Batch Management

1. Batch Management SAP Best Practices

2. Purpose, Benefits, and Key Process Steps • Purpose • To explain the business process in detail; target groups are all logistics people • Benefits • To change batch master data • To find out where a batch was used, e.g. to perform a batch recall or government report • 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 • Maintain batch master record • Batch information cockpit

3. Required SAP Applications and Company Roles • Required SAP Applications • Enhancement package 5 for SAP ERP 6.0 • Company Roles • Warehouse Manager

4. Detailed Process Description • Batch Management • Maintain Batch Master Record • Change batch master data, e.g. batch status, production date, shelf live expiration date or batch characteristics • 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

5. Process Flow Diagram Batch Management Event Need to Know where a Batch was Used Batch Master Data Needs to Be Changed Warehouse Manager Change Batch Status, Production Date, Shelf Live Expiration Date, etc. Batch Information Cockpit Information Needed where Batch was Sold and Bought Information Shown: Batch Master Data, Where-Used-Lists, Material Documents, Inspec-tion Lots Overview of Batch Master Changes Display Changes in Bottom View

6. Diagram Connection Legend <Function> Hardcopy / Document External to SAP Financial Actuals Business Activity / Event Budget Planning Unit Process Manual Process Process Reference Existing Version / Data Sub-Process Reference Process Decision System Pass/Fail Decision