Customer Material Info Record(VD51):

Concept
Sometimes, Customers refer to a material using their own material number. For example, a material M-01 that we call with a description as Bio Reagent 101 could be referred to as REAGENT-1201 or some other name. When the Purchase Order comes in from the customer, it comes in with the name REAGENT-1201. If this is bound to happen all the time, it makes sense to map this name to our material in SAP to ensure that all further orders coming in from that particular customer for REAGENT-1201 are mapped to material M-01. This mapping is done in Customer Material Info Record (CMIR)

Configuration The transaction code for CMIR is [VD51] ( To create a CMIR ). The menu path for the same is [ Logistics ->Sales and Distribution -> Master Data -> Agreements -> Customer Material Information ].

Enter the Customer Number, Sales Organization and distribution channel ( As you can realize, CMIRs can be maintained for each customer per Sales org/distribution channel combination )

Enter the material M-01 and the name of the material that the customer is referring to ( The customer is referring to the material M-01 as REAGENT-1201 ) in this case.

There is further data that can be entered specifically for this customer. In the shipping section, you can select a plant and this will take priority over the delivering plant in the Material Masters Sales/Plant view. Another field is the Usage Field. You can specify a usage here and change the Item category determination.

Customer Material Info Record Demo Lets create a sales order for this customer/ material combination and see the effect of the customer material info record. If you enter REAGENT-1201 in the Customer Material Number column, the material M-01 ( internal reference material ) is pulled up automatically. Similarly, if M-01 is entered, the customer material number is pulled up automatically.

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Customer Material Info records ( CMIR )have been discussed in the SAP Training class today and here is the slideshow used for the same. Please answer the following

Question 1 : Describe in your own words the uses of Customer Material Info Record ( CMIR ) ? Answer: Customer some times uses their own description for the product(material ) you sell. when they raise a PO for specific material then you can refer customers material number to your material number as well as Customer description to your description. It is called CMIR. Question 2 : What is the Transaction code to create CMIR ? Tcode Is VD51 Question 3 : Can you create CMIRs without being Sales Org and Dist. Chnl specific ? No . It must be Sales org and Dist channel specific always Question 4 : Create a CMIR for the following combination. Customer : 1400 Sales Org : 1000 Dist. Chnl : 10 Material : M-03 Customer Material : Sony Vaio laptop Create a sales order for customer 1400 and Which column will you use to enter the material at the line item level to make use of CMIR ? Specify the SAP Sales Order # here. Answer: 13330/OR Question 5 : Enhance the CMIR you created in Q.4 above to include a delivering plant of 1200. Now create another Sales order in SAP for the same combination and specify the following The delivering Plant at the SAP Material Master Level for m-03 The delivering Plant at the SAP Customer Master Level for 1400 The delivering Plant at the SAP CMIR level The delivering Plant at the SAP Sales Order level Question 7 : Where is the delivery tolerance (in which tab ) at the line item level in the SAP Sales Order ? Answer: It is under the Shipping Tab

Question 6 : Enhance the CMIR you created in Q.4 above to include a delivery tolerance of 10%. Also, enhance customer 1400 to include a delivery tolerance of 5%. Now create another sales order in SAP for the same combination and specify the following Find out the delivery tolerances in the Sales Order Line Item level. Where is the delivery tolerance in the Sales Order coming from ? Answer: Delivery tolerances maintained in the CMIR will flow down to order line item Question 7 : Is the Customer material Number pulled up automatically when you enter the standard material number in the sales order line item ? Answer: Yes