To Configure the material master material type, use the Transaction OMS2 which will

allow you to Create, change or display.

Here are some of the material types used in SAP:

• DIEN (services) services are procured from external sources and cannot be stored.
• FERT (finished products) Finished products are manufactured by the company
itself. Since they can not be ordered by purchasing.
• FHMI (production resources and tools) the production of resources and tools for
external supplies and used in the manufacture of products. This may contain
purchasing data but no sales data. It is managed on a quantity basis.
• HALB (semi-finished products) semi-finished products can be obtained from
outside (outsourcing), and manufactured in the company too. They are then
processed by the company.
• HAWA (trading goods) Trading goods are always procured externally and then
sold.
• HIBE (operating supplies) Operating supplies are procured externally and
required for the manufacture of other products.
• NLAG (non-stock) non-stock material is material that is not in stock because it is
consumed immediately. (Office supplies such as stationary. You need to create
purchase orders and accounting for payment, but the stock still remains at zero as
it is issued immediately to the various department.)
• ROH (raw materials) Raw materials are always procured externally and then
processed.
• UNBW (non-valued materials) non valued materials are managed on a quantity
basis.
• VERP (packaging materials) Packaging materials used to transport goods and
come free of charge.
• WETT (competitive products) of the products have their own material master
records created from the database point of view. The competitor’s number, which
is stored in the main document, assigns the material to a particular competitor.