Create Material
Application component: Material Master
App type: SAP GUI
Scope items: Product Structure Management|Engineering Bill of Material - Versions Management|Embedded Software Management|Engineering Bill of Material - Change Master Management
Description:   You create a material master record in the following cases:  If no material master record exists for a particular material.  In this case, you create the material master record.  If a material master record exists for a particular material, but the master data for your user department is missing.  In this case, you extend the material master record.  If a material master record exists for a particular material and the master data for your user department has been entered, but not at the appropriate organizational level (for example, if it has been entered for a different plant).  In this case, you extend the material master record.  
Key features:   You can create or extend a material master record in one of the following ways:  Immediately  By scheduling it  This makes it possible, for example, to create a skeleton material master record in advance which you can supplement with relevant data once the material is actually used. You can also create scheduled material master records with reference to a change number. For more information, see Special Features for Materials in the SAP library documentation Engineering Change Management (LO-ECH) .  Scheduled material master records must always be activated. You do this using the same function as to activate scheduled changes. For more information, see Activating Scheduled Changes to Material Master Records .  
Business roles: Administrator - Recipe Development| BOM Engineer - Customer Order| Master Data Specialist (ACM)| Master Data Specialist - Raw Substance Data| Operations Clerk (ACM)| Master Data Specialist - Product Data| Settlement Clerk (ACM)| Systems Engineer| Trader (ACM)
Administrator - Recipe Development : 
Performs special, rarely occuring maintenance tasks related to Recipe Development, like Pure Substances, Allergens etc. and ensures consistency of the database.

Master Data Specialist (Agricultural Contract Management) : 
Maintains the master data such as material master, business partner and business location as well as tolerance schedules, valuation points and condition types for DPQS and Optionality for ACM application. 

Operations Clerk (Agricultural Contract Management) : 
Perform clerical or administrative duties in a variety of business for ACM. 

BOM Engineer : 
Creates bills of material and consistent overall product model, drives changes across organizations, and is responsible for the change process until handover to manufacturing. Is typically a member of the R&D group of the company.

Settlement Clerk (Agricultural Contract Management) : 
Compiles and computes payment due and recoveries to be made for ACM.

Master Data Steward - Product Data : 
Performs special maintenance tasks and takes care of the administration of Product master data. Is also responsible for the quality of the Product master data.

Trader (Agricultural Contract Management) : 
Maintains schedule, prices and executes spot contracts, trading contracts etc. for ACM.

Development Manager - Discrete Industries: (is an add-on role to the Development Manager)
Manages a team of design enegineers and analyzes changes and their impact in line with given targets.

Development Manager - Process Industry : 
Manages a team of formula developers and analyzes changes and their impact in line with given targets.

Master Data Specialist - Raw Substance Data : 
Maintains Raw Substances for Recipe Development and ensures consistency of the Raw Substance database.

Master Data Specialist - Product Data : 
Maintains Product master data.

BOM Engineer - Customer Order : 
Maintains bills of material and component configurations for customer orders.  Aligns with the sales and product engineering teams until the handover to manufacturing.

Systems Engineer : 
Is responsible for the development of mechatronic products. Translates the customer’s needs into measurable requirements and ensures the delivery against them. Defines structural, functional, and logical models of the product.