Batch Management

[mmguy]

Hi!
I have created a material with Batch. I want to remove the Batch feature. How to do it? Am new to MM.
Please help
mmguy

[MCheng]

Hi,

If you haven't make any transaction with this material, you can still untick the field "batch management" in purchasing view of material master data.

Mike

[svetja]

You strictly need to follow the error log you get when removing the flag in material master.

Since all those possible steps may create such a terrible workload that it was always much easier to create a new material master


OSS note 30656 explains following:

Quote:
When maintaining a material master record, you change the base unit of measure or the batch management requirement indicator or the valuation category. The system then tells you that this change is not possible since stocks still exist. However, no stocks are shown for the material in the stock overview.

Cause and prerequisites
The message that stocks still exist refers not only to stocks in the current period, but also to stocks in the previous period.

The reason for checking previous period stocks is that postings can also be made to the previous period when entering goods movements. This would result in inconsistencies if the base unit of measure had meanwhile been changed.


Solution
Please check whether stocks still exist for the previous period by displaying, for example, the plant stock view or storage location stock view of the material. You do this by selecting "Extras -> Previous period -> Prev. pd SLoc. stock or Prev. pd plant stock".


If previous period stocks exist, you can make a withdrawal posting as follows:

1. Post the same amount to current period stock (for example, using movement type 561) so that previous period stock and current period stock are identical.
2. Make a withdrawal posting in the previous period for the stock together with posting date (for example, using movement type 562).

You can now try again to change the base unit of measure or the batch management requirement indicator.


Now reverse the stock postings above if necessary.
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One of the next steps is certainly to archive the existing batches. Hopefully you can archive all the batches and dont get other dependencies (Production orders, purchase orders...)

[teabreak]

svetja is right. In short, you can do use the following steps:

1) wait until last day of the period
2) post GI using 201 (but I not sure why SAP says used 561)
3) period close and open new period
4) uncheck the Batch Management indicator in material
5) reverse the GI with 202
6) delete and archive

Hope this help