You can define batch management depending on plants and materials in material master. Batch management is supported for the plant and the batch number is determined when you perform a goods issue, outbound delivery, and transfer order. Batch management is mandatory, if the material is relevant for segmentation and the Scope is Only Requirement Segments Maintained in segmentation strategy.
You have the following options for the internal batch management:
Standard Batch Numbering
Discrete Batch Numbering
The batch number is determined when posting the goods receipt, dependent on which batch indicator is set in material master.
For materials with segmentation, the batch management is at plant level only. Thus the batch number is
unique in connection with a plant and a material
only known in the plant in which it was created
not known in other plants in which the material also exists
During a stock transfer to another plant, the batch is not known in the receiving plant and the system does not transfer any data. The system determines the batch in the receiving plant according to the batch management selected there.