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SAP Serial Number: OIS2 setup and material vs equipment

A SAP serial number is the unique identifier attached to one specific physical unit of a given material. It is the tool for unit-level traceability, the foundation for individualized after-sales...

Pierre Balbinot Pierre B. 15 min read
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SAP Classification System: characteristics and classes

You are looking for every high-criticality 24V piece of equipment in SAP. Every batch with a viscosity between 200 and 250. Every premium customer in a specific geographic area. If...

Pierre Balbinot Pierre B. 10 min read
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Beginner's guide to batch management in SAP MM

I have seen consultants tick the "Batch management" box on thousands of materials in a MASS run, without realizing the batch level was still set at client level. A few...

Pierre Balbinot Pierre B. 12 min read
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SAP batch determination and management

You are configuring SAP batch determination and the engine does not kick in. You are picking batches in the wrong order even though the sort rule is correctly set up....

Pierre Balbinot Pierre B. 12 min read
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SAP Business Partner in S/4HANA: BP Transaction, Roles and CVI Explained

The same company buys from you and sells to you. In SAP ECC, that meant two master records, created in two transactions, with two different numbers: a customer record and...

Michael Antoine Michael A. 10 min read
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SAP LTMOM migration object modeler

LTMOM is still the reference transaction for modeling migration objects on S/4HANA on-premise, but ever since the shift from LTMC to the Fiori app "Migrate Your Data" starting with S/4HANA...

Pierre Balbinot Pierre B. 12 min read
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SAP MRP Area: OM01 config, Plant vs Storage Location

Many PP teams activate an MRP area as soon as they see a need for fine-grained planning, when what they usually lack is a good strategy setup at plant level....

Michael Antoine Michael A. 9 min read
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SAP Batch Input: SM35 guide and 7 production pitfalls

On recent S/4HANA projects, you still regularly hear that batch input "is a thing of the past, we only use LTMC now". The claim is convenient, it makes life easier...

Michael Antoine Michael A. 11 min read
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SAP SHDB Transaction Recorder: Session vs Call Transaction

You hear it everywhere: SHDB belongs to the past, replaced by BAPIs, the Migration Cockpit and OData services. That is a convenient simplification for project managers who want to lock...

Pierre Balbinot Pierre B. 10 min read