general item cat group

[ipsit_mohapatra]

hi all

can u give a valid difference between the general item category group and item category group which we maintain in the material master record.

regards

ipsit

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

HI

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.

[Former Member]

Hi Ipsit,

Item category in a sales order determine how an item behaves in an sales order. (BOM, ATP, Billing, Billing plan etc..)

Item category is determined as follows

Sales order type + Item category group in the material master + Item usage + Higher level item category

In material master general item category group is at general data level.

item category group is at sales org/dist. channel level. ie we can have different item category group for the same material at different sales org/dist. channel.

Whenever system is not able to findout a valid item category using item category group, the system tries with general item category group to find a valid item category in sales order.

reward if useful

regards

pradeep

[Former Member]

HI

I recently come across little clue abt thsi field, when in one of the delivery system thrown an error item cat not defined ......

System looks gen item cat group when determining item category in deliveries.

Cio

shan1242