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4. Explain the relationship among client, company code, and plant in SAP
ERP. What are these organizational levels typically used to represent?
5. Why is material master one of the most complex types of data in an ERP
system? Provide some examples of data typically included in a material
master.

6. What are material types? Identify the four common material types in SAP
ERP, and provide an example of each.
7. What are material groups? How are they different from material types?

8. How are transaction data created in an ERP system?
9. Explain the document concept in SAP ERP. What are the functions of the
four types of documents in SAP ERP?

10. Discuss the typical structure of documents in SAP ERP.
11. What are the reporting options available in SAP ERP? How do they differ
from one another? How do they differ from the reporting options avail-
able in SAP BW?

EXERCISES
Exercises for this chapter are available on WileyPLUS.

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