Exercise Objectives
Task 3: Creating Material Masters
As a design engineer, you will be required to create material masters every day.
You will use the defaults created in the previous task to speed up the process. In this section, you will be required to create five material masters. This will include two finished products and three semi-finished products.
1. Your supervisor has given you the specs on a new pump that has just come out of research and development. She has asked you to enter the material master into the system so that one of your colleagues can begin building the bill of material. No material currently has the same attributes, so you will create the new material with no template data. Use the following data to
Basic Data 1
Material Description Rotary Pump GR ##
Base Unit of measure PC - piece
MRP 1
Valuation Class 7920 - finished product
Price Control S-Standard Price
2. Research and development has just made an significant improvement to the T-B1## pump casing. The changes are significant enough to require a new material master versus an engineering revision. Create the following material master record by copying from reference material: A Semi-Finished Product with material number T-B## (## = group number) in plant 1000, copied from material T-B1## using your default views. Change the description to GR## Casing.
3. How can you be sure that all selected views are created?
4. Research and development has just made another significant improvement to the 102–100 pump casing. The changes are significant enough to require a new material master versus engineering revisions. This new casing will be used in several products as a substitute part. Create the following material
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master record by copying from reference material: A Semi-Finished Product with material number T-Z## (## = group number) in plant 1000, copied from material 102–100 using your default views. Change the description to GR## Alt Casing. In addition, to speed up maintenance, use the MRP profile (SF##) that you created in a previous exercise step.
5. You have just been notified by purchasing that they have come to an agreement with your rubber supplier. This agreement is to sell back the scrap rubber that is made during the stamping of gaskets for your pumps. Create a Semi-Finished Product with material number T-G## (## = group number) in plant 1000, copied from material 100-120 using your default views.
Change the description to GR## Scrap Rubber. In addition, this will be a co-production, so set the co-product indicator on the MRP 2 view, and you will have to change the valuation class to 7900 - Semi Finished products.
Task 4:
Your Engineering Department usually creates the initial views of the material masters and assigns the material number as well as the material type. They use the new PLM WEB UI to do their work. Logon to the Web UI as one of the Engineers and create the Basic Data views of the material master.
1. As an engineer in the Engineering Department responsible for creating material masters, logon to the Web UI using the following data:
Client 800
User PLM-##
Password initial
Language EN (or your choice)
2. The specs on a new centrifugal pump that has just come out of research and development are found below. Enter the basic data information of the new pump. The balance of the views will be entered at a later date. No material currently has the same attributes, so you will create the new material with no template data. Use the following data to support the creation of the new finished product: T-F77## (Centrifugal Pump GR##) at plant 1000.
Basic Data 1 Data
Material Description Centrifugal Pump GR ##
Base Unit of measure PC - piece
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Solution 1: Creating Material Masters
Task 1: Navigation
All of the exercises in this course are written to use the full SAP Menus except for the ones using the PLM WEB UI and they specifically state to use the User Menu SAP_CA_PLM_DESIGNER. This first task shows students how to navigate between the user and full SAP menus.
Currently when you logon to the ECC system you are in a User Menu with shorten menu paths specifically for PLM. Most of the exercises in this class are written with menu paths from the full SAP menu. Navigate between the two menus.
1. Most of the exercises in this course are written using the full SAP Menu paths. Navigate to the SAP Menu using the button on the tool bar.
a) Click on the second from the left button on the tool bar and the menus will change to the full SAP menu.
2. Some specific exercises using the PLM WEB UI are written using the User menu SAP_CA_PLM_DESIGNER. Navigate to this User Menu using the button on the tool bar.
a) Since your logon was already assigned to use this User Menu, click the left most button on the tool bar and the menus will change to the role-based user menu..
3. If the exercise does not specifically state which menu to use, you can assume that the solutions are written to use the full SAP Menu but can be done using either menu or just transaction codes. Switch back to the full SAP menus and continue with this first exercise.
a)
Task 2: User Defaults
In the role of an engineer, you are tasked with creating large quantities of material masters. To make the process run more efficiently, you will use default values and MRP profiles to expedite the creation of material masters. Set your organizational level, industry sector, and view defaults as instructed below. Once completed, set up an MRP profile to populate many of the required fields in the MRP 1 - 4 views.
1. Your company has decided not to use the industry sector functionality.
Therefore, set your user’s default for the industry sector to Mechanical Engineering, and only display industry sector on request.
a) Choose Logistics → Production → Master Data → Material Master → Material → Create (General) → Immediately (MM01).
b) Enter Mechanical Engineering as Industry Sector and Finished Goods as Material Type
c) From the menu, choose Defaults → Industry Sector.
d) Enter Mechanical Engineering, and select Hide Industry Sector on Initial Screen.
e) Choose Continue .
2. Your recent position will only have you creating materials for a certain section of the company. Therefore, set your user’s default for the
organizational values Plant 1000, Sales Organization 1000 and Distribution Channel 10, and only display organizational levels on request.
a) Choose Logistics → Production → Master Data → Material Master → Material → Create (General) → Immediately (MM01).
b) From the system menu, select Defaults →Organizational levels.
c) Enter the following data:
Org Levels Copy To: Copy From:
Plant 1000 1000
Sales Org 1000 1000
Distribution
Channel 10 10
d) Select Org Level profiles only on Request, then choose Continue . 3. Your recent position will only have you creating materials for a certain
business areas within the company. Therefore, set your user’s default for the material master views for which you are responsible for creating. Set Basic
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Data 1, MRP 1 - 4, Work Scheduling, Accounting 1, and Costing 1, to always be selected and select Create views selected so if you use any materials as templates, you will not have to look at all views to create the material.
a) Choose Logistics → Production → Master Data → Material Master → Material → Create (General) → Immediately (MM01).
b) From the system menu, choose Defaults →View.
c) Select Basic Data 1, MRP 1 - 4, Work Scheduling, Accounting 1, and Costing 1 and select Create views selected .
d) Choose Continue .
4. Create an MRP profile for rapid and secure maintenance of MRP data from the material record.
Create an MRP profile, SF##, with the description Semi Finished Group
## for use in creating material masters with the material type Semi-Finished Product. Use the parameters in the following table for this exercise.
Note: Solution steps will appear after the table in the Solutions section.
Data of MRP profile SF##
Field Name Maintenance
Lot Size (Materials Fixed EX = exact
Field Name Maintenance Strategy
Default Value
Planning time fence Default 10 days
Component scrap in
% Default 1 %
Indicator: Backflush Fixed
value 2 = work center decides
a) Choose Logistics → Production → Master Data → Material Master
-→ Profile -> MRP Profile -→ Create (MMD1).
b) First select the fields using the Selection Screen button, then select the default values using Screens 1 and 2.
c) When complete, select Save .
Task 3: Creating Material Masters
As a design engineer, you will be required to create material masters every day.
You will use the defaults created in the previous task to speed up the process. In this section, you will be required to create five material masters. This will include two finished products and three semi-finished products.
1. Your supervisor has given you the specs on a new pump that has just come out of research and development. She has asked you to enter the material master into the system so that one of your colleagues can begin building the bill of material. No material currently has the same attributes, so you will create the new material with no template data. Use the following data to support the creation of the new finished production: T-F## (Rotary Pump GR##) at plant 1000.
Note: Solution steps will appear after table in the Solutions section.
Entry Screen Data
Material Number T-F##
Material Type Finished Product
Basic Data 1
Material Description Rotary Pump GR ##
Base Unit of measure PC - piece
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Valuation Class 7920 - finished product
Price Control S-Standard Price
a) Choose Logistics → Production → Master Data → Material Master → Material → Create (General) → Immediately (MM01).
b) Enter the information as described in the table above. Use the ENTER key to move to the next tab.
c) At the Costing 1 view, select Save or answer Yes to the question to save your data.
2. Research and development has just made an significant improvement to the T-B1## pump casing. The changes are significant enough to require a new material master versus an engineering revision. Create the following material master record by copying from reference material: A Semi-Finished Product with material number T-B## (## = group number) in plant 1000, copied from material T-B1## using your default views. Change the description to GR## Casing.
a) Choose Logistics → Production → Master data → Material master →
3. How can you be sure that all selected views are created?
Answer: Take a look at all the selected views or choose Defaults –> Views . Select Create Views Selected.
4. Research and development has just made another significant improvement to the 102–100 pump casing. The changes are significant enough to require a new material master versus engineering revisions. This new casing will be used in several products as a substitute part. Create the following material master record by copying from reference material: A Semi-Finished Product with material number T-Z## (## = group number) in plant 1000, copied from material 102–100 using your default views. Change the description to GR## Alt Casing. In addition, to speed up maintenance, use the MRP profile (SF##) that you created in a previous exercise step.
a) Choose Logistics → Production → Master data → Material master → Material → Create (General) → Immediately (MM01).
b) Enter the material number T-Z## using reference material 102–100.
c) Select Organizational levels, and enter your MRP Profile SF## Choose Continue .
d) A warning will appear that the profile was copied from reference material. Be sure to click the New Entry button and enter your profile SF## once again before continuing.
e) In the Basic Data 1 view, change the description to GR## ALT Casing.
f) Before saving, review your MRP 1- 4 views to see if your profile has had any affect.
g) Choose Save .
5. You have just been notified by purchasing that they have come to an agreement with your rubber supplier. This agreement is to sell back the scrap rubber that is made during the stamping of gaskets for your pumps. Create a Semi-Finished Product with material number T-G## (## = group number) in plant 1000, copied from material 100-120 using your default views.
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Change the description to GR## Scrap Rubber. In addition, this will be a co-production, so set the co-product indicator on the MRP 2 view, and you will have to change the valuation class to 7900 - Semi Finished products.
a) Choose Logistics → Production → Master data → Material master → Material → Create (General) → Immediately (MM01).
b) Enter the material number T-G## and material type “Semi Finished
”using reference material 100-120.
c) In the Basic Data 1 view, change the description to GR## Scrap Rubber.
d) Use the ENTER key to move through the views.
e) On the MRP 2 view, set the Co-product indicator, and continue pressing the ENTER key.
f) On the Accounting 1 view, change the valuation class to 7900 -Semi Finished products.
g) Choose Save .
Task 4:
Your Engineering Department usually creates the initial views of the material masters and assigns the material number as well as the material type. They use the new PLM WEB UI to do their work. Logon to the Web UI as one of the Engineers and create the Basic Data views of the material master.
1. As an engineer in the Engineering Department responsible for creating material masters, logon to the Web UI using the following data:
Client 800
User PLM-##
Password initial
Language EN (or your choice)
a) Us the following menu path in the role based menu
SAP_CA_PLM_DESIGNER PLMWebUI → Internet NWBC. If you
2. The specs on a new centrifugal pump that has just come out of research and development are found below. Enter the basic data information of the new pump. The balance of the views will be entered at a later date. No material currently has the same attributes, so you will create the new material with no template data. Use the following data to support the creation of the new finished product: T-F77## (Centrifugal Pump GR##) at plant 1000.
Note: Solution steps will appear after table in the Solutions section.
Entry Screen Data
Material Number T-F77##
Industry Sector Mechanical Engineering
Material Type Finished Product
Basic Data 1 Data
Material Description Centrifugal Pump GR ##
Base Unit of measure PC - piece
a) Click on Create Material in the left panel.
b) Enter your material number, Industry Sector, and material type and select Start.
c) Enter the Material description, the Base unit of measure, and choose Save and Close.
d) Back on the Work Overview screen you can click Log Off in the upper right to return to the ECC system.
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Lesson Summary
You should now be able to:
• List the prerequisites to creating material masters
• Use various methods to create material masters
• Describe the request process with interactive forms and explain how it might benefit your business
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