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Background documentationMaster Data for WO Collaboration with Batch-Managed Products

 

If you, as a customer, want to run work order collaboration with batch-managed products (primary products, co-products, or subcontracting components) in SAP Supply Network Collaboration (SAP SNC), you need to make special settings for the master data of the batch-managed products.

Product Master

You select the Batch Mgmt Reqt (Batch Management Requirement) checkbox in the product master (Properties tab) of each batch-managed product. Only if you have selected the checkbox, are the relevant batch fields ready for input on the Web screens for work orders (supplier batch number for a batch-managed primary product or co-product, and customer batch number for a subcontracting component).

Note Note

If you are using an SAP ERP back-end system, you can transfer materials to SAP SNC using Core Interface (CIF). If you have selected the checkbox for batch management requirement in the ERP material master, the checkbox is selected automatically in the product master of SAP SNC.

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Work Order Configuration

In work order configuration, you make the following settings:

  • Mandatory batch number fields

    You determine whether the supplier must enter batches when reporting actual data on the work order Web screens, as follows:

    • If the supplier is to provide the supplier batch number for the primary product or a co-product, you must select the Supplier Batch for Primary Product checkbox or the Supplier Batch for Co-Products checkbox, respectively. You make the settings in the general settings of work order configuration.

    • If the supplier is to provide the subcontracting component batch that he or she actually used, you must select the Customer Batch for Components checkbox.

    If you do not select a checkbox, provision of the corresponding batch number is optional for the supplier.

  • Allowed component batches

    You determine which subcontracting component batches or co-product batches are allowed for use in the Customer Batch Number field in the work order. Allowed batches can include, for example, component batches that you have transmitted in the subcontract order or batches from batch inventory that you have sent to SAP SNC. If you do not make settings, no subcontracting component batches are available for the work order. For more information, see Determination of Customer Batches Available for a Work Order.

Note Note

To provide a work order confirmation or actual data, the supplier can send XML messages from his or her back-end system to SAP SNC. Using validation checks, SAP SNC checks the XML messages for missing or invalid batch data. For more information, see Check of XML Messages for Missing Batch Numbers and Check of XML Messages for Valid Component Batch Numbers.

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Classes and Characteristics

  • If you are using batch classification for a finished product or for a subcontracting component, you need to do the following in SAP SNC:

    • You create the batch class and the assigned characteristics in SAP SNC. (In SAP SNC, batch classes are classes of class type 232.) To create classes and characteristics, on the SAP Easy Access screen, choose Start of the navigation path Cross-Application Components Next navigation step Classification System Next navigation step Master Data End of the navigation path.

    • You assign the batch class to the finished product or subcontracting component. To make the assignment, on the SAP Easy Access screen, choose Start of the navigation path Cross-Application Components Next navigation step Classification System Next navigation step Assignment Next navigation step Assign Object to Class End of the navigation path.

    Note Note

    If you are using an SAP ERP back-end system, you can transfer the classes and classified materials using CIF. For more information, see Transfer of Configurable Materials or Batch-Managed Materials via CIF.

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