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OBJECTIVE AND SCOPE


Objective of this procedure

This document's objective is to provide a guide to ZPRC, ZMAT (manufactured and raw material), ZVER, ZERS, ZUNB material master data management for GBU Technology Solutions.

Material Master Data management process includes creation and modification of the material, its inactivation and flagging for deletion, and reactivation if needed, as well as mass modification.

Creation of Basic Data, Classification, Sales, Foreign Trade, Purchasing, General Plant Storage, Warehouse Management and Label Data Views will be presented in this procedure. Management of MRP, Work Scheduling, Quality Management, Accounting and Costing Views is being performed by Process Teams. Accounting and Costing views are created by Data Operations when extending materials to Trading Plants. For Sample codes Data Operations is creating all necessary views.

Scope

Under Riga Data Operations scope is the management of ZPRC, ZMAT (raw and manufactured), ZVER, ZERS, ZBOM, ZUNB and PIR Material master data management for GBU Composite Materials (Legacy Cytec organization). Riga Data Operations can create and extend ZDIE materials if requested so by Finance.

Material Type

Description

Division

ZPRC

Commercial Products

N/A

ZMAT

Finished Goods
Semi-finished Goods
Raw Materials

Multiple
Multiple
KV

ZVER

Packaging

WD

ZUNB

Stocked and non-valuated materials

WD (for packaging)

ZDIE

Services

Multiple

ZERS

Industrial supplies
PIRPurchase Info Record

Abbreviations

Abbr.

Description

Abbr.

Description

RCS

Rhodia Core System

SBS

Solvay Business Services

ZDIE

Service

UoM

Unit of Measure

ZMAT

Finished product, semi-finished product, raw material

HSE

Health, Safety and Environment

ZPRC

Commercial Product

MSDS

Material Safety Data Sheet

ZUNB

Stocked and not valuated material

MRP

Material Resource Planning

ZVER

Packaging

DG

Dangerous goods

Roles and responsibilities

ZMAT setup can be performed only once both ZPRC code and MSDS are available.
Prior to submitting a new ZMAT request, it is the requester´s responsibility to ensure the material does not exist in SAP already, so no duplicates are created in the system. If the material was not found, the TS SAP Material request form must be filled and submitted to Data Operations for material master setup in SAP. A second search in the system is performed by the Data Management team to ensure no duplicates are created.


STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE DESCRIPTION


Creation of material in RCS

Pre-requisites

Prior to material creation in the system search is performed by the Data Operations team to ensure no duplicates are created.


  • Use the transaction MM03 to access display material view.

  • Press multiple choice button to receive pop-up window with search options for material master.
  • Click on  to open the menu.
  • Select the option 'Material Number/Material Description' and/or 'Materials by Commercial Product (PRCOM)'.

  • Run a search in Material Description.
  • Use Wildcards to best describe.
  • Open the material request form, copy the short text from the requested material and run a search in Material description with wildcards.
  • Hit Enter.

  • Verify entries found – compare results with the material's "short description" mentioned in the request form. If you have doubts about the material already created, contact the Requester to clarify.
  • If result points to  or if the Requester mentions a new article needs to be created then proceed with the creation.


Creation of ZMAT - Manufactured Material

Use MM01 transaction to create material


Main activitiesKey points
Industry SectorAlways choose "C Chemical industry"
Material TypeZMAT /Finished pdt & RM & SF
Copy from… MaterialOption to copy data from an existing material can be useful in some cases
Hit Enter



Main activitiesKey points

Select Views to be created:

  • Basic Data 1 (General data)
  • Basic Data 2 (General data)
  • Classification (General data)
  • Sales organization views 
    • Sales: Sales Org. Data 1
    • Sales: Sales Org. Data 2
  • Plant data views 
    • Sales: General/Plant Data
    • Foreign Trade: Export Data
    • Purchasing
    • General Plant Data / Storage 1
    • General Plant Data / Storage 2
  • Warehouse level 
    • Warehouse Management 1
    • Warehouse Management 1
  • Label Data (General data view)

NOTE! Warehouse Management 1 & 2 Views to be created and warehouse number added (in brackets) for warehouse managed plants only:

8520 (077), 8521 (054)8636 (039) – by default; 8359 - only if requested.

*Reactor level Materials* need Basic Data 1 & 2, Classification, Sales: General/Plant Data, General Plant Data/Storage 1 & 2.
Sales Org. not to be filled!

*Intermediates* should be created as Finished Products and can be opened to sales organization 1 and 2 views if requested by the product manager.
How to identify: if in the description there is "INTERMEDIATE", however we could have exceptions and they should be confirmed with the Product Manager.

For Trading Plants listed below Classification, Accounting, Costing Views have to be created. Views are completed in the same way as for CMC Samples except the Planning views (MRP 1-4).

  • 8570 (Co. Cd. 7008)
  • 8572 (Co. Cd. 7723)
  • 8575 (Co. Cd. 7752)
  • 8580 (Co. Cd. 7794)
  • 8574 (Co. Cd. 7734)
Hit Enter


Use Default Setting button to save your selections for future creations



Main activitiesKey Points
Fill in Organizational Levels
  • Plant: Fill Plant as indicated in the request form
  • Storage location: Extend to Storage Location when there is only option per plant (Storage location number is the same as plant number). If there is more than one option, leave it blank
  • Sales Organization and Distribution Channel as indicated in request form.
  • Warehouse: only for specific plants listed above
Hit Enter


Use Default Setting button to save your selections for future creations





Basic data 1



Main activitiesKey points
Material Description

Check the request form for "SHORT DESCRIPTION"

The description should be always in Upper case
40 Characters max.


Base Unit of Measure

Always KG

Material GroupFinished goods, SF goods – 0450
Old Material Number

Populate the BPCS if provided

DivisionCheck the request form
General Item Category GroupAlready pre-filled ZMAT – NORM
Gross Weight

Proportion of Gross weight to Net weight (Net = 1)

e.g. 25 KG Gross and 20 KG Net => 1.25 Gross and 1 Net in SAP

Net Weight

Always 1

UoM for WeightAlways KG
VolumeCheck the request form
If blank in the form, leave the field blank
UoM for Volume

Entered only when Volume provided

Always CD3

Matl Grp Pack.Matls (Packaging Group)

Check the request form

0005 - for packed materials
0001 - for Bulk and Reactor level

Go to Basic Data Text tab by pressing Basic Data Text button

Basic data text tab can be accessed by pressing Additional Data button in the top part of screen as well. Tabs in Additional Data can be filled in any sequence.






Basic data text



Main activitiesKey points
Basic data text 

Enter Basic data text – description from ZPRC code

Use  button to add languages. Copy English text to all other languages:

12 mandatory languages are:
1 – Chinese (EN!)
E – English
F – French
D – German
I – Italian
J – Japanese
3 – Korean
L – Polish
P – Portuguese
S – Spanish
& – Brazilian Portuguese
N – Dutch

Go to Descriptions tabFrom Basic Data View Descriptions tab can be accessed by pressing Additional Data button in the top part of screen as well. Tabs in Additional Data can be filled in any sequence.






Descriptions



Main activitiesKey points

Material descriptions in local languages


12 mandatory languages are:
EN – English
Z9 – Brazilian Portuguese
ZH – Chinese
KO – Korean
DE – German
FR – French
IT – Italian
JA – Japanese
PL – Polish
PT – Portuguese
ES – Spanish
NL – Dutch

Go to Units of measure tabFrom Basic Data View Units of Measure tab can be accessed by pressing Additional Data button in the top part of screen as well. Tabs in Additional Data can be filled in any sequence.






Units of measure



Main activitiesKey points

Enter Alternate Units of Measure conversions

Fixed conversion 11023 LB <-> 5000 KG

Enter conversion of Stock keeping UoM to Base UoMCheck the request form
Enter quantity of Stock keeping UoM in Pallet

Check the request form

Use fields for Lower-level Unit entry to indicate number of packages in Pallet at the very end of the line
NOTE! Do not enter a PAL UOM for Totes (IBC) or when not provided (special cases for Cylinders and Big Bag as sometimes they do not require pallet)

Enter any additional conversion if requestedCheck the request form
Return to Main Data






Inspection text



Main activitiesKey points
Inspection text

If in the material form the transportation group is Isothermal:

0002 Isothermal pack
0006 Isothermal bulk
0013 Isotherm.Liq.Haz.Pac
0016 Isothermal Liq. Bulk

The inspection interval must be provided by the Product Manager and added to the material master

12 mandatory languages are: 
EN – English 
Z9 – Brazilian Portuguese 
ZH – Chinese 
KO – Korean 
DE – German 
FR – French 
IT – Italian 
JA – Japanese 
PL – Polish 
PT – Portuguese 
ES – Spanish
NL – Dutch

Additional information

The statement the protect from freeze information is taken from Sec 7 of the SDS:

Return to Main Data






Basic data 2



Main activitiesKey points
Go to Basic data 2 view
Basic material (related ZPRC Code)

Check the request form
Mandatory field! No additional characters are allowed (for example space or special characters)

Dangerous Goods indicator profileZIP (DG Classification in progress) for all materials at the moment of material creation
Tick Environmentally relevantMandatory for all Finished and semi-finished goods
Go to Classification view






Classification - Batch



Main activitiesKey points
Select "Batch" type of Classification
Enter Class

014 – Technology Solutions

Go to Sales: sales org. 1 view






Sales: sales org. 1




Main activities

Key points

Sales unit

LB for US and CA Sales Organizations

X-distr.chain status

Status 63 is to be set at the moment of material creation to allow use of material in operations

Valid from date for X-distr.chain status

DD.MM.YYYY

Delivering Plant

Check the request form

Note! If the plant does not exists for sales organization and distribution channel combination, contact Danyse Ryan (danyse.ryan@solvay.com) to create the link

Tax classification

System will automatically determine which Countries' tax lines should be added

Always 1 for all countries unless otherwise indicated by Finance or Tax department

Minimum order quantity

Enter Net weight
Blank for Bulk

Minimum delivery quantity

Enter Net weight
Blank for Bulk

Delivery unit

Always 1
Blank for Bulk

Unit of Measure of Delivery unit

Always equal to Primary Packaging unit
Blank for Bulk

Rounding Profile

For Packed materials select the option Z50% that corresponds to Primary Packaging unit
Blank for Bulk
Note!
Sales Org. NL01 and Distribution channel 9P- polymer additives. (Division E2)
Creation: confirm with the requester if the rounding profile should be (ZPAL)
Extension: use ZPAL as default

Go to Sales: sales org. 2 view








Sales: sales org. 2




Main activities

Key points

Material statistics group

Always 1

Account assignment group

Check the request form

Item category group

ZMAT – ZMAN
For Sales Org BR33 - NORM

Go to Sales: general/plant view









Sales: general/plant




Main activities

Key points

Material freight group

Check the request form

Added for Packed materials for US, CA and BR plants

Bulk - empty

Availability check

Finished Goods (F & T) – T3
Semi-finished goods (I) – S3

Batch Management

Always checked

Batch management field available in Sales: general/plant, Purchasing, Plant data / storage 1 and Warehouse Management 1 views

Transportation Group

Check the request form

Loading Group

Bulk – 0002
Else – 0001

Profit Center

Check the request form
NOTE! For Distribution Channel and Trading plants should begin with Company code. For materials with Division E3, E4, E5, E6 for all plant types use the structure CCCC-Xyyyy
Where yyyy = last 4 digits of the specific IECRA for each product line:
E0 = IECRA01219 - PHOSPHORUS DIV
E3 = IECRA01286 - INDUSTRIAL MINERALS
E4 = IECRA01235 - ALUMINA
E5 = IECRA01236 - MINERAL PROCESSING
E6 = IECRA01237 - MEP
E7 = IECRA01219 - PHOSPHORUS DIV
H0 = IECRA01285 - FUMIGANTS
SX = IECRA01219 - PHOSPHORUS DIV
SY = IECRA01265 - PROBAN
TF = IECRA01266 - NA HYPO

Profit center field available in Sales: general/plant and Plant data / storage 1 views

Go to Foreign trade export view








Foreign trade export




Main activities

Tips / Best practices

Comm./imp. code no. (Commodity/import code number)

NOT to be entered at the time of material creation – it will be loaded by responsible team

When extending material to a new Plant the Comm./imp. code no. code field is to be left blank (to be cleared if Copy from… option is used). Whenever a material is extended to any of non-GTS plants (see Attachment 4 – List of Plants in non-GTS countries), extension has to be added in the linked file

Contact htsclassification@solvay.com for missing control code

Control code

Check the form

Entered for Brazil plants

Country of origin

Check the request form

Mat. CFOP category

Entered for Brazil (8789) plants only

Always 0

Go to Purchasing view









Purchasing




Main activitiesKey points

Purchasing Group

Check the request form


Plant-specific material status

Status Z1 is to be used at the time of material creation/extension

For Trading plants (8570 – US, 8572 – MX, 8575 – CA, 8580 – NL, 8574 - CN) leave the field blank

Once Finance creates Accounting and Costing Views and performs material costing run, the status will be removed by Finance to allow use of material in operations.


Material freight groupCheck the request form
Automatic Purchase Order indicatorAlways checked
Batch Management

Always checked 

Batch management field available in Sales: general/plant, Purchasing, Plant data / storage 1 and Warehouse Management 1 views

Purchasing value key

Packed ZMAT – 0001
Bulk ZMAT – 0005 (incl. flexitank)

GR processing time

Default value at the time of material creation – 2
Default value for Plant 80351
Default value for Plant 86050

Plant data administrators will change the field value if necessary

Go to Plant data / storage 1 view







Plant data / stor. 1




Main activities

Key points

CC phys. inv. ind. (Physical inventory indicator for cycle counting)

Default value at the time of material creation – B

Note! If the link does not exist with the plant, contact Danyse Ryan and request the link creation

Batch Management

Always checked 

Batch management field available in Sales: general/plant, Purchasing, Plant data / storage 1 and Warehouse Management 1 views

Minimum Remaining Shelf Life

Default value at the time of material creation – 1

Total shelf life

Check the form

Go to Plant data / storage 2 view








Plant data / stor. 2




Main activitiesKey points

Profit Center

Check the form

Profit center field available in Sales: general/plant and Plant data / storage 1 views

Go to Warehouse Management 1 view if applicable; else go to Label Data view









Warehouse mgmt 1




Main activitiesKey points

Batch Management

Always checked 

Batch management field available in Sales: general/plant, Purchasing, Plant data / storage 1 and Warehouse Management 1 views

Go to Warehouse Management 2 view








Warehouse mgmt 2




Main activitiesKey points
No data has to be maintained in Warehouse Management 2 view at the time of material creation, however the view has to be created

Go to Label Data view








Label Data




Main activitiesKey points

Primary Packaging Unit (PPU)

Copy from the form

For BULK use KG

For plant 8035 view has to be activated but nothing except Primary Pack Unit has to be entered


Labeling Specification

Select the primary packaging unit of measurement

Press Import

Choose the reference material# based on the Packaging type

Example: Primary Pack. Unit CY - choose 147570 

Templates for Label data:
147507 - LABEL MODEL LARGE (SS, DR, TE, BB)
147570 - LABEL MODEL MEDIUM (BX, CY, JRC, PL, BULK)
147572 - LABEL MODEL SMALL (BAG)
149059 - LABEL MODEL SAMPLE MATERIALS

Double click on the first line

Only select the label correspondent to the Primary Pack. Unit

Press 

Follow up by steps indicated in Additional Instructions of corresponding label type of linked file

Enter Label Category, Label Size and number of Copies for each required label type

See Attachment 1 – Label requirements for label requirements by material packaging type

Transport Label Z_TRANS to be added only for material with Dangerous Goods Profile GPP


Validity areas

Define Validity Areas for each label type

All label types – DELIVERY, GENERIC and MTS by default
Transport Label – MTS, DELIVERY and GENERIC should be added.

Check if all labels have Validity Areas defined







Completing the material




Main activitiesKey points

When all data has been entered, save the material by pressing  button and exit material creation

Copy number of the created material into communication to Requestor, system confirmation message on the bottom of the screen can be used:

Perform material extension to other Plants / Sales Organizations if requested in the form

Check the form

As soon as extension of a material to a plant in another (second) Company Code is requested, material is also to be extended to 9O Distribution Channel of the Sales Organization of the receiving Plant for Intercompany movements

Information on all new ZMAT creations and plant/sales organization extensions has to be sent to:

product-regulatory@solvay.com

terry.mccoll@solvay.com

jekaterina.juskiene@solvay.com

danyse.ryan@solvay.com

gmupricing@support.solvay.com 

NOTE! Please notify Michael Wilson and William Weddle for any materials created or extended to plant 8712 and 8636








Creation of ZMAT - CMC Sample Material

Use MM01 transaction to create material


Main activitiesKey points
Industry SectorAlways choose "Chemical Industry"
Material TypeZMAT /Finished pdt & RM & SF
Copy from… Material149059 TS LABEL MODEL SAMPLE MATERIALS has been created to be used as model for CMC sample creation
Hit Enter



Main activitiesKey points

Select Views to be created:

  • Basic Data 1 (General data)
  • Basic Data 2 (General data)
  • Sales organization views 
    • Sales: Sales Org. Data 1
    • Sales: Sales Org. Data 2
  • Plant data views 
    • Sales: General/Plant Data
    • Foreign Trade: Export Data
    • MRP 1
    • MRP 2
    • MRP 3
    • MRP 4
    • Accounting 1
    • Accounting 2
    • Costing 1
    • Costing 2
  • Label data (General data view)

Data Management is creating all necessary views for CMC Sample codes
Note! CMC Samples can be created only for CMC plants: 8588 - 7008 / CMC New Milford and 8595 - 7794 / CMC Waalwijk

Hit Enter


Use Default Setting button to save your selections for future creations



Main activitiesKey Points
Fill in Organizational Levels
  • Plant: Fill Plant as indicated in the request form
  • Storage location: Extend to Storage Location when there is only option per plant (Storage location number is the same as plant number). If there is more than one option, leave it blank
  • Sales Organization and Distribution Channel as indicated in request form
Hit Enter




Basic data 1



Main activitiesKey points
Material Description

Check the request form for "SHORT DESCRIPTION"

The description should be always in Upper case
40 Characters max.


Base Unit of Measure

(there can be rare excptions)

Material Group0450
Old Material Number

Populate the BPCS if provided

DivisionCheck the request form
General Item Category GroupAlready pre-filled ZMAT – NORM
Gross Weight

Always 1

Net Weight

Always 1

UoM for WeightG
Matl Grp Pack.Matls (Packaging Group)

0005

Go to Basic Data Text tab by pressing Basic Data Text button

Basic data text tab can be accessed by pressing Additional Data button in the top part of screen as well. Tabs in Additional Data can be filled in any sequence






Basic data text



Main activitiesKey points
Basic data text 

Enter Basic data text – description from ZPRC code

Use  button to add languages. Copy English text to all other languages:

12 mandatory languages are:
1 – Chinese (EN!)
E – English
F – French
D – German
I – Italian
J – Japanese
3 – Korean
L – Polish
P – Portuguese
S – Spanish
& – Brazilian Portuguese
N – Dutch

Go to Descriptions tabFrom Basic Data View Descriptions tab can be accessed by pressing Additional Data button in the top part of screen as well. Tabs in Additional Data can be filled in any sequence






Descriptions



Main activitiesKey points

Material descriptions in local languages


12 mandatory languages are:
EN – English
Z9 – Brazilian Portuguese
ZH – Chinese
KO – Korean
DE – German
FR – French
IT – Italian
JA – Japanese
PL – Polish
PT – Portuguese
ES – Spanish
NL – Dutch

Go to Units of measure tabFrom Basic Data View Units of Measure tab can be accessed by pressing Additional Data button in the top part of screen as well. Tabs in Additional Data can be filled in any sequence






Units of measure



Main activitiesKey points

Enter Alternate Units of Measure conversions

Check the form

Return to Main Data






Basic data 2



Main activitiesKey points
Go to Basic data 2 view
Basic material (related ZPRC Code)

Check the request form
Mandatory field! No additional characters are allowed (for example space or special characters)

Dangerous Goods indicator profileZIP (DG Classification in progress) for all materials at the moment of material creation
Tick Environmentally relevantMandatory for all Finished and semi-finished goods
Go to Sales: sales org. 1 view






Sales: sales org. 1




Main activities

Key points

X-distr.chain status

Status 63 is to be set at the moment of material creation to allow use of material in operations

Valid from date for X-distr.chain status

DD.MM.YYYY

Tax classification

System will automatically determine which Countries' tax lines should be added

Always 1 for all countries unless otherwise indicated by Finance or Tax department

Go to Sales: sales org. 2 view








Sales: sales org. 2




Main activities

Key points

Account assignment group

F

Item category group

NORM

Go to Sales: general/plant view









Sales: general/plant




Main activities

Key points

Material freight group

Check the request form

Added for Packed materials for US, CA and BR plants

Bulk - empty

Availability check

KP

Availability check field available in Sales: general/plant and MRP 3 views

Transportation Group

Check the request form

Samples – 0007 (ZIP and Z00), 0010 (GPP)

Loading Group

0001

Profit Center

Check the request form

Profit center field available in Sales: general/plant and Costing 1 views

Go to Foreign trade export view








Foreign trade export




Main activities

Tips / Best practices

Comm./imp. code no. (Commodity/import code number)

NOT to be entered at the time of material creation – it will be loaded by responsible team

Country of origin

Check the request form

Mat. CFOP category

Entered for Brazil (8789) plants only

Always 0

Go to MRP 1 view









MRP 1




Main activitiesKey points

MRP Type

Default value – ND


MRP Controller

Default value – S10

Go to MRP 2 view







MRP 2




Main activities

Key points

Procurement type

Default value – F

Backflush

Default value – 2

Planned Delivery Time

Default value – 30

SchedMargin keyDefault value – 000

Go to MRP 3 view








MRP 3




Main activitiesKey points
Availability check

KP

Availability check field available in Sales: general/plant and MRP 3 views

Total replenishment lead time

Default value – 3

Go to MRP 4 view









MRP 4




Main activitiesKey points

Selection method

Default value – 3

Individual/coll.Default value – 2
Go to Accounting 1 view








Accounting 1




Main activitiesKey points
Enter Valuation ClassDefault value – Z130
Enter Price UnitDefault value – 1000
Enter Standard priceDefault value – 1

Go to Accounting 2 view








Accounting 2




Main activitiesKey points
No data has to be maintained in Accounting 2 view at the time of material creation, however the view has to be created

Go to Costing 1 view








Costing 1




Main activitiesKey points
Do Not CostDefault value – flagged
With Qty StructureDefault value – flagged
Material originDefault value – flagged
Profit Center

Check the request form

Profit center field available in Sales: general/plant and Costing 1 views

Go to Costing 2 view








Costing 2




Main activitiesKey points
No data has to be maintained in Costing 2 view at the time of material creation, however the view has to be created

Go to Label Data view








Label Data




Main activitiesKey points
Check if all labels have been copied from Model code

See Attachment 1 – Label requirements for label requirements by material packaging type

Transport Label Z_TRANS to be added only for material with Dangerous Goods Profile GPP

Check if all labels have Validity Areas definedAll label types – DELIVERY and GENERIC
Transport Label – DELIVERY, GENERIC and MTS







Completing the material




Main activitiesKey points

When all data has been entered, save the material by pressing  button and exit material creation

Copy number of the created material into communication to Requestor, system confirmation message on the bottom of the screen can be used:

Perform material extension to other Plants / Sales Organizations if requested in the form

Check the form

As soon as extension of a material to a plant in another (second) Company Code is requested, material is also to be extended to 9O Distribution Channel of the Sales Organization of the receiving Plant for Intercompany movements

Information on all new ZMAT creations and plant/sales organization extensions has to be sent to:

product-regulatory@solvay.com

terry.mccoll@solvay.com

jekaterina.juskiene@solvay.com

danyse.ryan@solvay.com

gmupricing@support.solvay.com








Creation of ZMAT - Plant Shipped Sample

Use MM01 transaction to create material


Main activitiesKey points
Industry SectorAlways choose "Chemical Industry"
Material TypeZMAT /Finished pdt & RM & SF
Hit Enter



Main activitiesKey points

Select Views to be created:

  • Basic Data 1 (General data)
  • Basic Data 2 (General data)
  • Classification (General data)
  • Sales organization views 
    • Sales: Sales Org. Data 1
    • Sales: Sales Org. Data 2
  • Plant data views 
    • Sales: General/Plant Data
    • Foreign Trade: Export Data
    • Purchasing
    • MRP 1
    • MRP 2
    • MRP 3
    • MRP 4
    • General Plant Data / Storage 1
    • General Plant Data / Storage 2
  • Label data (General data view)

Data Management is creating general, purchasing and planning views, finance complete their own views

Hit Enter


Use Default Setting button to save your selections for future creations



Main activitiesKey Points
Fill in Organizational Levels
  • Plant: Fill Plant as indicated in the request form
  • Storage location: Fill Storage location as indicated in the request form, no Storage location for plant 8806
  • Sales Organization and Distribution Channel as indicated in request form
Hit Enter




Basic data 1



Main activitiesKey points
Material Description

Check the request form for "SHORT DESCRIPTION"

The description should be always in Upper case
40 Characters max.

Note! For Atequiza plant (8356) the description must contain "PRODUCT NAME + AQ SAMPLE", for example, AERO 3302 AQ SAMPLE

Base Unit of Measure

KG 

If provided G go back to the requester and confirm if it should be created as CMC sample

Material Group0450
Old Material Number

Populate the BPCS if provided

DivisionCheck the request form
General Item Category GroupAlready pre-filled ZMAT – NORM
Gross Weight

Always 1

Net Weight

Always 1

UoM for WeightKG
Matl Grp Pack.Matls (Packaging Group)

0005

Go to Basic Data Text tab by pressing Basic Data Text button

Basic data text tab can be accessed by pressing Additional Data button in the top part of screen as well. Tabs in Additional Data can be filled in any sequence






Basic data text



Main activitiesKey points
Basic data text 

Enter Basic data text – description from ZPRC code

Use  button to add languages. Copy English text to all other languages:

12 mandatory languages are:
1 – Chinese (EN!)
E – English
F – French
D – German
I – Italian
J – Japanese
3 – Korean
L – Polish
P – Portuguese
S – Spanish
& – Brazilian Portuguese
N – Dutch

Go to Descriptions tabFrom Basic Data View Descriptions tab can be accessed by pressing Additional Data button in the top part of screen as well. Tabs in Additional Data can be filled in any sequence






Descriptions



Main activitiesKey points

Material descriptions in local languages


12 mandatory languages are:
EN – English
Z9 – Brazilian Portuguese
ZH – Chinese
KO – Korean
DE – German
FR – French
IT – Italian
JA – Japanese
PL – Polish
PT – Portuguese
ES – Spanish
NL – Dutch

Go to Units of measure tabFrom Basic Data View Units of Measure tab can be accessed by pressing Additional Data button in the top part of screen as well. Tabs in Additional Data can be filled in any sequence






Units of measure



Main activitiesKey points

Enter Alternate Units of Measure conversions

Check the form

Return to Main Data






Basic data 2



Main activitiesKey points
Go to Basic data 2 view
Basic material (related ZPRC Code)

Check the request form
Mandatory field! No additional characters are allowed (for example space or special characters)

Dangerous Goods indicator profileZIP (DG Classification in progress) for all materials at the moment of material creation
Tick Environmentally relevantMandatory for all Finished and semi-finished goods
Go to Classification view






Classification - Batch



Main activitiesKey points
Select "Batch" type of Classification
Enter Class

014 – Technology Solutions

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Sales: sales org. 1




Main activities

Key points

X-distr.chain status

Status 63 is to be set at the moment of material creation to allow use of material in operations

Valid from date for X-distr.chain status

DD.MM.YYYY

Tax classification

System will automatically determine which Countries' tax lines should be added

Always 1 for all countries unless otherwise indicated by Finance or Tax department

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Sales: sales org. 2




Main activities

Key points

Account assignment group

F

Item category group

NORM

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Sales: general/plant




Main activities

Key points

Material freight group

Check the request form

Added for Packed materials for US, CA and BR plants

Bulk - empty

Availability check

ZP

Availability check field available in Sales: general/plant and MRP 3 views

Batch management

Always checked

Batch management field available in Sales: general/plant, Purchasing and Plant data / storage 1 views

Transportation Group

Check the request form

Samples – 0007 (ZIP and Z00), 0010 (GPP)

Loading Group

0001

Profit Center

Check the request form

Profit center field available in Sales: general/plant and Plant data / storage 2 views

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Foreign trade export




Main activities

Tips / Best practices

Comm./imp. code no. (Commodity/import code number)

NOT to be entered at the time of material creation – it will be loaded by responsible team

Country of origin

Check the request form

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Purchasing




Purchasing Group

Check the request form


Plant-specific material status

Status Z1 is to be used at the time of material creation/extension

For Trading plants (8570 – US, 8572 – MX, 8575 – CA, 8580 – NL, 8574 - CN) leave the field blank

Once Finance creates Accounting and Costing Views and performs material costing run, the status will be removed by Finance to allow use of material in operations.


Material freight groupCheck the request form
Automatic Purchase Order indicatorAlways checked
Batch Management

Always checked 

Batch management field available in Sales: general/plant, Purchasing and Plant data / storage 1 views

Purchasing value key

0001

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MRP 1




Main activitiesKey points

MRP Type

Default value – ND


MRP Controller

Default value – S10

For plant 8806 - F10

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MRP 2




Main activities

Key points

Procurement type

Default value – F

Backflush

Default value – 2

SchedMargin keyDefault value – 000
Prod. stor. location

For plant 8373 Default - R&I

For plant 8356 Default - SAMP

Storage loc. for EP

For plant 8373 Default - R&I

For plant 8356 Default - SAMP

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MRP 3




Main activitiesKey points
Availability check

KP

Availability check field available in Sales: general/plant and MRP 3 views

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MRP 4




Main activitiesKey points

Selection method

Default value – 3

Individual/coll.Default value – 2
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Plant data / storage 1




Main activitiesKey points
Batch Management

Always checked

Batch management field available in Sales: general/plant, Purchasing and Plant data / storage 1 views

Minimum Remaining Shelf LifeDefault value – 1
Total shelf lifeCheck the request form

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Plant data / storage 2




Main activitiesKey points
Profit Center

Always checked

Profit center field available in Sales: general/plant and Plant data / storage 2 views

Go to Label data view








Label Data




Main activitiesKey points
Check if all labels have been copied from Model code

See Attachment 1 – Label requirements for label requirements by material packaging type

Transport Label Z_TRANS to be added only for material with Dangerous Goods Profile GPP

Check if all labels have Validity Areas definedAll label types – DELIVERY and GENERIC
Transport Label – DELIVERY, GENERIC and MTS







Label Data




Main activitiesKey points

Primary Packaging Unit (PPU)

KG

Labeling Specification

Select the primary packaging unit of measurement

Press Import

Choose the reference material# based on the Packaging type

For Plant shipped sample material use: 149059 - LABEL MODEL SAMPLE MATERIALS

Double click on the first line

Only select the label correspondent to the Primary Pack. Unit

Press 

Follow up by steps indicated in Additional Instructions of corresponding label type of linked file

Enter Label Category, Label Size and number of Copies for each required label type

See Attachment 1 – Label requirements for label requirements by material packaging type

Transport Label Z_TRANS to be added only for material with Dangerous Goods Profile GPP


Check if all labels have Validity Areas defined

All label types – DELIVERY and GENERIC
Transport Label – DELIVERY, GENERIC and MTS







Completing the material




Main activitiesKey points

When all data has been entered, save the material by pressing  button and exit material creation

Copy number of the created material into communication to Requestor, system confirmation message on the bottom of the screen can be used:

Perform material extension to other Plants / Sales Organizations if requested in the form.

Check the form

As soon as extension of a material to a plant in another (second) Company Code is requested, material is also to be extended to 9O Distribution Channel of the Sales Organization of the receiving Plant for Intercompany movements

Information on all new ZMAT creations and plant/sales organization extensions has to be sent to:

product-regulatory@solvay.com

terry.mccoll@solvay.com

jekaterina.juskiene@solvay.com

danyse.ryan@solvay.com

gmupricing@support.solvay.com











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