Item Catagory

[Former Member]

what is control by item catagory in sap mm.thanks .this quistions was asked to me by Accenture.pls explain

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Dear,

Item Categor controls

1)Type of Procurement u r doing

2)Whether GR is mandatory or not.

3)Whether Inventory Management is needed or not....

4)Whether Acc.Assignment in pr or PO is needed or not

5)Field Selection of pr and PO

6)IR is needed or not

Regards,

Gopala.S

[Former Member]

The item category determines the field selection and whether any additional data screens are shown.

In addition, it determines whether a goods receipt or invoice receipt is to follow.

different item categories

Standard

Consignment

Subcontracting

Third-party

Stock transfer

Service

Examples

In the standard SAP R/3 System, an item of the category "standard" requires goods receipts and invoice receipts. By contrast, invoice receipts are not allowed for items of the category "consignment".

With the item category "subcontracting", a screen is displayed containing the components provided or to be provided.

With the item category "third-party", a dialog box appears in which you can enter the delivery address. (This box does not appear for requisitions).

With the item category "service", screens are displayed on which you can create and set up a hierarchical structure for detailed service specifications

[Former Member]

Gen. Item and Item Category Group

Explain the difference between Gen. Item Category Group and Item Category Group in Material master.

General item category grp is used in the sales processes like BOM, where we have higher item category and the default item

categories.

General item category grp would refer to the higher level item category and item category grp would refer to the default item category

General Item category Group is an extension item category group. Example: if one select item catagory group as NORM, but under item category group, NORM can further be classified as Service item, packagaing item or Normal

item using "general item category group".

Also, General item category group is maintained at client level, this field can be maintain from Basic Data View of Material Master. Thus in case item category group is missing, then general item category group is used for item category determination.

Item category group determines how a material is processed in the sales order. When processing sales and distribution

documents, the system uses the item category group to determine the item category and proposes it in the respective document. Item category group is defined in the Sales Org View 2 of Material Master Record.

Example, in the standard SAP System, the item category group NORM is defined for materials kept in stock and the group DIEN for services and non-stock material

thanks,

pherasath