SAP MM: Creating Info Record f. Material w/o Master Record

If you wish to create an info record for a material without a master record, you must create the info record for a material group.

Choose Master data

Info record

Create

The initial screen is displayed.

Enter the vendor. Do not fill the Material field

Specify the following:

– Whether the info record applies to a certain plant (enter the purchasing organization and plant) or

– Whether the info record is plant-independent (enter the purchasing organization only)

– The info record category

Press

ENTER

The general data screen appears.

In the General Data view, enter the following mandatory data:

– Short description of the info record or material in the first entry field

– Material group to which the info record is assigned

– Order unit used for the material

– Sort term (key) covering several info records that belong to a material group

Enter the vendor data (if it is not already suggested by the system, having been taken from the vendor master record), the origin data, and the supply options.

In the Purchasing Organization Data view, enter the data for the purchasing organization if you entered a purchasing organization in step 2. Press

ENTER

to display the purchasing organization data screen.

You must enter the following data:

– Vendor's planned delivery time (used for scheduling)

– Responsible purchasing group

– Standard PO quantity (used for price determination in conjunction with price scales)

You can enter data such as tolerances allowed for underdeliveries and overdeliveries.

Enter the net price. You have two options:

– You enter the net price per unit in the Net price field. This price includes the vendor's normal discounts or surcharges only - cash discounts for prompt payment, for example, are calculated separately.

– You enter the gross price in the Net price field and then maintain the pricing conditions. (To do this, choose Extras ® Conditions.) The system automatically replaces the entered gross price with the calculated net price.
(Refer to Maintaining Conditions.)

Enter texts (internal info record memo and purchase order text). Choose Goto

Texts

to display the text overview.

Save the info record.

Repeat steps 2 to 8 for all purchasing organizations and plants that are to be assigned to the info record.