SAP MATERIAL MASTER OVERVIEW
SAP Material Master is a part of SAP MM module. This is being used to create Material Master Records in SAP. SAP Material Master records includes some information about a material that defaults to an SAP system task when you enter the material number.
General in SAP the creation of material records access should be limited to a small group of sap users who can be called as the Material Master Record Maintainers in SAP.
SAP Material Master Creation –Procedure to be followed:
- The SAP user who want to create any material master should justify the need for a SAP material master to be created.
- The SAP Material Master Record Maintainer receives a request in prescribed form from the sap user to create a new SAP Material Master Record.
Check material master’s record if already available
- The Material Master Record Maintainer will check and verifies that a sap material master does not already exist in the sap system for the specific material using the system through displat of SAP Material Master records.
- After checking of this in sap data base, SAP Material Master Record does not already exist for the item or material, than he will Create a material master or he will reject the request.
How to create a SAP Material Master
- SAP Material Master Record Maintainer obtains the required material information for data entry from the requisitioner’s submitted information.
- Material Master Record maintainer creates a new SAP Material Master Record using the system task Create a Material Master Record for a Stock Material.
Inform to person who requested to create material master
- The requisitioner is informed that the Material Master Record exists and is given the corresponding material number.
There are sap tutorials on how to maintain SAP Material Master records.

