What are Material Types in SAP?
Material Types is the method of grouping various materials on the basis of their similar characteristic such as raw material, semi-finished goods, finished products, etc. While creating Material Master Record users have to create a material type and assign that material type to a group of materials.
For example, all the trading groups are grouped under HAWA and all the finished products are grouped under the FERT group.
Standard Material Types
Here is the list of Standard Material Types provided by SAP system:
- ABF- Waste
- CH00- CH Contract Handling
- CONT- Kanban Container
- COUP- Coupons
- DIEN- Service
- ERSA- Spare Parts
- FERT- Finished Product
- FGTR- Beverages
- FHMI- Production Resource/Tool
- FOOD- Foods (excl. perishables)
- FRIP- Perishables
- HALB- Semi-Finished Product
- HAWA- Trading Goods
- HERS- Manufacturer Part
- HIBE- Operating supplies
- IBAU- Maintenance assemblies
- INTR- Intra materials
- KMAT- Configurable materials
- LEER- Empties
- LEIH- Returnable packaging
- LGUT- Empties (retail)
- MODE- Apparel (seasonal)
- NLAG- Non-stock materials
- NOF1- Non-foods
- PIPE- Pipeline materials
- PLAN- Trading goods (planned)
- PROC- Process materials
- PROD- Product groups
- ROH- Raw materials
- UNBW- Non-valuated materials
- VERP- Packaging
- VKHM- Additionals
- VOLL- Full products
- WERB- Product catalogs
- WERT- Value-only materials
- WETT- Competitor products
How to Define Material Types?
Step 1:Execute SAP t-code OMS2 in the SAP command field.
OR(SAP Menu Path)
Execute T-code SPRO
Click the SAP Reference IMGbutton
Navigate to the following SAP Menu path :
The Change view material types overview screen shows you the list of previously created or SAP standard materials types in the SAP system.
Step 2: Choose any existing material type and double click on it
Step 3: Next click on the Copy As button for maintaining new material types in SAP.
Step 4: Next, update the following details for the new Material type according to your requirements.
- Material Type: Enter the key of the material type you want to create.
- Description: Enter a short description of your material type.
- General data: In this section select the Field reference and SRef material type. Also, check the options external number assignment w/o check and With Qty Structure
- Special material types: Select the option as per your requirements. It is optional
- User departments: Here select departments for materials types such as Accounting, MRP, Classification, etc.
- Internal/external purchase order: Enter the value for Internal and external purchase orders according to your requirements.
- Valuation: Enter the price control and Acct cat reference in this field.
Next press Enter and you will be taken to Change View “Quality/value updating”: Overview screen
Step 5: Next, press Enter once again to copy the dependent entries
Step 6: Now again click on the Quantity /value updating option.
Step 7: On the Change view quantity/value updating overview screen, check the options of Quantity updating and Value updating for valuation area and then press Enter.
Step 8: Now click the Save button to save the configured material types in SAP.
A new material type has been created
