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Function documentationDetermination of Customer Batches Available for a Work Order

 

In the work order configuration, the customer can determine which of the subcontracting component batches or co-product batches that he or she created in his or her ERP system are available for use in a work order in SAP Supply Network Collaboration (SAP SNC). Based on the settings in the work order configuration, SAP SNC automatically creates a list of allowed subcontracting component batches and co-product batches. Only the batches included in this list are allowed to be used for subcontracting components and co-products in the work order. This means the following:

  • On the work order Web screens, in the Customer Batch Number field for a batch-managed subcontracting component or co-product, the supplier or the customer can only enter a batch number that is included in the list. In the value help for the Customer Batch Number field, only the allowed batches are listed.

  • When the supplier sends a work order confirmation or actual data to SAP SNC using an XML message, SAP SNC checks if the XML message includes allowed customer batch numbers only.

Note Note

  • The determination of allowed batches is only relevant for subcontracting components and co-products that are batch-managed by the customer. Batches for external components (components that are batch-managed by the supplier) cannot be processed by SAP SNC work order collaboration.

  • The list of allowed batches is only relevant for the Customer Batch Number field, not for the Supplier Batch Number field. In the Supplier Batch Number field, the supplier enters the batch number that he or she uses for a particular finished-product batch.

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Prerequisites

For the batch-managed subcontracting components and co-products, the customer has selected the Batch Mgmt Reqt (Batch Management Requirement) checkbox in the product master of SAP SNC.

Features

Batch Sources and Options

In the work order configuration, the customer can determine which of the following batch sources are allowed for use in the work order:

  • Batch inventory sent to SAP SNC

    Both the customer and the supplier can transmit inventory data from their back-end systems to SAP SNC (using ProductActivityNotification XML messages). You can determine whether the batches provided by the customer or the batches provided by the supplier are to be available for the work order. For more information, see Update of Inventory Data for Work Order Collaboration.

  • Batches from open subcontract orders

    In a new or updated subcontract order sent by the customer from the ERP system to SAP SNC, the customer can transmit a batch number for each batch-managed subcontracting component and co-product. (For the work order, SAP SNC adopts the batch numbers from the subcontract order). For the determination of available batches, SAP SNC only considers subcontract orders that have the status Open or Partially Delivered. You can determine that SAP SNC considers either all open subcontract orders or only those subcontract orders that were sent or updated since the last inventory update (see Update of Inventory Data for Work Order Collaboration).

  • Batches from open work orders

    At the request data level, a work order can contain batch information for the subcontracting components and co-products. For the determination of available batches, SAP SNC only considers open work orders. An open work order is a work order that is not completed (EXCO status) or closed (CLSD status) yet. You can determine whether SAP SNC considers all open work orders, only open work orders that have been created or updated since the last inventory update (see Update of Inventory Data for Work Order Collaboration), or only the work order under consideration.

    Note Note

    The origin of the batch data in the work order is the customer system, as follows:

    When SAP SNC creates a work order for a subcontract order, it copies the batch data from the subcontract order to the work order. The customer can send batch data with a newly-created subcontract order or – at a later point in time – with an updated subcontract order to SAP SNC, which results in a new or updated work order.

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Batches with Zero Quantity

If the quantity of a particular batch is zero, the batch is not allowed for the work order.

Note Note

On the Inventory Overview screen for Supply Network Inventory (SNI), you can see inventory details, including batch quantities. For more information, see Inventory Overview.

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Levels of Detail for the Settings

You can make the settings depending on the following characteristics:

  • Customer

  • Supplier

  • Customer location

  • Ship-from location