Master Data (Customer Master/ Material Master/cust-mat info record/ Condition Master/ Output Master))

Masterdata :

Customer Master:
The common data—such as the customer’s name and address—is used centrally.
The customer master data is divided into three areas:

• The General Data section has common information such as the Address tab,which contains name and contact information details, control data (such as industry, transportation zone, and tax information), payment transaction (bank details and payment card details), marketing (Nielsen ID and other classification), and other tabs based on relevance to the business.

• The Sales Area Data section has tabs called Sales (containing information on sales groups, pricing classifications, and so on), Shipping (which controls items such as delivery priority, shipping conditions, and so on), Billing (for tax classifications, Incoterms, and so on), and Partner Functions.

• The Company Code Data section has tabs called Account Management (reconciliation account details) Payment Transactions, Correspondence, and Insurance. From the General Data and Sales Area Data sections, you can also branch out to Extras Additional Data to reach other fields.

 Material Master:

The material master contains all the information about the product or service being sold. This information is shared across the organization and maintained by different departments. Hence, it is structured in views according to the various functions such as Purchasing view, MRP view, Accounting view, and Sales view. SD-related data is structured in three views—Sales: Sales Org 1, Sales: Sales Org 2,and Sales:  General/Plant. These three views will be the focus of the following discussion.
 the following terms match the materials and products you manage in your organization:

• FERT : Finished products
• HALB : Semifinished products
• ROH : Raw materials
• DIEN: Services
• KMAT : Configurable materials
• H AWA : Trading goods

Customer Mateial Info Record :
Data on a material defined for a specific customer is stored in a Customer material info record.
Info Records contain:
-customer-specific material number
-customer-specific material description
-customer-specific data on deliveries and delivery tolerances

You can also maintain default text to appear on sales orders for that customer
 

Condition Master - Pricing  
Condition master data includes:
-Prices
-Surcharges
-Discounts
-Freights
-Taxes

You can define the condition master to be dependent on various data:
>Material specific
>Customer specific

Conditions can be dependent on any document field

 

Output Master:
Output is information that is sent  to the customer using various media, such as:
-E-mail
-Mail
-EDI
-Fax
-XML
-Output examples:
-Quotation
-Confirmation
-Invoice