Materail Master IMG QuestionsQuestionShort textALR0002299Do you use group BOMs for engineering/design and copy or asALR0002394Will your equipment include major components that you wantALR0002403Do you use other systems (such as service management or cosALR0002405Besides simple BOMs, doyou use variant BOMs ormultiple BOALR0002408Do you use classification for your material masters? For whALR0002426Do you use digital signatures to improve the security of thALR0002449Do you require mass changes for BOM maintenance? Please expALR0002453Do you need a complete history of your BOM changes? For whaALR0002524Describe the structure and numbering system formaterial nuALR0002550Describe the structure of your current customernumbering sALR0002557Please describe the process for creating and adding to mateALR0002563Describe the change process for materials.ALR0002659Describe the process for creating and adding tomaterial BOALR0002660Describe the change process for material BOMs.ALR0002661Describe the execution of a change without using the engineALR0002721Define your customer delivery priority levels and explain tALR0002819Explain the typical structure of your BOMs. Howmany levelsALR0002824Do you also construct BOMs with alternative materials?ALR0002891If you have multiple plants, is your material normally suppALR0002904If yes, are they piecesof equipment that you want to traceALR0002916Do you group similar products together (for example, in divALR0002927Do you require your vendors to provide quality certificatesALR0002949Do you record a customer "table of denial" to deny deliveriXALR0002983For which business processes and which organizational unitsALR0002993For which processes do you use bills of material (engineeriALR0003039Do you have vendors with several/different ordering addressALR0003055Do stock transport orders take place between stores or betwALR0003104Are you using differentBOMs for one material to support diALR0003114Do you currently have equipment BOMs (spare parts lists)?ALR0003143Do you group customers according to any of the following crXALR0003149Do your customers have multiple ship-tos and payers?ALR0003159Do you have one-time customers?ALR0003170Do you have vendors whoare also customers?ALR0003194Do you have structures for special sub-items?ALR0003241Do you have recursive BOMs (the product contains a componenALR0003249Do you employ differentpayment terms by facility?ALR0003250Do you have different valuation techniques (forexample, stALR0003329Does your customer allow you to combine different sales ordXALR0003355Is an integration to external systems such as CAD systems oALR0003386Do you classify standardized parts by loading DIN classes aALR0003502Is a navigation of the product structure acrossmultiple syALR0003518Will you record contact-person information on your customerXALR0003526Will you use functionallocation BOMs?ALR0003590Will you have customer-specific goods receivinghours?ALR0003593Do you want to define different types of vendors (for exampALR0003599Will you process recurring inspections for materials? (NotALR0003670If you use alternative BOMs (several BOM structures exist pALR0003702Will you need to use Engineering Change Management to managALR0003703Will you need to use engineering change management to contrALR0003724Do you also use object dependencies outside thevariant conALR0003744Do you assign customersto industry sectors?ALR0003761Do you maintain material-specific technical terms of deliveALR0003765Do you maintain additional types of grouping for other procALR0003766Do you maintain additional statuses for your materials (sucALR0003786Do you plan and cost the scrap expected in production? 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(domestic, foreign, paymALR0004255Which types of materials do you distinguish between (examplALR0004265What types of texts do you maintain for your materials?ALR0004363What Incoterms will your customers use (for example, FOB, fALR0004432Which material types doyou use (please enhance): FERT, HALALR0004451What settings do you use for the different object types?ALR0004470Which item categories (stock items, non-stock items, documeALR0004560What filters can be defined to filter the representation ofALR0004578Which cross-plant and plant-specific material statuses areALR0004582Which change types are needed for object management recordsALR0004583Which change types are needed to distinguish different cateALR0004584What change status (change number status, system status, orALR0004618If you use equipment hierarchies, describe someexamples ofALR0004657If so, are they stored electronically?ALR0004769Do you maintain multilingual descriptions for materials? 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WhALR0005169How are equipment BOMs structured?ALR0005174How are they structured?ALR0005180How do you want vendor numbers assigned in the R/3 System?ALR0005230How do you control the operational effectivity of your BOMALR0005241How do these types differ regarding business processes (stoALR0005242How does the workflow (if used) differ between different chALR0005277Approximately how many finished products and assemblies (heALR0005302How are BOMs linked to equipment masters?ALR0005444Is each individual piece of equipment in your company identALR0005500Do you need to maintaindefault data for the article masterALR0005561Will you use customer-specific calendars?ALR0005604At what stage in the development process do youstart usingALR0005605At what stage in the development process do youstart usingALR0006045Which texts are used for the different sales documents (forALR0006047Do you record foreign trade customers who are placed on anALR0006053Do you use profiles to make it easier to createchange mastALR0006058Do you record a minimumdelivery quantity on your materialsALR0006072If using multiple effectivity types, for which level of theALR0006075Do you use alternative dates to make the "valid-from" dateALR0006087Do you need automatic or manual batch determination in SaleALR0006090Is it necessary for youto maintain different purchasing veALR0006097If more than one department, describe the responsibilitiesALR0006100Describe any other information relevant to customers.XALR0006107Do you value your materials using a standard price, a movinALR0006108Do you have inventory valued in different currencies at theALR0006113Describe the change process for material BOMs. Include releALR0006114Describe the process for executing a change without using aALR0006128Explain for what purposes you use phantom assemblies.ALR0006132Do you determine batches at order time or at delivery time?ALR0006145Do you want to maintaina source list for the material typeALR0006149Do you use engineering change requests (ECRs) and engineeriALR0006159Do your vendors offer discounts for prompt payment (for exaALR0006166Are there materials that must be shipped in certain multiplALR0006170For a material is therea main delivery location for a saleALR0006171Are there special shipping conditions for your customer?XALR0006185Do you have different BOMs for a material in different planALR0006186Do you have sales documents in foreign currencies? DescribeALR0006188Do you have plants thatsupply materials or services to othALR0006201Do you have products with a large number of variants? Do yoALR0006202Do you have several alternative BOMs for a material, dependALR0006209In which context do youuse bills of material?ALR0006216Does your customer allow you to combine different sales ordXALR0006217Does your customer allow partial deliveries?ALR0006221Is the creation of a multi-level hierarchy neccessary for mALR0006225Do you need to use different BOMs for differentapplicationALR0006226Each material must belong to exactly one material group. WhALR0006227Can a material have different values in one plant? What arALR0006228Do you ever need to block a customer for sales processing?XALR0006229Do you produce co-products?ALR0006238Define the charateristics that are important when searchingALR0006254Does the material for asales order have to be taken from oALR0006256If you have multiple plants, is your customer normally suppALR0006263Do you want to record any specific marketing information (fALR0006273Do you use customer-specific calendars and/or goods receiviALR0006280Is your material masterdata to be structured to administerALR0006293Do you maintain dependencies (between objects),possible usALR0006295Do you maintain customer data in an external system?ALR0006297Do you plan to use engineering change management to changeALR0006305Describe in detail the partner functions that are requiredALR0006311Are your materials taxable?ALR0006319Are there any discountslinked to terms of payment, such asALR0006342Brazil only: Do you need a CGC/CPF check for vendors? If sALR0006359Do you record information on competitor products (sales supALR0006360Do you maintain sales prospects?ALR0006364Do you use other effectivity types than "valid-from" date vALR0006366Do you use batch materials in Sales and Distribution?ALR0006370Do you use date shifts of change master recordsor ECRs/ECOALR0006371Do you use the release key to release changes specificallyALR0006372Do you use the same structure of customer master records inALR0006373Do you mainly use "valid-from" date validity tocontrol theALR0006381Which department(s) areresponsible for the maintenance ofALR0006387Which BOM maintenance functions do you require (copy functiALR0006388What change management functions do you require? How do youALR0006391What category type do you want to use?ALR0006394Which types of businesspartner do you have? For example,ALR0006400Which release keys are to lead to a preselection of the chaALR0006416Which objects (such as material master records,BOMs, taskALR0006420What settings do you use for the different object types? DoALR0006422Which partner functionsare used for the different sales doALR0006434When selecting materialfrom batches that have met the critALR0006435When searching for a batch, what key information do you useALR0006443What structure do your BOMs have? How many levels are thereALR0006444What texts do you maintain at a customer level?ALR0006453What possible usage, status, and categories will you use?ALR0006461What is the default sales unit in sales processing and whaALR0006463How do you want change numbers assigned?ALR0006476Are reminders sent? How long is the waiting period?ALR0006485Will you maintain specification data for your hazardous subALR0006489Will you need to run MRP ?ALR0006496Do you specify foreign-trade-specific information in your pALR0006524How does the workflow (if used) differ between different chALR0006527How many active customers do you intend to transfer to yourALR0006528How many different G/L accounts do you need forinventory?ALR0006539How many active vendorsdo you want to transfer to R/3?ALR0006570Do you want to extend the standard features of EngineeringALR0006571Do you want to reflect the organizational structure of yourALR0006596Are there any vendor-specific instructions or information tALR0006597Do you want to use one BOM to represent severalsimilar matALR0006685Do you use class hierarchies or class networks?ALR0006688Do you require value hierarchies?ALR0006691Do you need a project management system to plan, execute anALR0006731Please describe the business process of order-driven producALR0006732Please describe the business process of a customer non-ordeALR0006809Do you need change hierarchies?ALR0006820Please pay attention tothe hint in the documentation field.ALR0006912EH&S : Do you carry outdangerous goods checks on the basisALR0006916EH&S : What control function does the sales organization haALR0006924Do you develop productsfor repetive manufacturing (in otheALR0006925Do you develop productsin an engineer-to-orderprocess (inALR0006963Workflow, downloads, embedding reports in e-mails are all pALR0006974Do interfaces that are certified by SAP alreadyexist for tALR0006979If using engineering change management for documents: do yoALR0007033Do you use a simple change master record to change objectsALR0007051For whom do you run project analyses and reports?ALR0007120Are there logical sequences of this status thatneed to beALR0007312Which other R/3 objects(such as material master records, wALR0007314Which applications willbe used to edit of display originalALR0007366Would you like to labeldifferent grades of completion of yALR0007399Which criteria are usedto retrieve documents of differentALR0007419Do you maintain hierarchical relationships between documentALR0007425Do you use the documentmanagement system to store and mainALR0007426Do you use the documentmanagement system to store and mainALR0007427Do you use the documentmanagement system to store and mainALR0007439Which secured areas areused for managing original files? WALR0007451Do you plan to use engineering change management to changeALR0007452Do you plan to use engineering change management to changeALR0007453Do you plan to use engineering change management to changeALR0007512Do you need multiple recipient lists per document? Which coALR0007517If using class hierarchies or networks, do you want charactALR0007518Do you want status changes to trigger a direct notificationALR0007526Do you need long-term archiving of documents using an opticALR0007534Do you want to use R/3 screens for dialog steps, or will thALR0007556Do you use document parts (for example, to distinguish betwALR0007570Do you only track a planned schedule and not date actuals?ALR0007580Different states of a document can be describedby versionsALR0007582Do you distribute documents within the company and/or to exALR0007593Do you use revision levels to distinguish between differentALR0007673What distinctions do you make between types of documents?ALR0007674What documents (for example, CAD models, drawings, calculatALR0007678What units of measure are needed for characteristic values?ALR0007687Which functions (transactions and reports) and filters do yALR0007688Which functions of the CAD interface (processing of materiaALR0007693What tools are used to analyze current or completed changes?ALR0007710Which class types do you use?ALR0007711What class groups are needed?ALR0007712What class statuses areneeded?ALR0007718Which engineering departments can be defined?ALR0007725What characteristic groups are needed?ALR0007726What characteristic statuses are needed?ALR0007735Which persons/groups take part in the distribution process,ALR0007780Which external applications (CAD/CAM systems, local PDM sysALR0007894Do you maintain confirmations of receipt when distributingALR0007904Do you maintain multilingual descriptions for characteristiALR0007905Do you maintain multilingual descriptions for characteristiALR0007942How do you start distribution orders (manually in dialog moALR0008076Describe the structure of document numbers and how you wantALR0008160Is the document distribution used to directly control a ploALR0008197Do you want to assign responsible engineering departments (ALR0008206Is this information used to control a workflow (i.e. EngineALR0008208Will you use a BOM template? Please explain.ALR0008224How do you distribute information (for example,via fax, thP000003222Do you want to send thethe pallet identification informatiP000003223Do you require that your customers send you pallet identifiP000003224If you do not receive pallet indentification information frP000003225Are the pallets that are shown handled as a homogeneous uniP000003226Do you use pallet identification for productionsupply?P000003227Do you use picking and packaging functions withscanners (r!!!!P000003228Do you need traceability of materials based on pallet inforP000003229Do you use inspection lot processing on pallet basis?P000003230Do you need serial number management in the warehouse?P000003251During quality checks, do you transport the pallets to otheP000003252Do you already have packaging requirements for you wareohouP000003253Do you prepare raw materials for a production order ona scaP000003254Do you want to control whether goods in the goods receipt zP000004014Do you have customer hierarchies?P000004015Is it sometimes necessary to block your customers?XP000004016Which functions do you block from your customers?XP000004052Which persons, both internally and externally, need accessXP000004053Where and by whom ydo you want to sort and create change meXP000004667Sales Configuration Engine - Do you want the external emploP000004668Sales Configuration Engine - To what end do youuse SCE witP000004669Sales Configuration Engine - Whcih departments/user groupsXP000004670Sales Configuration Engine - How is the update process of tP990000331Which recipient types (such as Business Workplace user, extP990000332Which work centers are to display or process original appliP990000333Do these work centers have different specifications, operatP990000561Are individual signatures sufficient (one user can change tXP990000931Do you need to divide your products into product groups (diP990001151Do you manufacture multi-variant products and do you therefP990001621Do you want to extend the standard features of EngineeringP990001851What change status (change number status, poss.user statusXP990002042In which areas (PP -> Edit Routings and BOMs, QM -> Edit InP990002044Do you use the order browser to edit order BOMsat multi-leP990002046Do you use project BOMsfor planning and producing productiP990003147General: Do you manage your materials in batches? In what aP990003148General: How many batches do you have in a particular perioP990003149General: Do you want tocopy the batch numbers from your veP990003150General: Which organizational area is responsible for batchP990003241Batch level: Do your batches have to be unique at a plant lP990003242Batch level: Do you want some materials to be handled in baP990003243Batch level: Do you transfer batches amung different plantsP990003244Batch level: If it is cross-plant, is it possible that youP990003245Batch number: Do want the batch number to be assigned automP990003247Batch number: Do want to automatically create batches for gP990003248Batch number: Do you want to explain how your batch numbersP990003249Batch status management: Do you want to represent the usabiP990003250Batch status management: In what way are batches released aP990003251Batch status management: Do you have to manage the status oP990003252Batch specifications: Do you want tp descrive the technicalP990003253Batch specifications: Can you group certain materials basedP990003254Batch specifications: When do you assign valuesto characteP990003256Batch determination: Doyou need batch detereminiation in oP990003257Bacth determination: What criteria do you want to use to fiP990003258Batch determination: Define a batch-find strategy in orderP990003259Batch deteremination: For performance reasons, it is recommP990003260Batch where-used list: Do you want to document the path ofP990003261Active ingredient management: Do you want to manage materiaP990003262Active ingredient management: Do you have materials that haXP990003263Active ingredient management: Do you have material that musXP990003264Active ingredient management: Is the price based on the amoP990003265Active ingredient management: Do you want to carry out a baP990018289Warning: For SAP Retail, the valuation area is always the sP990018290Warning: For SAP Retail-specific functions, thedivision isP990018681Which analysis system is defined in your company?