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SIMG_CFMENUOLPSOS13 - Define Item Categories

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Defines the attributes and functions of a BOM item. It controls field and screen selection for detail screens in BOM maintenance.

Use

You must assign an item category to the item. The item category answers the following questions:

• Is a material number required?

• Is the item to be used in inventory management on a quantity basis?

• Is the item a text item only, with no other functionality?

• Is the item to be used as a variable-size item with the option of entering individual sizes?

• Is the item a document item?

The document item category allows you to enter a document that you created using the document management system.

• Is the item a class item?

For configurable material BOMs, you can enter a class in which materials or documents are classified. When you assign characteristic values during BOM configuration, the class node is replaced by the object with the required characteristic values. In this way, the workload involved in maintaining BOMs with many variants is reduced, because you no longer have to enter all items individually and assign selection conditions to them.

• Are sub-items supported?

• Is the item a plant maintenance structure element?

If the item is a PM structure element, the system does not check whether the material is maintained in the plant. This item category should only be used for items that are used solely for designing plant maintenance BOM structures.

• Is the item an intra-material, which comes into existence between two processing units?

Intra materials are only supported in master recipes.

• Is the item an enhanced limit item?

For enhanced limit items, an expected value and an overall limit can be specified for purchasing.

• Are negative quantities supported?

For certain item categories, it can make sense to allow both positive and negative item quantities. For example, co-products that are kept in stock are entered with a negative item quantity.

• Which detail screens and fields appear and are maintained?

The item category control key is used to define the screens and fields to be displayed and maintained for each item category.

• Is it a preliminary item?

This item category allows you to create a preliminary component for which the material has not yet been created for the BOM component. You can convert the item category of the preliminary component to a non-stock or stock item and assign a component.

• Is it a reference item?

This item category allows you to create components in the BOM that are required only for supporting detailed production execution processes such as inspection and data collection, referencing in work instructions, and so on. Such material components are NOT relevant for classical ERP and logistics processes like Production Planning, Detailed Scheduling, Material Staging, and Production Costing.

Note

• You can maintain the Reference Items only from the SAP Fiori app - Maintain Bill of Material.

• For the Reference Items, the Item Statusfield is marked as Not Relevantfor Production, Engineering, Plant Maintenance, Spare Part, Sales and Costing in the Maintain Bill of Materialapp.

• When you generate requirements for dependent components for a finished product using the MRP-Relevant apps, no planned order or purchased requisition is generated for Reference Items.

• When you define new item categories, please note that not all attributes and functions can be used in combination with each other. The system checks the combinations.

• It is very important to select the correct item screen control key. You can either use existing item categories to help you or ask your consultant. You cannot define new item screen control keys.

• Do not delete any item categories which have already been used in bills of material.

The following item categories are supplied as standard:

• document item

• class item (only for configurable BOMs)

• stock item

• text item

• non-stock item

• variable-size item

• PM structure element (only for plant maintenance)

• intra material (only for master recipes)

• enhanced limit item (only for plant maintenance)

• preliminary item (P)

Use the standard item categories and do not make changes to them. Only create new item categories if the functionality you require cannot be covered by the standard item categories.

Define new BOM item categories if required.

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