Before we can procure the materials needed to produce a new bike, we must first create a product master record (sometimes referred to as a material master record). The product master data record is the most centralized (and most complex) object in the ERP environment.
As it is used by all departments, each department must create the necessary data. From a technical perspective, each department maintains its specific material information on a view or tab of the material master.
Because the development of a new product, for example Trent’s bike, starts in the Engineering department, they are responsible for creating the material master record in the SAP S/4HANA system from scratch. They maintain the basic data, for example, material description, size, weight, and material type. Basic data applies to all departments of our company and is therefore only maintained once in each material master record.