Create Semi-finished (HALB) Material

Use
A new semi-finished material is needed for manufacturing / trading or service industry.

Procedure
1. Access the transaction using the following navigation option:
SAP Graphical User Interface (SAP GUI)

SAP ECC Menu Logistics  Materials Management  Material Master  Material  Create (General) 
Immediately
Transaction code MM01

2. On the initial screen, enter the following values and choose Enter.
Field name User action and values Comment
Material <Semifinished material number> Leave empty for internal number assignment or enter
your own number
Industry sector F Manufacturing - Food
Material type HALB Semi finished products

3. On the Select View(s) dialog box Select:

View name User action and values Comment
Basic Data 1, required
Basic Data 2
Classification Optional for Do not select for Only required if you want to use batch management
manufacturing / Services
trading
Sales: Sales Org. required
Data 1, Sales Org.
Data 2,
General/Plant
Data, Sales Text
Foreign Trade Optional for Do not select for Only required if you want to sell the material abroad
Export manufacturing / Services
trading
Purchasing, Do not select for
Purchase Order Select for Services
Text manufacturing /
trading
MRP1, MRP2, Select for Do not select for
MRP3, MRP4 manufacturing / Services
trading
Work Scheduling Select for Do not select for
manufacturing / Services
trading
General Plant required
Data / Storage 1,
Storage 2
Warehouse Select for Do not select for
manufacturing /
 View name User action and values Comment
management trading Services
Accounting 1 and required
2
Costing 1 and 2 Select for Do not select for
manufacturing / Services
trading

4. Choose Enter.
Field name User action and values Comment
Plant Choose from dropdown list.
Stor. location Choose from dropdown list.
Sales Org. Choose from dropdown list.
Distr.Channel Choose from dropdown list.
Warehouse No. Choose from dropdown list.
Do not use in services.

5. Choose Enter.

Materials are first created in the primary procurement/production plant.

To view the material lists run the transaction MM60 or the menu path Logistics  Materials Management 
Material Master  Other  Materials List.

Basic Data
1. On the Basic Data 1 tab, enter the following values and choose Enter.
Field name User action and values Comment
Description <enter description>
Base Unit of Measure <enter Base Unit of measure> Choose a discrete unit of measure to avoid
problems in the following steps.
Material Grp Choose appropriate material group.
Old material number <enter the legacy material not mandatory
number if known>
Prod. hierarchy <see special instructions> Not used for services.
Lab/Office <enter key of design office, lab,
or lab worker responsible>
Division enter appropriate division
GenItemCatGroup
Gross weight <enter gross weight>
Weight unit <enter weight unit>
Net weight <enter net weight>

2. Choose Enter.
3. On the Basic data 2 tab, choose Enter.

For product hierarchy, use the drop - down selection tool. At each level, click once on the appropriate level, then
choose Next Level. When you reach the appropriate end, choose the Choose button.

Classification
(Only required for materials subject to batch management)
1. On the Classification view tab, on the Classification screen, enter the following values and choose Enter.
Field name Values FIFO Values Expiration Date
Class Type Choose from dropdown list.
Class Choose from dropdown list.

2. Choose the Sales: sales org 1 tab or choose Goto next screen (F8).

Only assign one class depending how you want control the material master record.

Sales Data
1. On the Sales: sales org. 1 tab, enter the following values, and choose Enter.
Field name User action and values Comment
Delivering plant enter the primary plant for outbound deliveries
Tax classification for taxable

2. On the Sales: sales org.2 tab, enter the following values, and choose Enter.
Field name User action and values Comment
Material statistics group Choose from dropdown list.
Acct assignment grp Choose from dropdown list.
Item category group Choose from dropdown list.

3. On the Sales: General/plant tab, enter the following values and choose Enter.
Field name User action and values Comment
Availability check Choose from dropdown list.
Trans. Grp choose the appropriate transportation group
LoadingGrp choose the appropriate loading group
Profit Center For profit center, use the dropdown selection tool.
SerialNoProfiles Use for Services

4. On the Sales text tab, enter text that should appear on sales documents for this material.

5. Choose the Foreign Trade Export tab.

6. On the Foreign Trade export tab, enter the following values and choose Enter.
Field name User action and values Comment
Comm./ import code
Country of Origin
Region of Origin

Foreign trade data is only required if you want to sell the material in other countries (export)

7. Choose the Purchasing tab.

Purchasing Data
1. On the Purchasing tab, enter the following values and choose Enter.
Field name User action and values Comment
Purchasing group <enter purchasing group> enter your purchasing group number

2. On the purchase order text screen, enter text that should appear on purchasing documents for this material.

3. Choose the MRP1 tab.

MRP Data
1. On the MRP1 tab, enter the following values and choose Enter.
Field name User action and values Comment
MRP type PD MRP
MRP controller <enter MRP controller> Enter your MRP controller number (plant-specific) -
Similar to purchasing group
Lot size EX
2. On the MRP2 tab, enter the following values and choose Enter.
Field name User action and values Comment
Procurement type E or X scenario-specific
Special procurement <blank> for primary plant plant-specific / scenario-specific
40 when material is
transferred from another
plant
see also special
instructions below
Prod. Stor. Location <enter shop floor storage plant-specific
location>
Storage loc. for EP <enter storage location for plant-specific
raw materials storage>
In-house production <enter total production time scenario-specific
for when material is
produced on site>
SchedMargin Key Choose from dropdown list.
Stock determination group scenario-specific
Planned Delivery Time <enter planned delivery scenario-specific
time>

3. On the MRP3 tab, enter the following values and choose Enter.
Field name User action and values Comment
Strategy group 40 or 10 choose appropriate strategy group depending on your
business conditions
Consumption mode see special instructions
below
Bwd consumption per enter number of days into scenario-specific
past MRP will consume
forecast requirements
Fwd consumption per enter number of days into scenario-specific
future MRP will consume
forecast requirements

4. On the MRP4 tab, enter the following values and choose Enter.
Field name Description User action and values Comment
Individual/coll. <blank>, 1, 2 Determines how dependent requirements are
controlled
Repetitive <select if you want to use scenario-specific
manufacturing this material for repetitive
manufactuing >
REM profile scenario-specific. Only assign profile if you have
selected the flag Repetitive manufacturing
5. Choose Enter.

In this section you can find additional information how to maintain the special procurement key and how to
maintain the consumption mode.

External materials:
 Procurement type () X
 External procurement () 20

Subcontract materials:
 Procurement type () F
 Special procurement () 30

Stock transfer materials:

 Procurement type () F
 Special procurement () 40 or appropriate entry for plant transfer

Phantom assembly
 Procurement type () E
 Phantom assembly () 50

For Consumption mode, there are four possible entries:

1. Backwards only
2. Backwards/Forwards
3. Forwards only
4. Forwards/Backwards

Based on the entry chosen, fill in Bwd consumption per. and Fwd consumption per. appropriately (leaving blank if
necessary).

Work Scheduling Data

1. On the Work scheduling tab, enter the following values and choose Enter.
Field name User action and values Comment
Production scheduler scenario-specific
Production Scheduling Profile scenario-specific
Underdelivery tolerance scenario-specific
Overdelivery tolerance scenario-specific
Lot-size independent Inhouse number of days for inhouse production
production time
Serial no. profile
General / Storage Data
1. Choose the Plant data/stor.1 tab. If your material is subject to batch management, choose Organizational levels. (If
your material is not subject to batch management, you can skip to step 4).

2. On the Organizational levels screen delete any value in input field Plant and press Enter. The fields are on client
level and not on plant level.

3. Enter the following values:

Field name Description User action and Comment
values
Batch Set indicator Only set if your material is subject to batch
Management management
Period Ind. For Period indicator for D (days) Only required if material is subject to batch
SLED shelf life expiration management with the expiration date search
date strategy
Min. Rem. Shelf Minimum remaining Enter the Only required if material is subject to batch
Life shelf life minimum management with the expiration date search
remaining shelf strategy
life
Total shelf life Enter the total Only required if material is subject to batch
shelf life management with the expiration date search
strategy
Storage Condition 10 or 20 Use value 10 for services.

4. Choose Enter.

5. Choose the Plant data/stor. 2 tab, and choose Enter.

Warehouse Data
1. Choose the Warehouse mgmt.1 tab, and choose Enter. All required data are defaulted into the warehouse view.

Accounting Data
1. On the Accounting 1 tab, make the following entries and choose Enter.
Field name User action and values Comment
Price unit
Price control
Standard price/Moving
Price
Valuation Class Choose from dropdown list.

2. Choose the Accounting 2 tab, and choose Enter.

Values for price unit, valuation class and price control default into the view. You may change price unit and price
control if required for your data.
Costing Data
Prerequisites
For the SpecProcurem Costing field, if the standard cost should be copied from the same material in a different plant, and
no value was entered in the Special Procurement field on MRP2, and then enter the appropriate value here.

1. On the Costing 1 tab, make the following entries and choose Enter.
Field name User action and values Comment
Material origin select the checkbox
With Qty Structure select the checkbox
SpecProcurem Costing <optional (see special instructions above)>
Variance key

2. On Costing 2 tab, choose Enter.

3. A Last data screen reached dialog box displays.

4. Choose Yes to save.

Result
The semi-finished material is created.