Field "Batch" mandatory for components in Purchase Order

[Former Member]

Hi,

If a PO with item category 'L' subcontracting is created, the system explodes the material BOM for the material being purchasesd. In the subcreen for components in the purchase order (as determined by BOM explosion), there is an option to assign batches for each component. I want to make the batch field mandatory so that when the PO is created, the user has to input batches. How can this be accomplished? Help is appreciated, thanks.

Regards

[Former Member]

Hi,

Go feild selection of planned order make it required entry

Regards

Channa

[Former Member]

My dear friend ,

If batch management is being applied to material,then system will ask for batch whenever you do some sort of transaction with that material like when you are creating purchase order or production order or even when you are doing some sort of movement with that material like transfer posting,issuing,receiving...

Question will arise if you made the batch compulsory ,then what will happen to the material without batch?

at that time it will not allow to crete PO or do some transaction...

[Former Member]

1. All components are batch managed.

2. All materials are stored in batches.

3. The reason for this requirement is that if batch numbers for components are not specified in PO, when GR is done for finished good received from subcontractor, subcontractor stock is not consumed.

E.g. 100 KG of component is posted to subcontractor stock (mvt. 541)

PR -> PO created. No component batches entered in PO. GR posted for finished good. Stock balance updated for finished good but MMBE still shows 100 KG of component stock with subcontractor. If batch numbers are entered for components in PO, then stock at subcontractor end is consumed.

If someone can tell me how to fix this without entering batch numbers for components in PO I wil be just as happy.

Regards

[JL23]

Do you want to say that MIGO does not issue a warning message if you do the receipt and do not enter the batches for the components? I guess your users are just ignoring the message.

When you do MIGO then you can see in the item overview one item for the finished good, at the beginning of this line is a button with a plus sign. After clicking this button you get the component items and you can enter the batches here. This is certainly necessary if you have to issue from several batches for one component (because you cannot enter several batches in the PO)

[pankaj_singh9]

Hi,

Instead of trying to make Batch field mandatory in Components Overview Screen, configure Batch Determination for Movement Type "543" and you can carry out the automatic batch determination in MIGO for Batch managed materials.

Also if materials are batch managed then system will not allow to move further w/o specifying batches for those line items. Check whether you are marking "Item OK" indicator for the line items of Components.

[Former Member]

Hi,

Try with creating screen variants in tcode SHD0.

regards,

JP

[Former Member]

Tried that already. Status of field 'batch' cannot be changed.

[Former Member]

Anyone knows about this?

[JL23]

as you can have components with and without batch management, it cannot make sense to make that field mandatory, as you wouild never be able to enter a batch for a nonbatchmanaged material.

find a user exit where you at least can check if a batch number is entered or not.