Material Master Record

[Former Member]

Hi,

This is one of the certification questions that I am taking and a little bit confused.

Question is "You can enter a material without a material master record in material determination"

Can someone simply explain this?

Thank you.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

say you want to enter Material 'X', and the system will churn out Material 007 automatically.

what SAP is saying:- There is no need for material master for a material you are replacing. Thus only 007 needs to be there in the material master. [ thus only for the ones 'you' create]

During order entry, the material ordered by the customer[ could be a dummy] is replaced by the substitute defined in the master record. The system now continues processing with the substitute (for example, in the availability check, pricing, delivery, billing.

hth