Material Determinatio...

[Former Member]

Hi,

Can anyone tell me then material determination process.I have scenario for one of our client it is as follows,

Customer orders Material X from vendor.Vendor has materials which technically same as X,but some other materials.

Customer has X,XY & XYZ materials which are technically same.He can supply X or XY or XYZ based on his availability.

But customer has Material Master only for X.Can we trace this scenario using material determiantion in SD.

Regards,

VKB

[Former Member]

Hi

In material determination the material entered field can hold any material number which doesn't have material master in the SAP system but in the sustitute material filed that is alternative/sustituting material should be present in the system as master.

In SD generally the material determination is used to substitute new materials in the place of old material in case of new product (technically similar) launch and also for many other reasons. In this case there will be a master available for old material in the system. So we need to have material master for the new product which is similar to the substituted material.

Please clarify that whether you are referring to Sales and Distribution related material determination.

Regards

Rajkumar K

[Former Member]

hi,

goto to the following path

img>sales and distribution>basic function>material determination>define substitution reasons

check 0004- availability - maintain strategy as A

goto vb11 maintain proposed reason as 0004

this will show the availability of the material

regards

senya

[Former Member]

hi,

goto vb11 enter material x and enter material xy,double click the line item ,here you can maintain lot of alternative material for material x

ex: material x you can maintain material xy,material xyz,based on the availibility

regards

senya

[Former Member]

You can maintain the same through T Code VB11.Maintain the Proposed Reason as "0004 " - Automatic Selection.Then enter the Material "X" in Material Entered Column & Material "XY" in Material Column.

Also maintain the Customizing in SPRO>IMG>SD>Basic Function > Material Determination> Maintain Prerequisite for Material Determination >Assign Procedures to Sales Document Types.

Best Regards,

Ankur