customer material info record.

[Former Member]

Hi,

1. What is the difference between customer material and material number.

2. I have come across in EDI processing , the Customer material info record should be maintained. why is the use for this

thanks

Devi Reddy

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi ,

It is information on a material for a specific customer. It has the highest priority when copying the data into the sales order.

To create CMIR the TC: VD51

Here we can also maintain or newly assign

1. Delivery priority

2. Shipping conditions

3. Delivering plant

4. Minimum order quantity.

To read the customer material info records, the READ FROM INFO, must be flagged in the sales document header.

2. I have come across in EDI processing , the Customer material info record should be maintained. why is the use for this

Its is the best example. EDI process say that we are using the external system , the number ranges differ from the sap system to the external system . say if the number ranges is ABC in external system and the sap have the have different like zyx. because of this we create CMIR in sap system and material should be same in both the systems.

Thanks

Kuntla

[Former Member]

Hi,

Customer Material Info Record (CMIR) is used to maintain to process specific material for a specific customer.

T Code VD51 is used where we can input all the relevant shipping and other info pertaining to a specific material for a customer. We can maintain the relevant data mainly for a specific customer for a specific material. Like plant, shipping related info etc..

Info you maintain at VD51 will be given the topmost priority.

Priority

1. Customer Material Info Record (CMIR)

2. Customer Master Record (CMR)

3. Material Master Record (MMR)

The difference between the Customer Material and Material Number

If we maintain in a record at VD51 for a customer specific material related there you need to enter a material number along with customer material. Here Customer Material is nothing but the way how the customer addresses that material in his own terminology. In general, material number is a string of numbers and characters however customer can not identify the same material the way how we address. So here we maintain the record how customer addresses for that particular material. This would be helpful at the time of sales order creation. We can enter customer material with the quantity this will automatically gives the material number if we maintain a record at VD51.

Example:

Customer: 1000122

Material Number: 1297

For Material Number 1297 in VD51 I maintain a Customer Material as XYZ

At the sales order level if we enter XYZ under Customer Material with some quantity subsequently the Material Number 1297 appears in the same line.

Hope for points.

Cheers,

Victor.

[Former Member]

hi devi

Customer Material Info Records used for Customer Prospective only..Bec in many companies customer identifies the products by their own name.. for ex: Metacin-- v will label it like Metacin But the customer Prospective view is 'Paracetimol'-- Bec Customer Identifies by molecule only..

Then v will do Customer Material Info records

This is very important in real time bec When we raise a salesorder it will check Master records for all the information..

First it checks..

Customer Master data

and Material Master Data

and last Customer Material Info Records...

[Former Member]

Well, the order I guess is:

1) CMIR

2) CMR

3) MMR.

Rgds,

Rags.

[Former Member]

Hi devi

As far as i know Customer infor record (VD51) to input the material number or name which the customer defined.

the material no column in the customer infor record will be maintain by ourself.

For EDI which i am currently doing righit now, will start the maintain the customer master record , then follow by material master record, lastly will be follow by the customer infor record.

Customer infor record can say is the last prority because , we can receive the same material no which the customer mainted and our system maintained from the customers.

Hope this is correct.

cheers

Wilson

[Shiva_Ram]

Hi,

Customer-material number is the number maintained in the customer's system, whereas the material number is maintained in the supplier system. Customers need to see their customer-material number in all the documents, like order confirmation, shipping notification etc, that are sent by the supplier so that customer's system can process the data.

In EDI transmission, where both supplier and customer systems are integrated, the customer-material number plays role in processing the supplier data into the customer's system and updates data automatically.

Hope this helps.

[Lakshmipathi]

Dear Devi Reddy

When you supply parts / components to OEMs like Hyundai, Leyland, Maruti, it is a mandatory that along with supplier part code, buyers part code should also reflect in billing. This is for domestic purpose.

Similarly in exports, countries like UK, France, Germany will insist to indicate buyers' part code in billing without which, they will not accept the documents.

In SAP, to maintain these datas, we run the T.Code VD51.

thanks

G. Lakshmipathi