Transportation Management with SAP LES

Batches 6.6
Figure 6.32 Export Control Data in the Sales Order
You have been to given only a brief overview of processing customs and foreign
trade data here. For more information on the content of individual fields, please
consult the Web site of the German Federal Statistics Office.
6.6 Batches
Various requirements in your company can force you to use batch management for
the materials that you sell. The reasons can include a desire to trace their defects
and, if needed, initiate a recall, to perform a value-based trace of individual production
orders, or simply to follow legal requirements (for example, pharmacological
and food products) for batch management.
6.6.1 Material and Batch Master Data
If you activate batch management for a material (Batch management in the material
master on the Sales: general/plant tab), you can manage the material with
all its batches across all processes within the SAP system. You define your own
numbering system for your batches and assign it characteristics that override the
global settings in the material master in many areas. You also have your own batch
management status management that you can use to block or release batches. You
define information on a batch that indicates its production date, minimum shelf
life, its origin in terms of foreign trade and customs, and so on.
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