'... Acknowledgments ... 29§§... Preface ... 31§§1 ... Materials Management Overview ... 37§§1.1 ... Materials Management as a Part of SAP ERP ... 37§§1.2 ... Materials Management as Part of Logistics ... 39§§1.3 ... Materials Management Integration ... 41§§1.4 ... Summary ... 43§§2 ... Materials Management Organizational Structure ... 45§§2.1 ... Client Structure ... 45§§2.2 ... Company Code ... 49§§2.3 ... Plants ... 51§§2.4 ... Storage Locations ... 55§§2.5 ... Warehouse and Storage Types ... 58§§2.6 ... Purchasing Organization ... 60§§2.8 ... Summary ... 67§§3 ... Master Data in Materials Management ... 69§§3.1 ... Material Master ... 69§§3.2 ... Vendor Master ... 75§§3.3 ... Purchasing Information Data ... 80§§3.4 ... Batch Management Data ... 83§§3.5 ... Serial Number Data ... 86§§3.6 ... Business Examples: Master Data in Materials Management ... 89§§3.7 ... Summary ... 93§§4 ... Material Master Data: Part 1 ... 95§§4.1 ... Industry Sector ... 96§§4.2 ... Material Type ... 96§§4.3 ... Basic Data ... 103§§4.4 ... Classification Data ... 114§§4.5 ... Purchasing Data ... 116§§4.6 ... Forecasting Data ... 128§§4.7 ... Work Scheduling Data ... 133§§4.8 ... Sales Organizational Data ... 138§§4.9 ... Sales General Data ... 144§§4.10 ... Business Examples: Material Master Data ... 147§§4.11 ... Summary ... 151§§5 ... Material Master Data: Part 2 ... 153§§5.1 ... Production Resources/Tools (PRT) Data ... 153§§5.2 ... Plant Data/Storage Location ... 156§§5.3 ... Warehouse Management Data ... 162§§5.4 ... Quality Management Data ... 168§§5.5 ... Material Requirements Planning Data ... 172§§5.6 ... Accounting Data ... 191§§5.7 ... Costing Data ... 197§§5.8 ... Business Examples: Material Master Data ... 201§§5.9 ... Summary ... 205§§6 ... Vendor Master Data ... 207§§6.1 ... General Data ... 207§§6.2 ... Accounting Information ... 218§§6.3 ... Purchasing Data ... 229§§6.4 ... Business Examples: Vendor Master Data ... 239§§6.5 ... Summary ... 241§§7 ... Purchasing Information Data ... 243§§7.1 ... Purchasing General Data ... 243§§7.2 ... Purchasing Organization Data ... 247§§7.3 ... Business Examples: Purchasing Information Data ... 255§§7.4 ... Summary ... 256§§8 ... Batch Management Data ... 259§§8.1 ... Batch Management Overview ... 259§§8.2 ... Batch Master Record ... 262§§8.3 ... Batch Determination ... 270§§8.4 ... Batch Information Cockpit ... 274§§8.5 ... Business Examples: Batch Management Data ... 278§§8.6 ... Summary ... 280§§9 ... Material Master Record ... 281§§9.1 ... Creating a Material Master Record ... 281§§9.2 ... Changing a Material Master Record ... 282§§9.3 ... Material Master Deletion ... 286§§9.4 ... Loading Material Master Records ... 290§§9.5 ... Production Versions ... 292§§9.6 ... Revision Levels ... 296§§9.7 ... Business Examples: Material Master Record ... 297§§9.8 ... Summary ... 300§§10 ... Vendor Master Record ... 301§§10.1 ... Creating the Vendor Master Record ... 301§§10.2 ... Changing the Vendor Master Record ... 305§§10.3 ... Deleting Vendor Master Record ... 308§§10.4 ... Display Vendor Master Record ... 310§§10.5 ... Blocking Vendors ... 312§§10.6 ... One-Time Vendor ... 313§§10.7 ... Vendor Subrange Functionality ... 314§§10.8 ... Business Examples: Vendor Master ... 315§§10.9 ... Summary ... 318§§11 ... Purchasing Overview ... 319§§11.1 ... Purchase Requisition ... 319§§11.2 ... Request for Quotation ... 320§§11.3 ... Quotation ... 322§§11.4 ... Purchase Order ... 323§§11.5 ... Source List and Source Determination ... 324§§11.6 ... Conditions in Purchasing ... 330§§11.7 ... Vendor Evaluation ... 333§§11.8 ... Quota Arrangement ... 340§§11.9 ... Business Examples: Purchasing ... 341§§11.10 ... Summary ... 344§§12 ... Purchase Requisition ... 345§§12.1 ... Indirectly Created Requisition ... 345§§12.2 ... Direct