SAP® Material Master Add-on
Material numbers change throughout a product's life. Our SAP add-on rewrites them consistently and automatically — across every dependent object — and logs every step for audit. No manual reposting, no broken references.
Every dependent object is recognized and updated — not just the material record.
The add-on runs in the background. No manual input, no spreadsheet reconciliation.
Built and supported by CaRD — an SAP partner with deep master-data experience.
The problem
Phase-in/phase-out works until it doesn't. After migrations, mergers or years of organic growth, material numbers no longer follow one logic — and SAP's change-number mechanism cannot touch every object that references them. Cleaning that up by hand is slow, risky and rarely complete.
Procurement, controlling and reporting talk about the same product under different numbers. Duplicates hide, KPIs blur, and master-data maintenance costs keep rising.
Records carried over from legacy or merged systems break your numbering scheme. Manual alignment is too expensive to attempt — so it never happens.
A material number lives in transactional data, long texts, classification, documents and interfaces. Miss one reference and you create an inconsistency that surfaces months later.
How it works
From scope to sign-off, the add-on manages the whole renaming and replacement run — and we support you at every stage if you want us to.
We map the objects, modules and interfaces in scope — FI, CO, MM, SD, PM, PLM, LO-VC and connected third-party systems.
You define the target naming logic — prefix, suffix, variant-based rules. We translate it into a repeatable ruleset.
The add-on rewrites material numbers across all dependent objects in the background and validates against your defined use cases.
Every change is logged. You receive full documentation and can opt for ongoing support up to 24/7.
Capabilities
The add-on handles the cross-application reality of a material number — and the cases where the classic change number simply doesn't apply.
Recognizes every dependent object and cross-module reference before a single change is written.
Carries long texts, classifications and characteristics along with the renamed material.
Keeps attached business documents and DMS links aligned with the new number.
Manages the objects that SAP's change-number mechanism cannot — including request, approval and execution flows.
Automated, repeatable runs — for one-time projects or ongoing master-data governance.
Complete before/after documentation of every change for audit and compliance.
Where it pays off
Numbers carried over from S/4 migrations, splits, merges or buy-outs rarely match your scheme. Rename them in bulk so the entire landscape follows one consistent logic.
Give related materials a shared prefix or suffix so controlling and every department speak one language — and duplicates become visible.
Old and new numbering schemes coexist after years of growth. Align historical and current records to a single pattern — no matter when they were created.
Support phase-in/phase-out and form-fit-function changes with consistent renaming where the SAP standard reaches its limits.
Plans & licensing
Licensing and support models scale with your use case. Request a quote and we'll tailor it to your landscape.
The company behind it
CaRD Gesellschaft für EDV Beratung mbH develops SAP® solutions and integrates processes around SAP. Our team builds products, delivers customer projects and provides support worldwide — in classic consulting as well as ABAP and Fiori development.
We support customers across every SAP module and bring deep experience to data-migration work: system introductions, splits, harmonizations, merges and buy-outs. That cross-process knowledge is exactly what makes consistent material-master renaming possible.
CaRD is an SAP partner. SAP® is a trademark of SAP SE. The add-on runs inside your SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA system.
Get in touch
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Existing customers: please use the phone number or support address of your contact person.
