S/4HANA 2023: Physical Inventory: Batch Verification using Radio Frequency

S/4HANA 2023: Physical Inventory: Batch Verification using Radio Frequency.

Synopsis: Prior to S/4HANA 2023 (FPS02), It was not possible to verify the batch in the RF-framework during the inventory counting process (Location specific or Product specific), although the verification profile has been customized to forcibly scan the Batch Id.

It was a business need for many customers to have a flexible switch either to scan the batch during Physical inventory for Batch managed product. The issue was raised in SAP customer influence ID.

Request ID: 282406: RF: No batch verification during inventory counting possible

Improvement Request Details - Customer Influence

Solution:  With this feature, customers can now configure whether warehouse worker needs to verify batches when performing physical inventory counting using a radio frequency (RF) device. SAP has released a note 3294052 - Physical Inventory: Batch Verification using Radio Frequency which can be implemented from S/4HANA 1809 to S/4HANA 2023. From S/4HANA 2023 (FPS02), this note is already implemented and by default, the system requires the warehouse worker to verify batches during using the counting RF transactions.

Effects on Customizing: Customer already on S/4HANA 2023(FPS02) can easily control whether to scan the ‘Batch field’ or ignore using ‘Verification Control Profile’ in RFUI.

For customers below S/4HANA, to use the ‘batch Verification Profile, they have to implement SAP note 3294052 and manually add the key RF customizing steps.

The below RF manual configuration has been performed in S/4HANA 2022 as part of Note manual step process.

Customer have to perform RFUI addition of new logical transaction Extended Warehouse Management -> Mobile Data Entry -> Radio Frequency (RF) Framework -> Define Steps in Logical Transactions

Step 1: Select  logical transaction "IVMCOU" and click "Define Validation Profile" on the left side. Add 3 entries as part of manual steps mentioned in SAP note

Step 2: In below RF logical transaction, ‘’ IVMCOU’’ add below entries in validation profile.

Step 3: In below RF logical transaction, ‘’ IVCOUN add below entries in validation profile.

Step 4: In below RF logical transaction, ‘’ IVCOUN add below entries in validation profile( For presentation profile **** & personalization profile **)

Step 5: In below RF logical transaction, ‘’ IVAHPR add below entries in validation profile(For presentation profile **** & personalization profile **)

Step 6: In below RF logical transaction, ‘’ IVAHPR add below entries in validation profile(For presentation profile **** & personalization profile **)

After completing all the logical transaction assignment in validation profile, generate the HTML template for ITS mobile( in SE80) with the steps .

Once note is implemented the RF physical inventory counting screen is by default enabled to scan the ‘Batch Field’. Lets perform the test in the system.

In RF 04, Adhoc Invventory Counting, perform Bin specific counting(HL) as in the below example, a Handling unit is counted. Upon HU scan, the Batch field is enabled for scan which was by default missing before the Note implementation. Using this new change, some industry like Pharma, Food, Life Sciences etc can leverage this new functionality where there is obligatory to scan the batch. Earlier this was possible only with enhancement.

Perform the counting process, the flow of scan moves product to batch & then Quantity.

Batch Verification was not provided/supported in the standard system for RF mobile device functionality (in EWM). However, with the note 3294052 - Physical Inventory: Batch Verification using Radio Frequency, it is now very much possible to include in standard RF Counting transaction.

However, if some customer feels, the above functionality of batch verification is too stringent and customer wants to bypass the extra batch verification scan, they can suppress the scan using standard configuration in RF Physical Inventory counting process. 

Customization Path:

SPRO: SCM Extended Warehouse Management -> Extended Warehouse Management -> Mobile Data Entry -> Verification Control: -> Define Warehouse Specific Verification -> Define Warehouse-Specific Verification Determination.

With these IMG activities, deactivate the newly introduced batch verification field by defining a new verification profile and using it in the verification determination.

After the above set up, the default SAP note behaviour of batch verification would be suppressed and during RF Physical inventory batch field would be grey out as below. Its required just to count the quantity.

Please implement one more note if the above verification control is not working.

3507497 - RF PI process might ignore the verification control.

All tests have been performed on S/4HANA 2022 Sandbox system.