Usage of material group...

Hi there,
We assign the material group to a material in the material master. As per my understanding we have material having similar attributes under the same material group....
Can you pls enlighten me the advantages of that from SAP point of view .... & the buisness tranasctions where it helps....
Points will we rewarded to helpful answers
With Regards
Kaushik

Hello Kaushik,
Addition to experts suggestion, Material group is used for authorization, for account determination incase of text material purchasing and as a release characterisic as well.
so if you sum up
Material group is used
- To allocate the work within organizaiton
- To devide further down level of material type
- For release procedure
- For reporting purpose
- To use for creating purchasing document incase of without material master data
- To use in long term purchasing agreement
Hope this helps.
Regards
Arif Mansuri

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