Materials Master data Improvement

Hi Guys,
I am starting a project in revamping out materials master data,as so many things went wrong e.g material descriptions, base unit of measure, issue unit of measure and so on in terms of our mater data.This mater data is affecting Finance and Purchasing.
I would like to know what is the best naming conventions can i use for our materials descriptions and what other things should i put into considerations for this project.

Hi,
First classify the materials based on following criteria's
(a) Material Type (with Valuation Class)
(b) Material Group
(c) External Material Group and MPN (if required)
(d) Material description - Naming convention - "There are no Golden rules" - Based on your business needs you can decide the naming convention or you can initiate "Global Data Synchronization"
From SAP and Implementation point of view, internal number are very easy as well as from client maintenance (data preparation and Post Go-Live) angle.
SAP System provides lot of match codes ...I mean searching criteria based on multiple selection. Therefore, we shouldn't suggest and recommend external number range unless we get lot of merits from client business angle. Our approach should be System dependent rather than person dependent!!
Bye - Muralidhara

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