hi,experts

[Former Member]

in material master at basic data view there is field general item cat group, and in sales org2 two more fields general item cat group and item cat group.

i just wants to know what is generat item cat group and item cat group.difference between these.

alok

[Former Member]

Hi Alok,

Item category group is used to identify the business process of the material.

for ex:whether it is a third party sales process,Make to order production etc.

General item category group is used identify the material type of the material.

ex: finished product,non stock item etc.

[Former Member]

HI

refer below it may help u

General item category group

Materials grouping that helps the system to determine item categories during sales document processing.

If a group is configured specific to distribution channel, it has priority if the corresponding activity is distribution channel-dependent.

Procedure

The system automatically suggests an item type in the document depending on the item category group you assign and the sales document type you are processing.

Example

In the standard system, there are normal items, items that signify services (and therefore need no delivery processing) and items that signify packing material, for example.

Item category group from material master

A grouping of materials that the system uses to determine item categories during the processing of sales documents.

Procedure

Depending on the item category group that you apply and the sales document type you are processing, the system automatically proposes an item category in the document.

Example

In the standard system, for example, there are standard items, items that represent services (and do not require delivery processing), and items that represent packaging materials.

[Former Member]

General Item category Group is an extension item category group. Example: if one select item catagory group as NORM, but under item category group, NORM can further be classified as Service item, packagaing item or Normal item using "general item category group". Also, General item category group is maintained at client level, this field can be maintain from basic data view. Thus in case item category group is missing, then general item category group is used for item category determination.

item category group determines how a material is processed in the sales order. When processing sales and distribution documents, the system uses the item category group to determine the item category and proposes it in the respective document. Item category group is defined in the material master record.

Example, in the standard SAP System, the item category group NORM is defined for materials kept in stock and the group DIEN for services and non-stock material

Also Pl refer these url's where the same kind of query was handled.

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/dd/55fb13545a11d1a7020000e829fd11/content.htm

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_crm40/helpdata/en/35/26c751afab52b9e10000009b38f974/content.htm

Regards,

Rajesh Banka

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[Former Member]

Hi Alok

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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Ramki