Data on a material defined for a specific customer is stored in the customer material information records. This data includes the customer-specific material number, the customer-specific material description, and customer-specific data on deliveries and delivery tolerances. For example, if one of your customers uses a material number that differs from the number your company uses to identify it, you can store the material number used by the customer in the customer material information record.
During order entry, items can be entered by specifying the material number used by the customer. You also enter a customer material number in the order view of the sales order. You can use both material numbers during order entry: the material number your company uses or the one defined by the customer, as the system can carry out allocation automatically.
Data on the delivery and the individual delivery tolerances agreed upon with the customer for the material in question can also be checked and transferred to the sales order item. Additionally, you can store text in the customer material information record, which is copied to the relevant SD document items (delivery order and billing) during text determination. In Customizing, the text type “Customer Material Text” is provided for this purpose.
Transaction code: VD51 / VD52 / VD53
