Material Type in SAP determines which accounts are to be posted when a material is posted or leaves from the warehouse. Together with plant the material type determines the materials Inventory Management requirements like
- Whether changes in Quantity are updated in Material Master record
- Whether Changes in Values are updated in the Stock A/c in Financial Accounting.
Material Types are used for the following areas in SAP
- Profit Center Accounting
- Valuation & A/c Assignment (Valuation Class)
- Product Cost Planning
- Production, BOM and Routings
- SD (Availability Check)
| Material Type |
Description
|
|
ABF
|
Waste
|
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COMP
|
Prod.. Alloc. Purchases
|
|
CONT
|
Kanban Container
|
|
COUP
|
Coupons
|
|
DIEN
|
Services
|
|
ERSA
|
Spare parts
|
|
FERT
|
Finished Product
|
|
FGTR
|
Drinks
|
|
FHMI
|
Prod. Resource/ tools
|
|
FOOD
|
Food (excl: perishable)
|
|
LEIH
|
Returnable-Packaging
|
|
LGUT
|
Empties (retail)
|
|
MODE
|
Apparel (seasonal)
|
|
NLAG
|
Non Stock material
|
|
NOFI
|
Non-Foods
|
|
PIPE
|
Pipeline material
|
|
PLAN
|
Trading goods (planned)
|
|
PROC
|
Process material
|
|
PROD
|
Product Group
|
|
ROH
|
Raw material
|
|
FRIP
|
Perishable
|
|
HALB
|
Semi-finished prod.
|
|
HAWA
|
Trading goods.
|
|
HERS
|
Manufacturing Parts.
|
|
HIBE
|
Operating supplies
|
|
IBAU
|
Maintenance Assy.
|
|
INTR
|
Intra material.
|
|
KMAT
|
Configurable Mat.
|
|
KWFO
|
Own material.
|
|
LEER
|
Empties.
|
|
UNBW
|
Non Valuated material
|
|
VERP
|
Packing material
|
|
VKHM
|
Additionals
|
|
VOLL
|
Full product
|
|
WERB
|
Product Catalog
|
|
WERT
|
Value Only material
|
|
WETT
|
Competitive product.
|