What is Batch Management ? Why we have to maintain Batch Management in SAP?

What is Batch Management in SAP?

 BATCH : A batch is a quantity of material that is grouped together for various reasons. It is often determined that the materials have the same characteristics and values.  All the materials (in house or external) are identifies through batch during goods receipt and goods issue. 

For instance, in the chemical industry, a certain number of containers of a certain product may be considered a batch because they were produced at the same time and have the same physical and chemical characteristics. These characteristics may differ from those of another batch of material produced on the same day.

The pharmaceutical industry is one sector where material batches are extremely important. Each batch of material is recorded throughout the product and distribution process. In the case of product recall, the batch number stamped on the pack or bottle of material is the identification that is needed.

Batch management is applicable for FMCG (Fast moving consumer goods) materials. Here we can split the production or procurement quantities in to number of batches based on the date and time of production. 

Batch will be useful to identify the correct materials and if there is any failure of materials we can able to identify the root cause by drill down batches

Batch Management can be used in all industries. It is mainly used in the following -

• Chemicals
• Pharmaceuticals
• Cosmetics
• Health Care
• Foodstuffs
• Retail
• Aerospace
• Mill Products
• Mining

Why we have to maintain Batch Management?

There are various reasons for this:

• Legal requirements (for example, the guidelines set out by GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) or regulations on hazardous material
• Defect tracing, callback activities, and regression requirement
• The need for differentiated quantity-and value-based Inventory Management (for example, due to heterogeneous yield/result qualities or varying constituents in Production.
• Differences in usage and the monitoring thereof in materials planning in SD and Production.
• Production or procedural requirements (for example, settlement of material quantities on the basis of different batch specifications).

Batch Management incorporates the entire logistics process, from procurement to sales. The new functionality works with all existing batch records.  It is closely linked with classification, but can also be used without classification

To understand how important batch recording has become, consider the regulations within the European Union. The EU requires that each batch of pharmaceutical material imported into the EU must be accompanied by a batch certificate. This must contain the testing specifications of the product, analytical methods and test results, statements that indicate that it conforms to current Good Manufacturing Procedures (cGMP), and sign-off by a company official.

We have to do following Configuration Setting In Batch Management

Specify Batch Level 

• IMG Path :  Enterprise Structure=> Logistics General=> Batch Management => Specify batch level and activate batch status management
• Transaction Code :  OMCT

Batch Number - Activate Internal Number Assignment 

• IMG Path : Enterprise Structure=> Logistics General=> Batch Management => Batch Number Assignment => Activate internal batch number assignment
• Transaction Code :  OMCZ

 Batch Creation - for Goods Movements  

• IMG Path : Enterprise Structure=> Logistics General=> Batch Management => Creation of new batches => Define batch creation for goods movements
• Transaction Code : SPRO

Characteristic Value Assignment -- Update Standard Characteristics  

• IMG Path : Enterprise Structure=> Logistics General=> Batch Management => Characteristic Value Assignment => Update Standard Characteristics 
• Transaction Code : SPRO

Activate Batch Classification for Goods Movements in Inventory Management  

• IMG Path : Enterprise Structure=> Logistics General=> Batch Management => Characteristic Value Assignment => Valuation for goods movements => Activate Batch Classification for goods movements in Inventory Management
• Transaction Code :  OMCV

Batch Determination – Condition Table(Cross Client) 

• IMG Path : Enterprise Structure=> Logistics General=> Batch Management => Batch Determination & Batch Check => Condition Tables => Define production order condition tables
• Transaction Code :  OPLB

Batch Determination – Condition Table(Cross Client) 

• IMG Path : Enterprise Structure=> Logistics General=> Batch Management => Batch Determination & Batch Check => Condition Tables => Define SD condition Tables
• Transaction Code :  V/C7

Batch Determination – Access Sequence(Cross Client) 

• IMG Path : Enterprise Structure=> Logistics General=> Batch Management => Batch Determination & Batch Check => Access Sequences => Define Production Order Access Sequences
• Transaction Code :  OPLF

Batch Determination – Access Sequence(Cross Client) 

• IMG Path : Enterprise Structure=> Logistics General=> Batch Management => Batch Determination & Batch Check => Access Sequences => Define SD Access Sequences
• Transaction Code :  V/C2

Batch Determination – Strategy Types 

• IMG Path : Enterprise Structure=> Logistics General=> Batch Management => Batch Determination & Batch Check => Define Production Order Strategy Types 
• Transaction Code :  OPLE

Batch Determination – Strategy Types 

• IMG Path : Enterprise Structure=> Logistics General=> Batch Management => Batch Determination & Batch Check => Define SD Strategy Types 
• Transaction Code :  V/C1

Batch Determination – Batch Search Procedure 

• IMG Path : Enterprise Structure=> Logistics General=> Batch Management => Batch Determination & Batch Check => Define IM   Search Procedure 
• Transaction Code :  OMCY

Batch Determination – Batch Search Procedure 

• IMG Path : Enterprise Structure=> Logistics General=> Batch Management => Batch Determination & Batch Check => Define Production order Search Procedure
• Transaction Code :  OPLG

Batch Determination – Batch Search Procedure 

• IMG Path : Enterprise Structure=> Logistics General=> Batch Management => Batch Determination & Batch Check => Define SD Search Procedure 
• Transaction Code :  V/C3

Batch Determination – Batch Search Procedure Allocation 

• IMG Path : Enterprise Structure=> Logistics General=> Batch Management => Batch Determination & Batch Check => Allocate IM search procedure/activate check
• Transaction Code :  OMCG

Batch Determination – Batch Search Procedure Allocation 

• IMG Path : Enterprise Structure=> Logistics General=> Batch Management => Batch Determination & Batch Check => Assign Search procedure to production order
• Transaction Code :  OPL8

Batch Determination – Batch Search Procedure Allocation(SD) 

• IMG Path : Enterprise Structure=> Logistics General=> Batch Management => Batch Determination & Batch Check => Allocate SD Search procedure
• Transaction Code :  V/C5

Batch Determination – Activate Automatic Batch Determination(SD) 

• IMG Path : Enterprise Structure=> Logistics General=> Batch Management => Batch Determination & Batch Check => Activate Automatic Batch Determination in SD =>For delivery item categories
• Transaction Code :  V/CL

Batch Determination – Batch Selection Class 

• IMG Path : Enterprise Structure=> Logistics General=> Batch Management => Batch Determination & Batch Check => Define Selection Classes 
• Transaction Code :  CL01

Batch Determination – Sort Rule 

• IMG Path : Enterprise Structure=> Logistics General=> Batch Management => Batch Determination & Batch Check => Define Sort Rules
• Transaction Code :  CU70

Batch Determination – Make Settings for Batch Where-used list 

• IMG Path : Enterprise Structure=> Logistics General=> Batch Management => Make Settings for Batch Where-used list
• Transaction Code :  OMBB     

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