Standard and Grid Value Batch Numbering 
Standard and Grid Value Batch Numbering
Use
In the AFS system there are two standard internal batch numbering procedures for AFS materials that are to be handled in batches. Each procedure assigns one batch number for each stockkeeping unit or for each grid value. Depending on whether you carry an AFS material with or without a coverage strategy, we recommend using the standard or grid value batch numbering.
Prerequisites
If you want to use the grid value batch numbering, you have to have set the Grdval btch.no. indicator in the AFS MRP view of the
material master.Features
Standard Batch Numbering
If you choose the standard batch numbering, the system will assign a unique batch number for each SKU of an AFS material when posting goods movements. The system will use this batch number for all goods movements of the same stockkeeping unit of a material within a plant. As long as you do not make any settings regarding batch management in the AFS MRP view of the material master, the system will work with the standard batch numbering. You can use the standard batch numbering for AFS materials both with and without coverage strategies.
You carry the material A with a two-dimensional grid (size and color) and the grid values S Blue, M Blue and L Blue. You also differentiate A quality and B quality with the categories 001A and 001B. During the goods receipt of the corresponding stockkeeping units, the system creates batches with the numeric values 001 for S Blue/001A, 002 for M Blue/001A, and 003 for L Blue/001A. If you post additional goods movements for the same SKUs, the system will post them to the batches 001, 002, and 003, which have already been created.
Batch Management when Choosing the Standard Batch Numbering
Batch Management when Using Grid Values as Batch Numbers
You can only use this batch management for materials to which you have not assigned a coverage strategy. As in the case of the standard batch numbering, the system will assign a unique batch number for each grid value of an AFS material when posting goods movements. This batch number corresponds to the grid value. The system uses it for all goods movements of the same grid value of a material within a plant. If you choose this option for batch management, set the indicator Grdval btch.no. in the AFS MRP view of the material master.
You carry the material B with a two-dimensional grid (size and color) and the grid values S Blue, M Blue and L Blue. You do not have stock and requirements categories for this material. During the goods receipt of the corresponding grid values, the system creates the batches SBlue, MBlue, and LBlue. If you post additional goods movements for the same grid values, the system will post them to the batches that have already been created.
Batch Management when Using Grid Values as Batch Numbers
For AFS restrictions regarding the internal batch management, see the documentation on
Batch Management.