🪨 Create the Raw Material — RM-IRON-01

This is the very first material you create — the iron ore you buy (type ROH). It's used across most procurement scenarios. Below is every view and field with the why; for the general "how MM01 works" see Create Any Material.

RM-IRON-01 · ROH · bought MM01
Because it's bought (not made), three settings define it: valuation class 3000 (raw materials), price control V (moving average — a bought price varies per delivery), procurement type F (external). Contrast with the billet/rebar you make (7900/7920, price control S) on Create the Production Materials.

First MM01 screen: Material RM-IRON-01 · Industry sector M (Mechanical Eng.) · Material type ROH (Raw material).

Select views: Basic Data 1 · Basic Data 2 · Purchasing · General Plant/Storage 1 · Accounting 1 (Costing 1 optional).
Org levels: Plant PK01 · Storage Location RAWM · Purchasing Org PKLO.
ViewFieldValueWhy it matters
Basic Data 1DescriptionIron Ore LumpThe name shown on POs, stock lists, reports
Base Unit of Measure *TOUnit stock & value are kept in (tons); hard to change later
Material Group *001Reporting/purchasing grouping; must exist (F4)
PurchasingPurchasing Group *RMTThe buying desk responsible for raw materials
General Plant/Storage 1Storage conditions / etc.(optional)Warehouse handling rules — skip for learning
Accounting 1Valuation Class *3000Critical — via OBYC it picks the inventory G/L (300000). Wrong class → wrong G/L
Price Control *VMoving average — a bought material's cost changes with each goods receipt
Moving Price *250000Value of 1 TO in ₨ (₨2.5 lac/ton); SAP updates it from each GR
Price Unit1Price is per 1 TO

* = mandatory to save. Save → message "Material RM-IRON-01 created".

✅ Verify

⚠️ Extending the Accounting view
If MARA exists but MBEW doesn't (you created Basic only earlier), don't use MM02's wrong path — run MM01 again with the same material and select the Accounting 1 view to extend it. Stock can't post without the valuation (MBEW) row.
▶ What's next
Create the supplier you'll buy it from: Create the vendor MUGHAL21. Then run the cycle in Scenario 1 — First Procurement.
← How & why
Create Any Material (MM01)
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Create the Vendor (Business Partner)