BATCH MANAGEMENT

Batch management is the process where material have some set of characteristics like color,
weight, price or SLED, which they don’t repeat in any plant, material or at the any client. And also
depends on what level batch management activated. We have 3 levels of batches those are material,
plant & client level. And this batch management most commonly used in organizations or
industries like Parma industry, Cosmetics, Food Retail & chemical etc., Batch number are created
at the time the creation of Purchase order, Goods receipt, or manually before creating the purchase
order. Number ranges are maintained manually or automatically (internally). To maintain batches
following steps should be followed

1. Create the Characteristics CT04.

2. Create the class CL02.
3. Create material activate the Batch management indicator in purchasing view. & maintain
classification view & assign class MM01.
4. Maintain batch number with respective characteristics MSC1N.

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1. Create the Characteristics CT04.

 Define the characteristics for the Milk color as NM_COLOR_01.

 Click on yes.

 Maintain the description. Data type as characteristic format and multiple values active

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 Go to the value tab & maintain colors as Orange, Blue & Green then save.

Characteristic NM_COLOR_01 saved

 Define the characteristics for the Milk volume as NM_VOLUME_01

 Maintain the description, Data type as numeric format and multiple values active.

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 Maintain the values in value tab as 1000ml, 500ml & 250ml in and then save

 Characteristic NM_VOLUME_01 saved.

 Define the characteristics for the Milk volume as NM_PRICE_01

 Maintain the description , Data type as currency and multiple values active

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 Maintain the values in value tab as 120,100,90,60,50,30,25 & 20 INR and then
save

 Characteristic NM_PRICE_01 saved.

2. Create the class CL02.

 For batch select standard class type as 023 & maintain the description and then click on
Characteristics

 Enter characteristic which all 3 you created above NM_COLOR_01, NM_VOLUME_01 &
NM_PRICE_01 the remaining details system full automatically.

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 Class NM_CLASS_01 created

3. Create material activate the Batch management indicator in purchasing view. & maintain
classification view & assign class MM01.

 activate batch management indicator in purchase view

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 Maintain class and all characteristics colors, volume & prices in classification view
for the orange milk.

 Material NMORANGE created

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 And now we will create batches for the orange milk
5. Maintain batch number with respective characteristics MSC1N.
 System asking for the internal number so click on ok

 Here I maintain the characteristic for Orange milk first bath as 1000ml and price 120 INR

Creating batch 0000000861

 So 0000000861 batch having the Orange color, 1000ml volume & price 120 INR

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 And now I will create two more batches for 500ml & 250ml

Creating batch 0000000862

Creating batch 0000000863

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Check in stock overview MMBE
 Currently no stock available in SMBG Plant.

 Now I am going to create Purchase Order

 I will give batch number during creation PO only, as 00000000861 will see during GR how
batch reacts

 Standard PO created under the number 5900000266

 Once you selected batch number during PO means you can’t change at the time of GR

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 If you want, you can check the classification here and & confirm the batch
characteristics
 It will take you to the batch details so save now.

 And now I will create one more PO but I am not maintain any batch number in PO ,this case
I am going accept the batch at the time of the GR

Standard PO created under the number 5900000284

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 Now I will make GR against the PO
 And here I am going to give batch number 0000000862 manually

 And will check the classification then characteristics picked according to the batch number

 So these three the types, how we created the batches manually, During PO & at the time of
GR

Tables for the batch management

BMBC - Batch Information Cockpit (Report by T code)
MCHA - Batches (Report by Table SE16N)
MCH1 - Batches if Batch Management Cross-Plant (Report by Table SE16N)

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