Material Class 001 - Characteristics not comming at the time of GR

Question

Hello,
I am trying to use material class 001 in material.
I have created Characteristics and assigned to Class (001) and have attached this class to Material.
But when I do Goods Receipt of PO, I do not see any tab with classifications.
I have also tried activating batch (as some say that I have to activate batch to get the characteristics at the time of GR) but this does not help.
Please let me know, how can I get the characteristics to get populated at the time of GR.
Regards
Prabhjot Singh
Edited by: Prabhjot Singh Nayyar on Sep 9, 2010 5:35 PM

Answer 1

Prabjhot,
I have a group of materials "Bicycles".  Within this group, there are 5 material numbers, BIKE1, BIKE2, BIKE3, BIKE4, BIKE5. Each one of these is sold as a separate item to the customers.
Now, my customer service group is having a hard time entering orders.  They can never remember which one contains which combinations of colors and Derailleurs.
I create a class 001 BICYCLES and assign two characteristics, "COLOR" "DERAILLEUR".  Possible color values are "RED", "BLUE", "SILVER".  Possible DERAILLEUR values are "10SPEED" and "12SPEED".  I then assign the materials to the class, and enter values for each of the 5 material numbers.
Now, when Customer service wants to find out which MATERIAL to enter into their sales orders, they can look up all the MATERIAL numbers that have specific MATERIAL based characteristics:  Blue/10 speed; Red/12 speed, etc etc.
Later on, my Quality manager approaches me.  For one material BIKE1, which is a Blue/10speed,  I have 3 different factories where I build them.  The resultant bikes are virtually identical from each factory.  However, the manufacturing methods in each factory are different.  My Quality manager wants to determine accurately the source of each manufactured bicycle, so that he can track warranty liability and issue recalls if necessary.
I create a BATCH class type 022 and assign 2 characteristics "MAN_PLANT" and "YEAR" I create several batches: "PARIS2010", "ROME2010", "LONDON2010":  In the batches I assign the appropriate values:  MAN_PLANT "PARIS", in another "ROME", and another "LONDON"; in all three I enter the value for year as "2010",  I activate Batch management.
Now when I complete my Production orders, the three plants each receive their production into stock, but now they must enter a batch.  The batches they enter upon receipt identify the manufacturing plant and year of manufacture.  In my central warehouse, I now have BIKE1 stocked and sold under 3 batches: PARIS, ROME, LONDON.  My quality manager is pleased.
I am rewarded with more work.
Best Regards,
DB49