Transportation Management with SAP LES

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Master Data
material was produced, and when it expires and may no longer be sold (shelf life
expiration date [SLED]). Because the stocks are also managed by batch, you can
track all movements of your materials by batch.
Even though batch management does not directly intervene in shipping and transportation
processes, individual process steps may be impeded if the batch data has
not been created properly. Check in your company, where batch determination
takes place, for example. Determining the batch at the time the order is entered,
because the customer has requested delivery of a particular batch, may cause fewer
problems than when batch determination is deferred until the delivery note is
created.
The batch master is not very comprehensive. It contains only five tabs: Basic data
1, Basic data 2, Classification, Material data, and Changes (see Figure 3.14).
The minimum shelf life is based on the date of manufacture and the total shelf
life of the material. If the total shelf life is configured in the material master, the
SLED is suggested by the system. You can specify the batch status in Basic data 1:
Unrestr.-use or Batch restr. If the batch is restricted, the stock for this batch is
not available and is not considered when the delivery note is created.
Figure 3.14 Basic Data in the Batch Master
Menu Path to Batch Master Maintenance
Logistics • Materials Management • Material Master • Batch. Here, you can choose
if you want to create, change, or view the batch and if you want to display changes.
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