cancel
Showing results for 
Search instead for 
Did you mean: 

material determinition

Former Member
0 Kudos

Dear Gurus,

Can any one please tell me what is material determinition and where and why is it used.

Would apprecaite if you could tell me the menu path and IMG settings

Also please give some example.

Regards

guset

Accepted Solutions (0)

Answers (7)

Answers (7)

Former Member
0 Kudos

Hi,

<b>Material determination:</b>

With material determination, the material entered is replaced automatically by the material found during document creation. This material determination is dependent on the sales document and can, for example, be used in a promotion when a product is only to be sold with special packaging. During order processing, the system can then automatically exchange the material with the normal packaging for the material with the special packaging for a given period of time.

It is a tool in SAP SD with the help of which the materials can be swapped. Suppose you are launcing a new product and phasing out the old one then you will swap the old material with the new one. The swapping can be temporary also.

<b>Configuration:</b>

ING - sales & distribution - basic functions - material determination - maintain prerequisites for material determination -

<b>Here follow the condition technique</b>. Create the condition table, access sequence - table assignment, condition type - access sequence assignment, procedure - condition type assignment. Then assign the procedure to the sales document type. You can also define reasons for the substitution and how the system should carry out the substitution.

<b>VB11</b> -create condition record for material determination.

Reward points if solution helps.

Regards,

Allabaqsh G. Patil

Manoj_Mahajan78
Active Contributor
0 Kudos

MATERIAL DETERMINATION:

A method to determine the material to be used in the sales order. Material determination uses the condition technique to swap one material for another when certain conditions apply. It is triggered by the material entered in the line item of the sales order.

Maintain prerequisites for material&#61664;Material Determination&#61664;SD&#61664;- IMG determination –Maintain field catalog, create condition table, Maintain access sequences, define condition types, and maintain material determination procedure. Lastly create your condition records with valid dates and substitution reasons.

- Creating a condition record: Logistics, SD, Master data, Products, Material determination, Create [VB11].

Material Determination: - Substituting one product with other product is called material determination.

Maintaining the records for Material Determination: -

SPRO

Logistics

Sales and Distribution

Master Data

Products

Material Determination

VB11 – Create.

Enter the determination type [A001] (Material Entered).

Material Entered: - Here enter the original material which has to be substituted.

Material: - Enter the material with which we want to substitute the main material.

Reason for Substitution: - specifies the reason why the system automatically carried out material substitution.

To enter multiple materials as substitution select the icon alternative materials.

This concept is based on condition technique.

SPRO

Sales and Distribution

Basic Functions

Material Determination

Maintain prerequisites for material determination.

Create condition tables [OV16]

Maintain access sequences

Define condition types

Maintain procedure

SPRO

Sales and Distribution

Basic Functions

Material Determination

Assign procedures to sales document types [OV14]

Defining the reason for substitution: -

SPRO

Sales and Distribution

Basic Functions

Material Determination

Define substitution reasons [OVRQ]

Go to new entries and define

Substitution reason: - Specify the substitution reason [0001]

Description: - Advertising campaign

Entry: - If we check this field the system prints the name or number of the original material on the corresponding output.

Warning: - If we check this field the system displays a warning message before substituting the material.

Strategy: - Controls whether the product selection should occur automatically in the background or whether the alternative materials should be offered for a selection in dialog box.

Out come: - Controls whether the out come of product selection should replace the original entry or whether it should be recorded as a sub item of the original entry.

REWARD POINTS IF U FINDS THIS AS USEFUL....

Regds

MM

Former Member
0 Kudos

HI

Material determination enables you to carry out the following tasks during sales order processing:

Automatically substitute materials

Automatically determine and offer the user a selection of products based on pre-defined conditions

Material determination enables the automatic substitution of materials in sales documents during sales order processing. For example, during the course of a sales promotion, the system can, during sales order entry, automatically substitute a material that has promotional packaging. A consumer product may have a special wrapper for, for example, the Christmas season. Using material determination, the system substitutes the material only during the specified period.

The following graphic illustrates the determination of a promotional product in the sales order.

In addition, you can use material determination if you want the system to automatically substitute, for example:

customer-specific product numbers with your own material numbers

International Article Numbers (EANs) with your own material numbers

Substituting discontinued materials with newer materials

Reward if useful

Message was edited by:

narendran vajravelu

Message was edited by:

narendran vajravelu

Former Member
0 Kudos

Hi,

Please find below the complete notes on Material Determination:

MATERIAL DETERMINATION:

A method to determine the material to be used in the sales order. Material determination uses the condition technique to swap one material for another when certain conditions apply. It is triggered by the material entered in the line item of the sales order.

Maintain prerequisites for material&#61664;Material Determination&#61664;SD&#61664;- IMG determination –Maintain field catalog, create condition table, Maintain access sequences, define condition types, and maintain material determination procedure. Lastly create your condition records with valid dates and substitution reasons.

- Creating a condition record: Logistics, SD, Master data, Products, Material determination, Create [VB11].

Material Determination: - Substituting one product with other product is called material determination.

Maintaining the records for Material Determination: -

SPRO

Logistics

Sales and Distribution

Master Data

Products

Material Determination

VB11 – Create.

Enter the determination type [A001] (Material Entered).

Material Entered: - Here enter the original material which has to be substituted.

Material: - Enter the material with which we want to substitute the main material.

Reason for Substitution: - specifies the reason why the system automatically carried out material substitution.

To enter multiple materials as substitution select the icon alternative materials.

This concept is based on condition technique.

SPRO

Sales and Distribution

Basic Functions

Material Determination

Maintain prerequisites for material determination.

Create condition tables [OV16]

Maintain access sequences

Define condition types

Maintain procedure

SPRO

Sales and Distribution

Basic Functions

Material Determination

Assign procedures to sales document types [OV14]

Defining the reason for substitution: -

SPRO

Sales and Distribution

Basic Functions

Material Determination

Define substitution reasons [OVRQ]

Go to new entries and define

Substitution reason: - Specify the substitution reason [0001]

Description: - Advertising campaign

Entry: - If we check this field the system prints the name or number of the original material on the corresponding output.

Warning: - If we check this field the system displays a warning message before substituting the material.

Strategy: - Controls whether the product selection should occur automatically in the background or whether the alternative materials should be offered for a selection in dialog box.

Out come: - Controls whether the out come of product selection should replace the original entry or whether it should be recorded as a sub item of the original entry.

Please Reward If Really Helpful,

Thanks and Regards,

Sateesh.Kandula

Former Member
0 Kudos

Hi Aguest,

When one material is to be swaped with another materiall, is called material determination.

for swaping of material there may be number of reasons, like new offer, product obsolete, name changed etc.

I will suggest you do the R&D in img screen, you will know better.

path: img-sd-basicfunction-material determination

Easy access-logistics-sd-masterdata-product-material determination.

Reward points, if it helps.

Rgds

Bidhu

Former Member
0 Kudos

Hi,

Material deltermination will be used to replace one material with another in the sales order. If you want to replace an obselete material with new one, we can use this. Or if you want to change the part name with new, material determination will be used. Create it with VB11, enter the material you are going to replce and the replacement material.

Prase

Former Member
0 Kudos

Material Determination:

Order material can be swapped with the other material.Ex: with the user specified material A in the sales order material B can be given to customer

With the business stopped the production of existing material , we can swap with new material or existing material can be offered with special packing or it can be used with EAN number

SAP uses condition technique to do material determination

Configuration settings:

Path: Logistics—sales and distribution—Master data—Products—Material Determination—VB11-Create

Specify material determination type=A001

Click on key combination

Specify the validity periods

Specify proposed reasons EX: 0005-Promotions

Specify MATWA material Entered-779

Materail=745

Select line item

Click on alternative materials icon and list out alternative materials with unit of measure as well as MRP indicates as 745,746 etc materials

Save it

Go to VA01 and raise the sales order for 799 materials and check material determination

Select any one of substitute material ex: 745 or 746

Sam