Advanced Batch Management (229)

SAP Best Practices

Purpose, Benefits, and Key Process Steps

Purpose
• You get the complete batch history data including the evolution of a batch, by considering
all relevant batch-related object types (BRO types) maintained in different SAP and
external systems.

Benefits
• To track the transactional data related to batches
• To find out where a batch was used, e.g. to perform a batch recall or for evaluation
purposes
• To find out where a batch is used, e.g. in which stocks or inspection lots or material
documents
• To have a single point of batch maintenance

Key Process Steps

• Batch information cockpit with Batch History

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Required SAP Applications and Company Roles

Required
• SAP enhancement package 6 for SAP ERP 6.0

Company Roles
• Warehouse Manager

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Detailed Process Description

Batch Information Cockpit

• Top-down batch where-used list from selected batch, i.e. where did the batch come from
• Bottom-up batch where-used list from selected batch, i.e. where did the batch go
• Material documents linked to selected batch
• Inspection lots linked to selected batch
• Batch History

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Process Flow Diagram
Advanced Batch Management (229)

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