Define item
categories: Transaction code: VOV7
Business data
section
Item type: Standard item
System process item that refer to a
specific material differently then items that don’t refer to a material Ex: TEXT items. As text items does not
require processing pricing, taxes, and weight and volume calculations.
Completion rule: -
Not
relevant for completion (It is for quotations and contract
items). We can specify that a quotation is complete only after its quantity has
been fully referenced by subsequent
document.
Dependencies:
In
copy control sales document to sales document, check update document flow
option at item category level.Ex: If the item
category for quotations is “AGN”, then the value will be “8”.
Special stock: - We can specify a
separate stock Ex: consignment stock of material. In inventory
management stock of materials must be managed
separately for reasons of ownership or location. Specify “W” for item category“KEN” (consignment issue)
Billing relevance:
[A] =
Delivery related billing document.The value determines what kind of
billing document it has to generate for this item. That is order related
billing document or delivery related
billing document.
Billing plan type:
- We
can assign billing plan type for this particular item that is standard billing,
periodic billing and milestone billing.
Billing block: - The billing block
indicator is used to block each item of this category for billing.
Pricing: [X] = Pricing standard It indicates whether the system
automatically carried out pricing for this item.Ex: For text item it
is grade out.
Statistical value:
- =
System will copy item to header totals.It indicates whether the system
takes the value of an item into account when it determines the total value of document.85
Business item: It allows the
business data at header level differs with item level business data.
Business
data: Business
data is nothing but sales, shipping and billing data that is called as a
business data. Ex: We maintain
payment terms in customer master. When we raise the sales order for this customer the payment terms are
copied into the sales document header from customer master. If we do not maintain payment terms in the
customer and we maintain payment terms in the sales document header manually then those payment terms
applies whole item in the sales order. If we have number of items in the sales order and if we want to
change payment terms for particular line item, system allows us to do so,if business item field has been
checked. Otherwise system will not allow changing the payment terms at item level.
Schedule line
allowed: It
indicates whether we can create schedule lines for the item. Sales order items
always will have a schedule lines. The items
like credit memo request and contracts do not have any schedule lines.The items that have a schedule
lines will be copied into the delivery document. The only one item category that is text item has an
exemption. For text items with or without schedule lines we can create delivery documents.
Item relevant for
delivery: It
indicates whether a text or value item is relevant during delivery processing.
The item itself is not delivered. But
it serves only for information purpose in delivery documents.
Returns: It indicates the
item is return item Ex: REN
Weight/volume
relevant: This
indicator enables the system to calculate weight and volume of materials.
Credit active: This indicator
enables to configure credit management functions for this item.
Determine cost: This indicator
enables the system to calculate cost of the material of this item category
(conditiontype VPRS is used to calculate the
cost price).
General control
section
Automatic batch
determination: This
indicator enables the system to determine batch automatically of this item category.
Rounding
permitted: If
you check it system rounds of the quantity of the material for this item
category type.
Order quantity =
1: If
you check it system enables one quantity for line item. it does not accept more
than one quantity.
Transaction flow
section
Incompletion
procedure: [20]: Incompletion
procedure has been defined in IMG and assign to item category ofthi s type. System follows this
incompletion procedure and remains the end user if he does not maintain any
values at item category level in the sales
document.
Partner
determination procedure: [N]: Partner determination procedure “N” has
been defined and assigned to item category. So that system
follows this partner determination procedure at item level and decides itself
sold – to – party, ship – to – party, bill –
to – party and payer for this item.
86
Text determination
procedure: [01]: Text
determination procedure 01 has been defined and assigned to item category of this type (TAN). So
system follows this text procedure to determine output.
Item category
statistics group: [1]: It specifies a statistics group for this item category
and helps to determine which data the system should update
in LIS.
Screen sequence
group: [N] =
Item It controls which screens we see
during the particular transaction and in which sequence they appear. Ex:We
can differentiate sequence of screens
in inquires and quotations with sales order.
Status profile: - status profile can
be defined and assigned to the item category that defines use status by which
we can restrict the user to access the
item.
Create PO
automatically: This
indicator used in third party and individual purchase order items where the
system has to generate purchase orders
automatically when R/3 is connected to ALE (application link enabling).
Bill of material
configuration section
Configuration
strategy: - It
controls checks and processes that are run automatically or are allowed during configuration. System takes this
value while we configure of material of item category of configuration
material.Ex: Item category TAC
= Variant configuration.
Material variant
action: - It
controls how the system reacts when it determines that an existing
configuration is already used as a stock able type.
ATP Material
variant: - =
No ATP check We can specify ATP check for
material variants in the variant configuration.
Structure scope: -
=
Do not explode material structure.This field will be used for BOM
items.
BOM:
When
specific material consists of number of items and those items can be sold as a
individual items, then that particular item is
called as a BOM.Ex: [Computer]: As computer
consist of header item (monitor) as well as sub items (keyboard, mouse, hard
disk,etc). Business treats this item as
a single item and sells the item to the customer as one. When we raise the
salesorder we have to specify only
header item that is monitor. Then system automatically explodes remaining items
as
a BOM. The BOM can be single level
or multi level. The value of this field determines whether the item is a BOM item. If it is so, how it should be
exploded.
Application: - As the BOM can
take place in production planning, materials management, sales and marketing areas. System should know where it
is to be applied. As it is a sales area we have to specify as SD01 that is for sales and distribution.
Variant matching: This will activate
variant determinations during variant configuration of the material.
Create delivery
group: [Delivery group]: In the sales order if there are items with different
schedule lines then wecan create delivery group for all
items into a single delivery with latest schedule line confirmed quantity of
line item.
Ex: If we have three
items with delivery dates that is today, tomorrow and day after tomorrow. Then
we have to specify in the sales order in
overview screen shipping tab specify the delivery group number in delivery
group field.Th en system confirms latest
delivery date for all items in the sales order.As the BOM contains number of
items, the sub – items may not be confirmed by the system on a singleday. Then system reschedules all
items confirmed quantity dates with same or latest schedule line and creates delivery group.
Manual
alternative: It
allows choosing alternatives for BOM items manually.
Check parameter
affectivity: Parameter
affectivity is a concept through which we can change the property of material or product.Ex: Seasonal changes
(color) to a certain period. It is integrated with engineering changes
management cross functionality function.
Value contract
section:
Value contract
material: - The
system copies value contract item that we specified here into the value
contract, ifit has not already been maintained
in contract.
Contract release
control: [B]: Here
we can specify the system responses when the target value of value contracthas been reached while releasing
the contract.
Service management
section
Repair procedure: -
We
can assign repair procedure for service items.
Control of
resource – related billing and creation of quotations section
Billing form: - The billing form
specifies whether a flat rate or the dynamic items are invoiced individually
when performing billing using a resource
related billing document (it is for service items).
DIP profile
[Dynamic Item Processor]: We can assign dynamic item processor profile for
dynamic item.Dynamic item processor is a toll
that the system uses to summaries data into dynamic items in sales price calculation, resource related billing
or data determination.
Dynamic
items: Customer
service items are called as dynamic items.
