Diff in item cat. and general item cat.?

[Former Member]

what is the difference betwen item category and general item category?

[Former Member]

Hello Shailesh,

Item category groups are an SD specific setting and so you really should post this on the SD forum.

The item category group does similar things for the sales order to the Item category on a PO.

It controls the type of order line that it is and adds in any soecial processes that are relevant.

Examples are FOC (free of charge) allows a zero price on the sales order line

TAS (third party) links a Preq/Po to the sales order and ensures that the item is sent directly to the customer from the vendor. Etc etc

Item Category determines the processing of any Item/material that we enter in a sales order and in this way it also effects the procesing of any sales doc in which it is used.

Item Category Group is one of the component which along with the Sales Doc Type, The Item Usage and Higher Level Item Category decide about the Item Category in a sales doc.

for example we can ERLA as item cat group and carry out the header level pricing or we can LUMF and do the item level pricing in case of a Sales BOM.

General item category group talks about further classification of a material. Like NLAG- non stock material can be used to identify bom header items, service items.

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Regards

Ak