Batch Management (SAP Library - Materials Management)

Batch Management

Use

Since AFS materials are to be handled in batches, you work with batch numbers during each goods movement (goods receipt, goods issue, transfer posting). AFS supports batch management at plant level so that a batch number uniquely describes one homogeneous partial quantity of the AFS material within a particular plant.

Features

In the AFS System you have three possibilities for the internal batch management. You choose the batch management depending on plants and materials in the AFS MRP view of the material master. Since AFS materials are to be handled in batches, the system has already set the indicator BatchManagement. You have the following options for the internal batch management:

Standard Batch Numbering

Grid Value Batch Numbering

Discrete Batch Numbering

The system internally assigns batches when posting the goods receipt, dependent on which batch indicator is set in the material master. Furthermore, you can manually choose an already existing batch number or a new batch number for the posting.

AFS Restrictions

Batches can be unique at plant, material, or client level in the SAP system. AFS supports the batch management 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.

Thus, the same batch number can be reserved in different plants with different SKU data. 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.