RE:[sap-log-mm] External Material Group for Internal Grouping

Posted by Sap Land Wednesday 2 November 2011 07:36

Posted by toonvanbeek (Business Consultant )
on Nov 2 at 10:36 AM

Hi,

Like Jayarapu mentions it is not a good idea to mis-use a certain field that has another purpose. The SAP description mentions:
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External Material Group
Key that you can use to assign the material to an external material group or to a material group determined according to external systematic.
Examples
For example, you can store the CCG material group or Nielsen material group here.
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Elso for external data synchronization purposes like GS1, 1SYNC etc etc this field is generally used to fill with the Global Product Classification.

It might be a better idea to use the product hierarchy for your the idea you are having. Product hierarchy is an internal matter.

---------------Original Message---------------
From: Mayday
Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 5:59 AM
Subject: External Material Group for Internal Grouping

Hi all Experts,

We would like to make use the field 'External Material Group' at Material Master Basic Data 1 for another internal grouping purpose.

Are there any standard reports that will display this field? Or it is purely an information at the material master?

Appreciate your advice.

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