In SAP Quality Management (QM), master data objects are linked to specific document types to streamline processes. A Quality Assurance Agreement (QAA) is an agreement between a company and a specific vendor regarding the quality standards for a material. Therefore, it is logically assigned to the Quality Info Record, which holds QM data for a unique material-vendor combination.

Conversely, Technical Delivery Terms (TDT) define the intrinsic technical specifications of a material, irrespective of the supplier. As these specifications are inherent to the material itself, they are assigned directly to the material master record, often managed through the Document Management System (DMS).

B. Quality assurance agreements to materials: A QAA is vendor-specific. Assigning it only to the material master would be incorrect as it would apply to all vendors, which is not the purpose of a QAA.

D. Technical delivery terms to quality info records: Procurement: TDTs are material-specific, not vendor-specific. The Quality Info Record is for managing the quality relationship with a particular vendor for a material.

1. SAP S/4HANA Help Portal

"Management of Quality Assurance Agreements": This document states

"You can reference a quality assurance agreement in the respective quality information record (quality info record). The system uses the quality info record to determine whether a quality assurance agreement exists for a material and a vendor." This confirms the link between QAA and the Quality Info Record.

2. SAP S/4HANA Help Portal

"Document Assignment to Material": This documentation details the process of linking Document Info Records (DIRs) to material master records. It explains

"You can assign documents to a material to provide additional information

for example

an engineering/construction drawing

a technical description

or a picture." Technical Delivery Terms are a prime example of such documents.

3. SAP S/4HANA Help Portal

"Quality Info Record in Procurement": This source clarifies the function of the Quality Info Record

stating it contains "procurement-specific data for a combination of a material and a vendor." It details the assignment of QAAs within this master data object to control procurement transactions.