Material Master duplication issue

hi,
We are EPC company where we procure different kind of Pipes , flanges other erection materials for e.g.
We have a large number of variations under these categories which is forcing us to create a new material master where tere is slight deviation .
e.g. we have a 30" MS PIPE . But it can have dis 32",34".36",thickness 2", 4",6" , iner lining may be of teflon, glass...
so there are large numbe rof combnation whic can happen. this end up in creating large numbe rof materials.
Is there any way to minimise numbe rof materials in this?
Also, we are facing issue of duplication of materials.
For e.g. different Sites may ask for same material . so same material may be created with different description for different sites. Is there any way to standardise material description template?
Thanks
Manoj

manoj.ltrm wrote:
hi,
>
> We are EPC company where we procure different kind of Pipes , flanges other erection materials for e.g.
>
> We have a large number of variations under these categories which is forcing us to create a new material master where tere is slight deviation .
>
> e.g. we have a 30" MS PIPE . But it can have dis 32",34".36",thickness 2", 4",6" , iner lining may be of teflon, glass...
> so there are large numbe rof combnation whic can happen. this end up in creating large numbe rof materials.
>
> Is there any way to minimise numbe rof materials in this?
>
>
> Also, we are facing issue of duplication of materials.
>
> For e.g. different Sites may ask for same material . so same material may be created with different description for different sites. Is there any way to standardise material description template?
>
>
> Thanks
> Manoj
Hi Manoj,
The best way to deal with this scenario is to use "Configurable Materials".
You need to create (variant configuration with class type 100, 200, 300) where you can define the variations in the material having same application and features such as yours.
Go thru this thread..
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_46c/helpdata/en/9f/fb79385feddf6ae10000009b38f8cf/content.htm
Regards
Shiva

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