Top-Down Analysis (SAP Library - Batch Management (LO-BM))

Top-Down Analysis

Use

This function determines all batches that were used in one or more stages of production for the specified batch.

Activities

After you have started the top-down analysis, the system determines:

All orders and subcontract orders used in the manufacture of the specified batch

Subcontract orders are regarded as being produced externally using a company’s own batches.

For each order, the quantity with which the batch was posted as an outward movement to the warehouse.
The batches that were posted as components for each order

Orders that do not have a component batch are not displayed.

For each of these batches, the cumulative quantity posted from the warehouse for the order

In the top-down analysis, the check whether inspection lots exist cannot be carried out with reference to production orders. When the batch is being processed, the orders that are used to manufacture the batch are not yet known.