Batch Management
Batch Management incorporates the entire logistics process, from procurement to sales. It is closely linked with classification, but can also be used without classification.
Batch Management is defined as tagging a produced or procured material with a unique 10-digit alphanumeric code. Every batch number can have an inventory quantity associated with it.
The batch number generated for the material quantity helps with uniquely sorting the material inventory and stores the characteristics values or the chemical composition or the product specifications at the time of its production or procurement.
Key Process Steps Covered
- Create and change batch master data
- View batch history: Top-down and Bottom-up Analysis
- Fast search and display of batches with Enterprise Search
- Assign batch number
- Specify batch
- Manage batch status
- View batch where-used list
Benefits
- Manage batches from supplier receipt through distribution with full traceability
- Identify differences in usage and monitoring of materials planning in SD and Production
- Trace defects and initiate follow up actions
- Comply to legal requirements, such as Good Manufacturing Practice or hazardous material regulations
- Differentiate quantity- and value-based inventory, for example, due to heterogeneous yield or result qualities or varying constituents in Production
- Improve settlement of material quantities based on batch specifications