Item Categary & Usage

[Former Member]

Hi

Pl explain me in detail

1) Iteam Categary usgge

how it works in system

what its use

2) what exactly high level item categary ,low level item categary

3) how item categary assignment works in system

Thaks in

Advance

[Former Member]

Hi Mangesh,

Item cat determination takes place at VOV4 which involve the

Sales doc type +

Item Cat group +

Usage +

Higher level item cat group

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> Item Category.

Here the usage represents how exactly you are using a materail. A simple example is free goods, where for 10 pens you are giving 1 pen as free. We tell the sytem not to charge price for it by determining a different item cat and make relevant settings at VOV7. The 1 pen going as free is just the same as 10 pens in all respects apart from its Usage which is free.

The reason we are giving that 1 pen as free is because the customer purchased 10 pens otherwise we would have sold that 1 pen also at some price. So the 10 pen is nothing but the Higher level item cat which is influencing the pricing of the 1 pen and making it free.

[Former Member]

Hi,

Usage field will tell what is the purpose of Particular Material

Example

FREE: For free goods Material

CHSP: Batch Items

TEXT: Text Materilals..etc

Higher level item category and Item usage are used in the item category determination.

Let me take an example of Item Category TANN (Free of charge Item)

Item category Determination: Sales Document type + Item Category Group + Usage + Higher Level Item Category

TA + NORM + FREE + TAN = TANN

Higher Level Item category: The category on which this item category is dependent. meaning for TAN , TANN is a free item. Therefor TAN is the higher level item category.

Item Category Usage: It controls system response during document processing. The line item has an specific usage according to that usage it has to respond. Free for free items, text for text items etc.

regards,

Siddharth.

Edited by: SD on Apr 9, 2008 8:06 AM