What are batch management in the SAP system?

By: Suntiha

A batch in the materials management system is defined as a subset or partial quantity of a material that is managed separately from other subsets of the same material. Each batch is identified not only by its material identification but also by a separate batch number. Typical examples of batches include different production lots (such as paints, dyes, wallpapers, and pharmaceutical products), delivery lots, or quality grades of material.

Follow below as it is for beginner's to easily understand.

Prerequisite for batch management:

Step 1 - create material - MM01 there select batch management indicator in purchasing tab. enter all required fields. and save now your material has been created for batch management.

Step 2. Now create charateristics - T.code - CT04. 

This characteristics to identify the material based on eaither color or size etc.

Create characteristics for your material color - CT04 
Characteristics - colour
Number of character - 4 (any length of character you can mention)
Values - read, yellow, pink 

Again create characteristics for your material size - CT04
Characteristics - size
Number of character - 4 
Values - rectangle, Triangle, square.

Now club all above two characteristics in one class.

Step 3  create class - T.code - CL02
Class -  cls batch (own name)
Class type - 023
<Character Tab>  enter characteristics 1. color  2. size.

<SAVE>

Step - 4 Now create Batch - T.code MSC1N

Material - enter above material created for batch management 
Batch - Batch 01 ( ur own number)
<classification Tab> 
Select class - cls batch
Value - colour - red
           size - triangle.

Now you can create same like with different combinations of  batch 

Now create PO - ME21N

In PO enter batch number "batch 01 " in item level

GR - against PO

Stock over view - MMBE (can see the batch management number)

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