Why do you use material type ?

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Accepted Answer

Material type is used to classify and categorize different types of materials in SAP MM.

Material type helps in determining the behavior and attributes of a material in the system.
It is used to control the procurement process, valuation, and account determination for materials.
Different material types have different settings and configurations, such as whether a material is a finished product, raw material, or spare part.
Material types also determine the fields that are mandatory or optional during material master creation.
Examples of material types include finished products (FERT), raw materials (ROH), trading goods (HAWA), and spare parts (ERSA).

Accepted Answer

material type determine characteristic of the material or classification of material like nature for suppose ROH,FERT,HIBE,LEIH,DIEN....

Control parameters is 1.Number range like MMNR

2.Quantity and value updates OMS2

3. Screen set up like filed selection.

4.Price Control.

5.Procurement type

6.Account determination

Accepted Answer

Material type determines which accounts are to be posted and when a material is posted on from the warehouse.

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