Batch Management

Batch management is used to identify one lot of production from another. This helps in
tracking the lots during their life-cycle, as well as recording the unique characteristics of
each lot. For instance, the expiry date or date of production of 2 lots can be different.

Batch Management can be applied to both process and discrete manufacturing industry. It
is tightly integrated with all business processes viz., procurement, manufacturing, sales
and inventory management. Some of the prominent functionalities supported as part of
standard SAP batch management process are as under:
Batch Specification / Classification - Classes can be defined for a batch and
characteristic values can be entered accordingly.
Auto Batch Creation Batches can be configured to be automatically created as part of
certain standard SAP processes.
Batch Determination - This provides an automatic batch search technique based on predefined criteria. It is useful during Goods Issue and SAP condition technique is used to
configure this. It also helps in searching for batches using specifications.
Batch Status - it specifies whether the batch is active, can be used further etc.