What is Item Master Data?
- Is used to keep track of items that are sold, purchased, and inventoried by the business.
- Used in almost every module and considered the heart of almost every process in SAP Business one
How is Item Master Data used in SAP?
- Information from the master data record is copied and used in a newly created marketing document.
- Plays a crucial role in the efficiency or reports by using the reporting mechanism to classify then select or aggregate data to provide the right level of detail
General Tab
Information about the manufacturer, additional identifiers, shipping method, issue method
Purchasing Data tab
indicates the main vendor who sells the item, how to identify an item in a catalog, unit of measure (UoM) for purchasing, and actual size of the item
Sales Data tab
- Shows the unit of measure, packaging, and other parameters related to its handling
Inventory Data tab
- Contains the information on the valuation method (Standard, Moving Average or FIFO), G/L Accounts, Items managed by warehouse or by item, and the actual quantity in each warehouse
Planning Data tab
- Contains settings that control the planning for purchasing or production of an item. The order interval, order multiple, and minimum order quantity are set in this as well as the required lead time in days for MRP purposes.
Properties Tab
Enables the user to set any 64 custom properties associated with each item master record.
Remarks
Allows user to include note as deemed necessary
Business Partner Master Data
- Different from Item Master Data
- used to record information of the business partner including the company name, contact persons, company, and warehouse addresses, applicable payment terms and pricelists, and the General Ledger accounts used in the accounting tab.
3 types of Business Partners in SAP Business One
- Customers - used in the sales process
- Vendor or Suppliers - used in the purchasing process
- Leads - represents prospects (sales process)
What is Marketing Documents?
- Used in sales and purchasing are both called Marketing Document and share similar structure.
Document is divided into 3 parts
- Upper part or Header
- General Information
- Middle part
- Contains different tab pages with various information and item specific data
- Lower part or footer
- More general information
Abby’s thought: why the fuck did they need to separate it into 3 parts kung parehas lang 1 and 3
Tabs ng middle part
- Contents tab - contains all specific information about the ordered items or services including the quantity price, item number, and description
- Logistics Tab - shows the details about shipping method and payment
- Accounting tab - provides the general ledger (G/L) account information
- Attachments tab - allows the user to attach supplementary files the marketing document.
