various key challanges in implementation of SAP. Also please let me know various issues related to Materials master.
Regards
SAmeer

Hi
The question is being answered on a very broad level.The key challaanges differ from implementation to implementation and client to client but overall there is grate deal of commonality.They are not necessarily in order.
1.Challanges related to Business Processes
2.Challanages related to Technical issue
3.Challanges related to Change Management (People Management)
4 Challanges related to Project Management and Methodologies.
5 Challanges related to Master Data
6 Challanges related to Training
On Business processes -Defining to be process , Acceptance of the new process by the Client , Local ,regulatatory and statutory requirements affecting the Process
availability of client team for process mapping , Reluctance to change and so on...
On Technical side : Challanges run from infrastructure (Server/Connectivity) Inadequate , Networking not Ok ,Landscapr design not ok and so on
Change management : User awareness and participatation is a key issue.Managing the fears and resistance to change is another challange
Project Management : some of the issues -Project governance not happening ,Change management not satyisfactory , scope creep . KPI not monitored.
Master Data : Too many files , Redunanat data , no ownership of Data , Technical and functional validation ownership
Training : Language ,Understanding of the users ,Content
Material Master Data challanges :
1.Selection and finalisation of the views
2.Responsibilty matrix for each view.
3.Field mapping into Must have ,desirabale ,nice to have fields
4 Techinical validation of the data
5 Functional validation of the data
6 Material master upload file format
7 Data Cleansing
All these points need to be considered

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Dear ritalee,
Is there any report based on your description,
most of your reports will be based on your reports will be on you mat. no. and mat. groups.
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Did you find any solution for your issue?
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Material Master --View's wise mail sending for further process

Hi all workflow guru's,
I am trying to implement workflow for material master creation 'WFMaterialtest'.
the business requirement is that for certain material types when Basic Data1 and Basic Data2 views have been created by USER1, a work-item needs to be send to USER2 to create Purchasing View, then to USER3 to create MRP views and then USER4 to create Sales related and then to USER5 to create Accounting views.
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Restrict material groups at PR/PO creation for items w/o material master

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Key challanges in implementation and various material master issues

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