Hierarchy
BBPCRM (Software Component) BBPCRM⤷
CRM (Application Component) Customer Relationship Management⤷
CRM_APPLICATION (Package) All CRM Components Without Special Structure Packages⤷
MG (Package) Application development R/3 material master prior to 3.0
Basic Data
| Data Element | NFMAT |
| Short Description | Follow-up material |
Data Type
| Category of Dictionary Type | D | Domain |
| Type of Object Referenced | No Information | |
| Domain / Name of Reference Type | MATNR | |
| Data Type | CHAR | Character String |
| Length | 18 | |
| Decimal Places | 0 | |
| Output Length | 18 | |
| Value Table | MARA |
Further Characteristics
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| Parameter ID | MAT | |
| Default Component name | FOLLOW_UP | |
| Change document | ||
| No Input History | ||
| Basic direction is set to LTR | ||
| No BIDI Filtering |
Field Label
| Length | Field Label | |
| Short | 10 | Follow-up |
| Medium | 15 | Follow-up matl |
| Long | 20 | Follow-up material |
| Heading | 18 | Follow-up material |
Documentation
Definition
Number of the material that the system uses in materials planning to replace the material to be discontinued once its warehouse stock is depleted.
Use
In the material master record and also in the bill of material (BOM), you can define a follow-up material for a material to be discontinued. The follow-up material defined in the BOM has a higher priority than that in the material master record.
Procedure
You must always specify a follow-up material in the material master record for the system to know a follow-up material if none has been specified in the BOM.
Examples
Dependencies
Simple discontinuation
A component to be discontinued is replaced with a follow-up component at a particular date.
In the material master record of the component to be discontinued, you must set discontinuation indicator 1, enter a follow-up component, and specify an effective-out date.
Dependent parallel discontinuation
A group of materials is replaced with a group of materials; that is, if one component is to be discontinued (the main component), another component must also be discontinued (the subordinate component).
In the material master record of the main component to be discontinued, you must set discontinuation indicator 1, enter a follow-up component, and specify an effective-out date. In the material master record of the subordinate component, you must set discontinuation indicator 3.
History
| Last changed by/on | SAP | 19991108 |
| SAP Release Created in |
