If you have the Warehouse Management System (LE-WM) in use, you can first determine the batches in the transfer order, and confirm the determined batches in the delivery or production order/process order. However, before you use the WM/PP interface, you must be using direct picking to ensure a unique link exists between the transfer order and production/process order. Batch determination is used in the Warehouse Management System in the following cases:

• If optimum stock removal strategy takes precedence over other factors such as customer specifications

• If the criteria for determining batches are relatively general (a certain shelf life expiration date or status ‘restricted’, for example)

If batch determination has already been carried out in Sales & Distribution or in Production, you cannot run batch determination again in the Warehouse Management System. The system only searches for stock for batches determined in the sales order or delivery, and removes them from storage using WM stock removal strategies such as FIFO or LIFO.