SAP Plant Maintenance
Item Category “S”
Material is Required
Qty can be +ive and -ive
Inventory Mgmt
not relevant
new Material M05
“M05” created with Purchasing, and Accounting ready for Stock Scenario
assign “M05” to Material BOM “ZPUMP”
Item Category “S” (Non Plant item) NOT supported in FIORI App
Material “M06” only have BASIC view
try to use FIORI App to assign
“M05” with PLANT
“M06” without PLANT
to Material BOM “ZPUMP” using Item Category “S” (Non Plant Item)
Filter Material ZPUMP, click GO
GOTO
BOM detail
Select Item Category “S”
Item Category “S”
Material “M05” with Plant data is allowed
M05 with Plant data
M06 w/o Plant data
M05 with Plant data
M06 w/o Plant data
Try to SAVE
Material with/without Plant data
with item Category “S” can be SAVE using the BOM Fiori App
Item Category “S” is ONLY in DISPLAY mode even in CS02 there CANNOT be changed or removed via CS022
the line item cannot be selected,
in this case, double-click Item 0080
Item Category “S” not relevant for PM
the Material BOM “ZPUMP” is assigned to Equipment TEQ-04 installed to FL
01-01-WHS-02
Material M05, M06 with Item Category “S” (without the PM Item Status is not displayed in the FL Structure list)
select TEQ-04 and
Goto - Create order
create Maint.Order for TEQ-04
Material M05, M06 with Item Category “S” not available for Selection
Enter material M05 with Item Category “S”
(Material M05 is created with Plant level data in Purchasing and Accounting)
Manual entry of Item Category “S” for M05 with Plant data seems possible
Manual entry of Item Category “S” for M05 with Plant data seems possible
can SAVE as Maint.Order
next, try to Manually enter material M06 (basic data level only without plant data) in the Maint.Order with item Category “S”
Enter material M056 with Item Category “S”
(Material M05 is created only with Basic data)
Material M06 without Plant level data not possible
Plan Cost is calculated for Material M05
Reservation 1932
Reservation 1932 is statical only
the new item category “S” using std parameter set as
At this point, not too sure about its use in the BOM for PM or even for PP.
For now, looks like it is for Documentation
Try to check Output
Material Slip shows the Material M05 (with the Item Category “S”) which however is not available for GI (only for documentation)