How to Introduce a new consumable article
Context
- Assuming that you want to introduce a new article without any inventory maintenance that is not a smartphone.
Steps
- Start of by creating a new material within S4Hana using the Manage Product Master Data Fiori app.
Do not add any storage locations with the Status "Marked For Deletion=No" into a consumable article. If you add such a configuration other systems like Matrix42 assume it is a stored article!
BASIC INFORMATION | |
Product Type | Consumable Products (ZUBW) |
Product Category | Product |
Product Group | IT-Zubehör (30-8000) |
Base Unit of Measure | Piece (PC) |
Descriptions | Provide the name of the article in both german and english |
PLANTS INFORMATION (1010) | |
Purchasing Group | IT Procure. Matrix (001) |
Automatic Purchase Order Allowed | Yes |
Storage Locations | Empty |
- After you configured the material to your liking, you have to provide purchasing information using for example the Manage Sources of Supply Fiori App.
Do not configure multiple valid sources of supply for a single material. If you do so, the purchase requisitions can not assign their sources automatically.
Supplier Material Number | The number used by the supplier e.g. Bechtle for the desired material |
Delivery Time in Days | The agreed upon delivery time |
Order Unit | Piece (PC) |
Conversion from Order Unit | 1 |
Conversion to Base Unit | 1 |
Standard Order Quantity | 1 |
Goods-Receipt-Based Invoice Verification | Yes |
Confirmation Control | When the supplier is integrated into S4Hana like Bechtle use the Inbound Delivery confirmation control |
Conditions | Configure the agreed upon price for the date of validity. |
- Using the SAP Products Connector Import the materials are regularly added and updated within Matrix42. Before you can publish the new material, proceed as following.
- Add a representative image into the portal display of the material.
- Verify the information present within the Matrix42 article
- Is a hardware article classified as a hardware article?
- Is the pricing information valid?
- Are the names valid?
- Is the correct workflow used for approval (e.g. Approval - RootITUp Order Analysis)?
- Is the correct workflow used for provisioning (e.g. Provisioning - RootITUp Booking Common Processing)?
- Add the service to the desired catalogs.
