SAP PP Create Material Master

Material Master is the central record for a material — a “master data” object that contains all relevant information about a material: what it is, how it’s handled, how it’s produced or procured, how it is valued, etc.

This information is organized in various pages or views like –

  • Basic Data 1
  • Classification
  • Sales organization
  • General Plant Data / Storage
  • Sales text
  • Purchasing
  • Quality management
  • Accounting

“Create Material Master” means creating a new material record in SAP, so that the material becomes available for use across modules like PP (Production Planning), MM (Materials Management), WM (Warehouse), etc.

Prerequisites -

Before you create a material master in SAP, make sure the following are defined and known:

  • Material Type & Industry Sector
  • Number Range / Material Numbering Setup
  • Which “Views” and Organizational Levels are Needed
  • Base Unit of Measure and Basic Data

Here’s a step-by-step to Create Material Master –

Step-1: - Enter the transaction code MM01 in SAP command field and press Enter to continue.

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Step-2: - Now Create Material (Initial Screen) window appears. Enter details in the fields Material, Industry sector and Material type,

  • Material – Enter the material code need to create.
  • Industry type – Industry sector can be selected from list.
  • Material type – select type of material.
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Step-3: - After entering the details in fields, click on Enter to continue.

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Step-4: - A pop-up window will be opened as Select View(s), select the required views and press Enter to input organisational levels.

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Step-5: - A pop-up window appears as Organisational Levels, enter plant name and press Enter to continue.

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Step-6: - A new window is appeared with the views selected. Select Basic Data1 and update all required data like material group, unit of measure, item category.

  • Enter material description in material field.
  • Enter the unit of measure and material group in basic unit of measure and material group field.
  • Enter the data if the material is returnable packing as VERP and non-returnable packing as LEIH in material data field.
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Step-7: - Enter all the required details in selected views.

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Step-8: - Once all the details are entered, click on the Save icon to save the configured data.

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Step-9: - Status bar displays the below message once the default values saved successfully.

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Technical details –

  • Transaction code: MM01
  • Menu path: Logistics → Material Management → Material Master → Material → Create (General).

The following are the transaction codes in creating material master –

Code Description
MMO1 To create a Material master.
MM02 To Change Material.
MM03 To view Material master.