SAP PP Process Batch

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Process Batch

Definition

The process batch is a batch that you create for the production order so that you can documentthe properties of a material during the production process (for example, after the individual

process steps). It also establishes a connection between theinput batchand goods receipt

batch.

UseIn production, you can use the process batch not just to document the progress made in

production on a quantity basis (confirmations) but also to record the current properties of the

material that is to be produced.In addition, the process batch ensures end-to-end batch

tracking, because with this function, the system can automatically record n:m relationships

between input and goods receipt batches.As a rule, no stock exists for a process batch.However, the process batch may have stock for a short time if you want to remove the relevant

material from stock temporarily during the production process (seePrerequisites for Process

Batch Managementin the Settings in the Material Master section).

ExampleTwo bales of green fabric are to be produced with production order 1000185. Production

consists of three operations: weaving, dyeing, and cutting. After each operation, the current

properties of the fabric are documented in process batches:

1. In operation 10, one bale of undyed fabric is produced. Its properties (length, width, andcolor) are recorded in process batch (PB) 185_01.

2. In operation 20, this bale of fabric is dyed green. The new properties of the bale are

documented in process batch 185_02. (You can also record the new properties in process batch

185_01.)

3. In operation 30, the bale of fabric is split into two bales of 100 m. The process batch 185_02

is therefore split into two process batches: 185_03_1 and 185_03_2. The properties of the final

product are recorded in these two process batches.

The following graphic illustrates the production order with its operations and the process

batches that were generated for the individual operations:

Example: Operations in a production order with the related process batches
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Creating Process BatchesUSEThere are a number of ways of creating process batches:

With reference to an input batch

With reference to an order item

Without reference

Depending on which method you choose, you can copy characteristic values from the input

batch or the order item to the process batch.

CREATE WITH REFERENCE TO AN INPUT BATCHYou create a process batch with reference to an input batch when you want to copy the

classification of the input batch (component batch) to the process batch. You may want to dothis, for example, if you want to map the components of the production order as process

batches.

The system uses the batch class of the header material of the production order or the original

batch reference material as the class for the process batch. In addition, the system copies the

values of the characteristics that have the same name in the class of the input batch and the

class of the process batch.


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Before you can create a process batch with reference to an input batch, you must assign the

relevant input batch to the component in question.

Proceed as follows to create a process batch with reference to an input batch:

1. In the Goods Issue area, select the component of the input batch for which you want to

create a process batch.

2. Choose the pushbutton PB.

The system takes you to the characteristic valuation screen. The system has copied the

characteristics of the same name from the input batch to the process batch.

Configuration Required:

Activate the flag for 'Original Batch Reference Material'

Logistics - General -> Material Master -> Basic Settings -> Make Global Settings


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Define confi rmation profi leIn Customizing forShop Floor Control, choose Operations Confirmation Single Screen Entry Define

Single Screen Entry to define a confirmation profile that includes at least the following detail areas:

Mill: PB Mask

SAP recommends that you select Process Batches as the pushbutton text.

Note that theProcess batch area must be the highest-level detail area. Mill: GI Mask

SAP recommends that you select Goods Issues as the pushbutton text.

Mill: GR Mask

SAP recommends that you select Goods Receipts as the pushbutton text.


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If you include the Goods Issue and/orGoods Receiptdetail areas in your confirmation profile, the system hides

the Goods movements pushbutton in the confirmation transaction, ass you post the goods movements for the

production order in the selected detail areas.

If you work with process batches, and still want to enter quantities or activities for the operation, you must includethe relevant additional detail areas in your confirmation profile, for example,:

Quantities: Yield/Scrap/Rework/Cause (0200)

SAP recommends that you select Operation Quantity as the pushbutton text.

Activities: Activity 1 Activity 6 (0300)

SAP recommends that you select Act./ Oper. as the pushbutton text.

If you work with process batches in the confirmation transaction, you should not allow automatic proposals for

quantities and confirmations. You make this setting in your confirmation profile. If you do allow this in your

confirmation profile, the system automatically suppresses these proposals if, in the confirmation transaction, you call

an order that has a header material that allows process batch management.

So that the system can use this confirmation profile in the time ticket/confirmation transaction, you must either

define this confirmation profile as the standard profile or assign it to the users with the help of user

parameterCORUPROF.

Permi t goods receipt for order i temIf you want to post goods receipts via the time ticket transaction, you must permit goods receipts for the order item

in Customizing forProduction by choosing Shop Floor ControlMaster DataOrderDefine Additional

Settings for Production Orders. To do so, set the GR allowed for order item indicator.

Define copying rul esIn Customizing forBatch Management, chooseBatch ValuationValuation for Goods Movements in Inventory

ManagementActivate Batch Classification for Goods Movements in IMto define copying rules for characteristic

values. Using these copying rules, you define how characteristic values are copied to a goods receipt batch.

For further information, seeCopying Rules for Characteristic Values.

1.1.1 MATERIAL MASTERSETTINGSYou must make the following settings in the material master of a particular material so that you can create process

batches for that material:

The Batch requirement indicator must be selected.

Process batch management must be permitted via the field OB management.

If you need to be able to temporarily place the material in storage in the production process, you must enter a

material, which is not MRP-relevant and which is managed in stock, as the original batch reference

materialin the field OB ref.material.
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You can make the settings for batch management and OB management on the General Plant Data/Storage andWork

Scheduling views of the material master.

These settings can be relevant for the following materials:

Header material of the production order

Materials of the co-product item

Original batch reference material of the header item

Original batch reference material of the materials in the co-product items

You can only create process batches for a production order if the settings described have been made for the header

material of the production order or its original batch reference material.

Execution:


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