SAP Transactions with Syncade in Life Sciences – Material Master Downloads and Updates

In previous post entitled SAP Transactions with Syncade in Life Sciences – Overview the basics behind the SAP to Syncade interface and transaction was provided. This post provides more detail on the general requirements associated with the Material Master download transaction.

The material master for each of the raw materials, all work-in-process materials and all finished goods that are managed by SAP are created and maintained in SAP.  However in order to utilize these materials at the plant level the materials are needed as materials in Syncade.  The materials could be manually entered into Syncade however there’s risk that the two systems could be out of synch with materials and transaction failures could occur.  In addition, the sheer volume of materials needed in both systems makes sense to be maintained through a synchronized interface.

In order to create and maintain the synchronization of materials the interface transmits from SAP to Syncade new material masters and applicable changes to existing material masters that have occurred in SAP during the intervening period.   This functionality requires that each material master in SAP that is a manufacturing material to be used in Syncade be identified with a flag to prevent all materials from being transmitted to Syncade. 

The following two cases provide additional considerations when synching between systems:

  • For new material master downloads, personnel will be required to add Syncade specific information to the Syncade material master prior to use.  New material masters have the status of “Pending” in Syncade until such time as a user changes the status to “Effective”.
  • Existing material masters will be updated with the pertinent information in Syncade that has changed in SAP.  An update of a material master in SAP will not change the status of the material master in Syncade unless the material status in SAP has been changed to Deactivated (G).

The following links provide further information on Syncade to SAP transactions.

SAP Transactions with Syncade in Life Sciences – Overview

SAP Transactions with Syncade in Life Sciences – Production Order Download

SAP Transactions with Syncade in Life Sciences – Transfer Order Download

SAP Transactions with Syncade in Life Sciences – Quality Status Verification

SAP Transactions with Syncade in Life Sciences – Goods Issue

SAP Transactions with Syncade in Life Sciences – Miscellaneous Goods Issue

SAP Transactions with Syncade in Life Sciences – Goods Receipt