Lot control

Lot control enables you to trace the origin of incoming and outgoing lots, and to find out where these lots are used.

You can record information about each lot, such as lot number, buy-from business partner, manufacturer, and certificate number-information that you can use for quality assurance.

In the Item Defaults (tcibd0102m000) session, you can specify whether an item is lot-controlled.

Note: If an item is not lot controlled, effectivity units are not recorded in warehouse inventory.

Types of lot control

LN offers these types of lot control:

Low-volume lot control
High-volume lot control

Low-volume lot control

Low-volume lot control offers a high level of detail. LN generates separate receipt lines, inbound advice lines, outbound advice lines, and shipment lines for each lot if the Consolidate Stock Points in one Receipt Line and Consolidate Stock Points in one Shipment Line check boxes are cleared in the Inventory Handling Parameters (whinh0100m000) session.

If these check boxes are selected, multiple lot codes can be present for a receipt line, advice line, or shipment line. The related lot codes are displayed in the Receipt Line Stock Point Details (whinh3123m000), Shipment Line Stock Point Details (whinh4133m000), and Outbound Advice Lots and Serials (whinh4126m000) sessions.

The specific location of the lot in inventory is also known. This type of lot control can lead to a administrative burden if mistakes were made in the lot quantities. Therefore, this type is less suitable for high-volume, low-value items, such as, nuts and bolts.

To activate low-volume lot control, select the Lots in Inventory check box in the Item - Warehousing (whwmd4500m000) or Item - Warehousing (whwmd4600m000) session.

High-volume lot control

High-volume lot control is a type of lot control, intended for high-volume, low-value items. The functionality for lot control (not in inventory) is similar to the functionality for high-volume serialized items.

To activate high-volume lot control, clear the Lots in Inventory check box in the Item - Warehousing (whwmd4500m000) or Item - Warehousing (whwmd4600m000) session.

For more information, refer to High volume lot-control.

With both types of lot control, you can record information about each lot, which you can use for quality assurance.