About Batch management

Hi gurus,
We have been using SAP from last 3 years. Till date we are not using Batch Management.
Now my questions are
1) Can we activate Batch management now? I am already having open PR ,PO and stock.
2) What are the pros and cons of using it in between?
3) If I want to deactivate it in future after implementation what I have to do?

Hi check following notes
30656
Note 533276 - Setting batch management requirement
Regards
Kailas ugale

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Thanks again.
The problem is that we can't change the field "batch management", the material no. we have DOES NOT have Batch No., NO stock, the only docments we have are one PR and one PO, and all of them has the status deleted.
And I had tried to created a new material no. in our QAS, what we did to this new material no. is:
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2. Use MM01 again to create "General Plant data/Storage 1" view, but the field "Batch Management" is checked and unchangeable, I think this is not reasonable, and I dont know is there any other way I can change "batch management".
thanks.
Last update :
The issue is resolved:
2. Use MM01 again to create "General Plant data/Storage 1" view ,( the field "Batch Management" is checked and unchangeable), save material no.
3. Use MM02 to change "Batch management", now the field "batch management" is changeable.
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Edited by: KMateo on Apr 22, 2010 9:49 AM
Edited by: KMateo on Apr 26, 2010 5:59 AM

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Prerequisite of activating batch management

Hello there,
I've seen a lot of posts saying PR, PO, Plan order Production order must be clear before activating batch management for a material. But when we test with our system, it is allowed to activate batch management for the material even there is open PO / planned orders. Only not allowed for open SO.
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Please review the following notes and KBA
30656       Change base unit of measure/batch management requirement
1521082   Error M3530: Change Material to Batch Managed OR Non Batch
                 Managed (field MARA-XCHPF)
533276     Setting batch management requirement
As advised in note 30656, changing the batch indicator can only be performed when there is no existing stock in present and previous period. The system behaves like this due to possible inconsistencies that would occur if you post goods movements for previous periods when there was no batch management.
You will need to delete any open documents and reverse any material movements on this material. If batches (even zero stock batches!) are still assigned to the material you must delete them and reorganize the tables MCH1, MCHA and MCHB.
At this point the flag could be changed.
Please also consider the following...
1) If you want to change the batch management, it is not enough to check for stock. You must also reorganize all existing batches for the material. You can do this using the TA MM73 and MM74 or SARA. After you have reorganized the batches you should be able to change the batch management. The Object to use in the txn SARA is MM_SPSTOCK.
You must first set the deletion flag for the batch using txn MCH2.
2) If you have defined the batch level in the TA OMCE to 'unique at material level' it is not possible to turn off the batch management flag in one plant. You can can only turn it off for all plants at the same time. That means if you want to turn it off, the system checks all plants for the existence of stock. In other words, the batch management flag will be the same for all plants at any time if you use the batch level 'unique at material level'.
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Cost(vprs) of free goods with batch managment

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I have a problem ahout free goods with batch management.
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PD: I forgot SAP Note Number 33968 SD/CO-PA: Characteristics from sales doc tables
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I need to combine two following requirements:
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2. project stock
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I receipt PO for material with spiit valuation on a batch level into a project stock. Posting is OK and material document (MSEG table) seems to be OK (batch number, valuation type and project stock are in this table). The problem appears when I want to display material in this valuation type (MM03) or batch (MSC3n). They don't exist!!! Short investigation showed that during goods receipt table MBEW (valuated stock) was not updated with this valuation type.
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Hi,
As you already know ,u are using project stock and doing goods receipt against project, stock table QBEW will be updated and not MBEW. MBEW only updates in case of plant stock valuation. If u receive any goods against project stock it does not contribute to plant stock. Irrespective whether your material is managed in split valuation or not, If it is received against project stock it only updates QBEW. There is no need to update MBEW, if u r using split valuation in project. QBEW also have valuation type as another level like MBEW. If u want to see material price for project stock, it can be seen in QBEW -valuation type and not in mm03.
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User1 has created a outbound delivery and assigned a batch manually.
So that particular batch has been assigned "fully".
Later after some seconds, User2 created another outbound delivery for the same material against his Sales order.
User 2 gets the same batch to assign manually for the second delivery ?
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How can we restrict this "assigning the same batch to the multiple deliveries" in non-picked status of deliveries ?
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Hi all,
Batch management drives us difficulty, all finished goods have a batch number in our system. But cause of this our system grows fastly and process management is so difficult. We think about cancelling batch management and use serial number management for product trace. But one of my friends offers me for managing batches as production order level. This means each production order (material differs) will have batch number and at trace the materials with serial number.
I want to know the effects of batch level to the system. For example it's useful to cancel batch management for system growth. Or have we use batch management at one level like production order level? For CO side, it's useful for using batches as production level or completely cancel batch management ?
Thanks,

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techmaster wrote:
> Hi all,
> Batch management drives us difficulty, all finished goods have a batch number in our system. But cause of this our system grows fastly and process management is so difficult. We think about cancelling batch management and use serial number management for product trace. But one of my friends offers me for managing batches as production order level. This means each production order (material differs) will have batch number and at trace the materials with serial number.
>
> I want to know the effects of batch level to the system. For example it's useful to cancel batch management for system growth. Or have we use batch management at one level like production order level? For CO side, it's useful for using batches as production level or completely cancel batch management ?
>
> Thanks,
It appears that you are referirng to an organization which follows discrete manufacturing techniques, where the individual finished item needs to be uniquely identifiable, which is probably satisfied by batches. Your concern of batch numbers getting exhausted is pertitent, given the limitation of 10 character for the batch number.
If I try to compare the pros and cons of serial numbers vis a vis batch numbers, here are the points
- Batch numbers have the obvious limitation of 10 characters, serial numbers allow 18
- Batches are normally used in process industry (pharma, food etc), serial numbers are linked to equipments, and have the functionality to check the status at the client level (within which plant/sloc, with customer etc)
- Tracing the history of a serial number becomes easier (particularly useful in case of customer returns / repairs)
- Serial numbers are unique, you can have multiple units of a particular batch.
About the question of getting rid of batches altogether, I feel that when serial numbers are present, batches will only lead to additional entry in all movements. Moreover, they will only be redundant, unless you plan to group a few items (serial numbers) into a single batch.
From the CO side, I feel that the production order is the CO object, and hence all costs are accumulated against the order. I do not think having a batch will help from the CO perspective.
Regards,
Aroop

Preference calculation with batch management

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I am trying to find any documentation or manuals about how to set-up and use preference calculation in SAP-SD-FT or GTS based on batch management.
Does anyone of you know how to do it and use such kind of "standard"-SAP-solution or is customer-specific programming essential.
Any reply would be much appreciated.
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Hi Corinne,
Did you get anything for your requirement specific to Preference calculation with batch management. I am also looking for the same. let me know if you found something useful or if you created an enhancement to resolve this issue.
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Batch Managment at Plant

Hi, good day
If somebody know about, how can I do to make the choice Batch management at MM01 is only at the Plant and not in general.
That is, a material is with Batch management in a Plant and another Plant the same material without Batch management.
If anyone has an idea about this, please anything would be helpful

Hi,
Yes, it is possible only for whole plant not for a particular material in a plant. if it is active at a plant level then system will ask for batch.
Batch Management can be activated in three levels. They are
1. Client Level
2. Plant Level
3. Material Level
At plant level, the batch number is unique in conjunction
with the respective material and the plant.
At Material level, the batches are unique at material level, that is, the batch is independent of any plant. The same batch
number can also be assigned to another material.
At client level, the batch number is unique in the whole client. It indicates that batches are managed uniquely for
exactly one material, that is, independently of the plant, the same batch can exist only once for all materials.
Example
a) Plant 1000 item code A Batch 1
b) Plant 2000 item code A Batch 1
IMG --> Logistics General --> Batch Management --> Specify Batch Level and Activate Status Management
Hope Help U !!!
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Batch Management with Split Valuation

Hi
We have a scenario in which we have split valuation for a material and it is also batch managed. In the business process there is regrading step where the material from one valuation type (A) needs to be transferred to a different valuation type (say B). Before regrading each of these grades have different batch nos.
I tried to do a transfer posting (mvmt type - 309) and put the material (from Val type A to B). It asks for batches for both A and B.
We can give batch of A (the from material), but we want a new batch to be created for the "to" material.
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Deepak
I think that you will find that the batch managemenmt is either internal or external at either plant or material level and so if you are changing the valuation in the same plant I do not think that the system will allocate a batch number for you and that you will have to tell the system what the batch is.
I hope that this helps

Sort sequence functionality in Batch management

Hi All,
I have a doubt in batch management. I am not sure whether it is a basic doubt. But obviously confusing me a lot and I am not able to find appropriate for that.
In our company, we have two characteristics assigned to the batch class 023. Shelf life expiration date (LOBM_VFDAT) and Manufacturing date (LOBM_HSDAT).
Our Sort sequence is FIFO.
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Material     GR date           SLED               Manufacturing date          Batch
M1              21.05.2014     21.06.2014        21.05.2014                      0001
M1              22.05.2014     22.06.2014        20.05.2014                      0002
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I assume in your system
Ascending = TO
Descending = From
But, strange to see no material in key combination.
Whereas, you said
when SLED (LOBM_VFDAT) is concerned, batch 0001 will get selected, when Manufacturing date (LOBM_HSDAT) is concerned, batch 0002 will get selected
Frankly, based on above statement I was expecting batch of the key combination. But, that would very tedious task while maintaining individual sort for each batch & material combination. And that is reason I asked you about the key combination.
Based on screenshot provided, system will consider sort in following sequence:
1. LOBM_BSDAT
2. LOBM_VFDAT
provided you have dependency maintained for SORT in CU71.
There in dependency editor may be you have logic to control this behaviour, for example
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How to Implement the Screen As of Batch Management

Hello Everyone,
I want to implement a screen having functionality similar to Batch Management, at "Add" Button another screen popups having two gridviews in First there would be Items and in Second their would be Serial Numbers as defined in Item Master Data.
The same Functionality for multiple items, like in case of two items when we select first item from GridView1 it gives area in Gridview2 to add data and when we select Item2 it refresh the gridview2 to add the data in gridview2, but again when I select first Item in GridView1 it gives the same data that I added before.
and in the end on update button all the data save in a table or two.
How can I do that??
Thanks in advance,
Idrees

Hi Idrees,
You need two grids and at least 3 datatable.
Grid 1 bound to DataTable 1 - This will list all the Items, nothing special about this one.
Grid 2 bound to DataTable 2 - This will list selected batch for current selected Item in Grid 1.
DataTable3 - This will hold all the selected batches for all the items in Grid 1.
Now you need to refresh DataTable 2 based on the Selected item in DataTable 1.
When the user click on a row in DataTable 1, you need to do 2 things :
1. Read all the records of DataTable 2 and sync it to DataTable 3.
2. Read all the records of DataTable 3 where the Item Code belongs to the Item selected in Grid 1 populate it into DataTable2.
Tedious, but will do the job.
When the user click Add/Update button, write the records of DataTable1 and DataTable3 into database.
Regards
Edy

Note 533276 - Setting the batch management requirement indicator

Hi;
we have found an oss note for setting the batch management requirement
indicator.. but the program mentioned in oss note does't exist in the
attachement part.. we urgently need your help..
how can we find program RVBCONVMAT2BM?
Note 533276 - Setting the batch management requirement indicator
Solution
Here, the standard procedure is to clear stocks of the current and the previous period as well as to complete the open documents. Note 30656 provides further information about this.
Alternatively, in the case of a large data or document volume, you can use a conversion report from the batch development that sets the batch management requirement indicator without the necessity of manual preliminary works such as the posting of the stocks or the completion of open documents.
We have developed the main features of this report, but it must be adjusted to individual business processes in a customer project that is subject to charges.
If you require further information about functions of this tool or about running such a customer project, you can send an e-mail to the consulting department ([email protected]).

Hi,
You also need to check for open sales order, open production orders, open WM transfer orders and open deliveries. These documents needs to be closed/completed.
Check OSS notes 533276 - Setting the batch management requirement indicator.
Following is the details of this notes;
Summary
Symptom
The attempt to set the batch management requirement indicator for a
material in the material master record maintenance fails because there are
stocks or documents that are not completed such as production orders, sales
orders, deliveries or WM transfer orders.
More Terms
MARA-XCHPF, MARC-XCHPF, RVBCONVMAT2BM
Cause and Prerequisites
Solution
Here, the standard procedure is to clear stocks of the current and the
previous period as well as to complete the open documents. Note 30656
provides further information about this.
Alternatively, in the case of a large data or document volume, you can use
a conversion report from the batch development that sets the batch
management requirement indicator without the necessity of manual
preliminary works such as the posting of the stocks or the completion of
open documents.
We have developed the main features of this report, but it must be adjusted
to individual business processes in a customer project that is subject to
charges.
If you require further information about functions of this tool or about
running such a customer project, you can send an e-mail to the consulting
department (BMToolsatsap.com).
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