In Material management, the following are the key masters and will be used for mm processes
- Material master
- Vendor Master
- Service Master
- Info Records
- Source List
Material Master
Material master is one of the key master in the material management point of view. We capture all the details related to material in material master and uses the same as per our requirement. The following are some transaction codes,
MM01 – Create Material
MM02 – Change Material
MM03 – Display Material
Vendor Master
Vendor master is one of the key master in the material management point of view. We capture all the details related to vendor in vendor master and uses the same as per our requirement. The following are some transaction codes,
XK01 – Create Vendor
XK02 – Change Vendor
XK03 – Display Vendor
BP – Create/ Change / Display Business Partner
Before SAP S4 HANA, The vendor master managed with transaction codes – XK01, XK02 and XK03. In SAP S4 HANA, it is maintained through one transaction code – BP. It is used for Customer master also.
Service Master
Service master is one of the key master in the material management point of view for services procurement. We capture all the details related to services in service master and uses the same as per our requirement. With the following transaction code, we can create, change and display the service codes/ service master.
AC03 – Service Master
Info Records(Purchasing)
Purchasing info record (PIR) is source of information for the procurement of specific material and supplier. Once information saved, it will be available and automatically picked while ordering. It will be created by the system automatically by first time ordering and we can create it manually also. The following are some transaction codes,
ME11 – Create Info Record
ME12 – Change Info Record
ME13 – Display Info Record
Source
List