Batch Management

In SAP S/4HANA, batch management is a process that allows you to track and manage detailed information about groups of similar products, known as batches, as they move through the manufacturing and sales processes. It’s particularly useful for industries where products need to be traced for quality control, expiration management, or other regulatory requirements.

Here are some of the primary transaction codes (t-codes) related to batch management in SAP S/4HANA:

1. MSC1N?- Create Batch
2. MSC2N?- Change Batch
3. MSC3N?- Display Batch
4. MSC4N?- Batch Changes
5. MSC5N?- Batch Status Management
6. MSC6N?- Display Changes for Batch
7. MB56?- Batch Where-Used List
8. MCH1?- Create Batch at Plant Level
9. MCHA?- Create Batch in Batch Master
10. MCHB?- Batch Stock
11. BMBC?- Batch Information Cockpit
12. VCH1 - Create Search Strategies for SD
13. VCH2 - Manage Search Strategies for SD
14. VCH3 - Display Search Strategies for SD

Primary tables related to batch management.

1. MCH1 - Batches (if batch management at plant level is active)
2. MCHA - Batches (if batch management at material level is active)
3. MCHB - Batch Stocks
4. AUSP - Characteristic Values (for batch classification)
5. CABN - Characteristics (Table for characteristics in batch classification)
6. CAWN - Characteristic Values (for classification)
7. INOB - Object to Material Assignment (for object linking in classification)

Various types of information are stored in the batch master record. Some can be updated manually, some automatically. Here you can see some of the relevant information on the tab pages:

-Basic data 1

Various data (production date, shelf life expiration date, goods receipt date, and so on)-

Batch status

-Basic data 2

Texts-

Freely-definable date fields

-Classification

Characteristics and their value assignments-

Change documents from batch classification

-Material data

Information from the material master record

-Changes

Change history

Change documents