Hi there,
Just to anticipate the popular reply 'Use search...' 😉, I did my research and in fact keep stumbling across this question over and over at different clients. I also posted this question in various forums, Sapfans etc. but nobody was ever able to give me a cristal clear answer. SAP help is silent about this as well.
Is there a clean-cut availability check on batch level in SD or not? Is it always on material level, hard-coded? There is a standard checking group CH for batches in material master field MARC-MTVFP but it does not seem to have any concrete function as it does not differ from 02 for instance.
I have the following scenario:
Material 100 with batch AA and 50 pieces of this batch in available stock
Material 100 with batch BB and zero stock
Several reservations of a total of 60 pieces for material 100 in the same plant (at material level).
When I try to deliver 10 pieces of batch AA of material 100, SAP refuses the item because of lacking availability.
The user will say that he DOES have in fact 50 pieces of batch AA. Why can't he deliver?
It seems like the reservations for material 100 'eats up' all availabilty, irrespective of individual batch availability. Also what is the checking group CH good for then?
Any (hopefully clear) answer how this is designed in SD standard is highly appreciated.
Thanks much