What is master data within SAP?
Key Takeaways
⇨ SAP master data includes crucial long-term information about materials, suppliers, and customers that remain relatively unchanged and is essential for business processes.
⇨ Different types of SAP master data, such as material master, supplier master, and customer master, serve specific organizational needs and ensure data consistency.
⇨ Master data is interdependent with organizational and transaction data, highlighting the importance of accurate management to support business operations and compliance.
Through the purchase requisition (BANF for short), a department reports its need for material or services. This triggers a purchase order for the purchasing department. For a better understanding we will work out the master data from this example in the end.