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created by Rupesh Brahmankar on Jul 5, 2013 7:37 AM, last modified by Rupesh Brahmankar on Jul 29, 2013 4:58 PM
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In some industry sectors (for example, diary/meat, pharmaceutical, chemical, steel, or paper industry sectors), the
composition or attributes of products vary to some degree. Therefore, you cannot use a fixed conversion factor to
convert quantities of these products into various units of measure. Instead, each batch has to be given an individual
conversion factor.
The weights can vary from piece to piece, either due to biological variations or because of weight loss during storage.
This variability should not be lost by using fixed conversion factors, because this would mean that many business
processes would be based on incorrect values.
In SAP such process can be mapped by two ways

Batch-Specific Units of Measure

Catch Weight Management - IS-CWM Functionality
This document will give you some light on these SAP functionalities.

1. Catch Weight with Batch-Specific Units of Measure

Customization Requirement
Create No Dimensions Unit of Measurement

Create two no dimensions units LBI and CS/LB. LBI will represent as Batch Specific Unit of measurement which will
assigned to its original unit of measurement i.e. LB (Pounds). CS/LB is a no dimension unit which will be used to
define fraction between cases (CS) and Pounds (LB).
Click on Unit of measurement to create units LBI and CS/LB. Please refer the screen below.

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Maintain the details of LBI and CS/LB as per the above screen.

Activate Batch Specific Unit of Measurement

The batch-specific material unit of measure is an alternative unit of measure of a material, for which base unit of
measure can be defined on a batch-specific basis.
While the conversion ratio for other alternative units is predefined in the material, for batch-specific material units of
measure, we define:
The planned conversion in the material
The actual conversion ratio to the base unit of measure for the batch.

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Batch-specific material units of measure are used when the conversion ratio for the unit of measure to the base unit
may vary for different batches of a material.
In this case, Base unit of measure is CS (Case) and valuation unit is LBI (Pounds). Planned conversion ratio between
these units is defined in the material master, but actual conversion ratio varies batch to batch which may depend on
the environmental factors.
To control these situations in SAP, we need to activate Batch-Specific material units of measure.

We need to activate batch specific UOM as per the above screen.

Define Batch Specific Unit of measurement

Create a Batch specific UOM.

We need to execute process step as mentioned above.

Click on New Entries in the screen above to define batch specific UOM.

Define the Batch Specific UOM and linked it with actual UOM. Here LBI is batch specific UOM which is linked to actual
weight unit (dimension Mass) LB.

Define Calculation of Proportion quantity from Base Quantity

Define the ratio of the proportion unit to the base unit. This ratio is needed to convert base units to
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proportion units of measure.

Click on New Entries in the screen above to define calculation of proportion/product quantity from base quantity.

As per screen above, we have linked batch specific UOM with base unit of measurement.

Define Calculation of Base Quantity from Proportion quantity

Define the quantity calculation with reference to base unit of measurement.

Here we have defined CS and LBI calculation for no dimension unit CS/LB.

Define attributes of system messages

We need to maintain message XU-033 as information message. In standard SAP, this message would set to error
message. Please remove message category E and set as blank.
In standard SAP, fraction between two units of measurement is set till two decimal points. If fraction value is defined
for three or more decimal value, then system will issue this as error message XU-033.
In our case, we need are considering fraction value till five decimal points, so that we can get more accurate values
after conversion. Take the following case:Number of Cases

10

Catch Weight

39

(LB)
Ration (CS/LB) = 0.26 when only two decimal allowed
Ration (CS/LB) = 0.25641 when five decimal allowed
From the calculation above, its clear that we would get more accurate result when we go for higher decimal points.

So as per the screen below, we have changed error message category to blank.

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Master Data Requirement:

Create following master data for catch weight management,

Create Characteristics CT04

Create three characteristics. One characteristic will store the actual fraction between number of cases and actual
catch weight. So we have characteristics CATCHFRACTION, CATCHWEIGHT and NUMCASES to create. We need
to call CT04 transaction code to create these characteristics in SAP.
Below mentioned screen shots will tell about the properties of these characteristics.

Above screen tells about CATCHFRACTION property.

Above screen tells about CATCHWEIGHT property.

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Above screen tells about NUMCASES property.

Maintain Dependency
Dependency will be used to calculate the fraction between number of cases and actual catch weight. Call SAP
transaction CU01 to create dependency.

Create Class CL01

Create class for catch weight material. We need to assign all characteristics as mentioned above Important thing to
note is that organization area in the class must be equal to S. Call CL01 to create class and assign the
characteristics.

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Assign Characteristics to Batch Class

Assign characteristics to class CL01

See the screen above for characteristics assignments. We must put Organizational Area equal to S against the
characteristics which will be used for CS/LB conversion.

Maintain Material Master MM02

Assign the catch weight class to material master classification view and update other parameters in the material
master. please see the screen below to know about various important data in material master.

Select the additional data information in the material master and click on the proportion/prod unit tab to maintain
planned conversion factor.

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Maintain the planned conversion value into plan value as per the screen below.

Valuation category of material must be equal to X.

Create vendor Info record

Maintain the vendor info record for batch specific UOM.

Price are maintained at batch specific UOM.

Transaction Data:Receiving actual CW at the time of MIGO

Create Purchase Order
Use ME21N transaction to create Purchase Order. Here we are using material 69 for which Batch specific UOM is
active.

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Perform goods receipt (MIGO)

We need to enter actual CW and GR quantity in the classification view as,

Display Stock (MMBE)

Here we can see that, inventory is as per actual CW. System is showing actual CW for the batch GR.

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2. Catch Weight Management IS-CWM Functionality

IS-CWM is the industrial solution developed by SAP AG The term Catch Weight materials or CW materials for short,
is used for materials with variable weight.
Catch weight management business scenario has variants across process such as
(a) Procure to Pay
(b) Order to Cash
(c) Manufacturing
(d) Inbound and Outbound Logistic
(e) Inventory Controlling & Accounting
1. IS-CWM enables use of one UOM in Logistics and another UOM suitable for Financials and Controlling for the
same material.
2. Relationships between the two UOMs can be variable and defined in the material master.
3. Goods movement can be recorded in both UOMs base unit of measurement as well as parallel unit of
measure.
4. The valuation UOM can be either the Base UOM or the parallel UOM this can be specified in the material
master.
5. CWM is based on a new Architecture comprising of
a) LIME Lean Inventory Management Engine Enables recording and reporting of Inventory in different
UOM.
b) Inventory Accounting Enables postings with new valuation UOM in FI and CO.
The fullfilment of purchase orders can be recorded and controlled more accurate for catch-weight materials. While
posting goods receipt it is possible to post quantity in two different unit of measure.
For inventory, the logistics unit of measure (UOM e.g. EA ) and parallel unit of measure (e.g. KG)
Good Receipt MIGO

Same way it can be used for production/process order good receipts, posting of goods receipt is possible to post
quantity in two different unit of measure EA and KG.

Stock Overview
You can view the stock in both the unit of measurement i.e; in Base unit of measure and Parallel unit of measure.

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Material consumption in PI Sheet with CWM

The goods issues and goods receipts related to process or production orders can be recorded and controlled more
accurate for catch-weight materials. All movements are posted in two units of measure (UOM) & parallel unit of
measure

Delivery
In the sales order the price is calculated based on sold number of Kilo, number of Each is charged. The actual weight
is assumed to be entered into the Net weight field in the delivery document.

Reference:
Batch-Specific Units of Measure in Logistics - Batch Management (LO-BM) - SAP Library
Note 863498 - functional restricions in SAP Catch Weight Management

Note 956923 - IDES ECC 6.0 Catch Weight Management Version 2

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Products: sap_erp_manufacturing_production_planning Topics: enterprise_resource_planning Tags: management, batch, uom,
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Mangalraj Senthamaraikannan Jul 5, 2013 12:44 PM

Hello Rupesh,
Much Informative document. Thanks for sharing.
Regards
Mangalraj.S
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Rupesh Brahmankar Jul 5, 2013 12:51 PM (in response to Mangalraj Senthamaraikannan)

Thanks a Mangalraj.
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Anupam Sharma Jul 5, 2013 12:45 PM

Hi Rupesh,
Nice document, Keep posting.
Regards,
Anupam Sharma
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Rupesh Brahmankar Jul 5, 2013 12:51 PM (in response to Anupam Sharma)

Thanks a lot Anupam.

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dee joy Jul 5, 2013 2:08 PM

Hello Rupesh,
Really nice and thoughtfull document.thanks a lot for sharing.
Best Regards,
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Ajit Kumar Jul 6, 2013 9:20 AM

Quite elaborate and informative!

May I point out cpl of oversights
I think you have used the same screenshot for Char catchweight as catchfraction.
Also i couldn't find the assignment of dependency to characteristic.
Ajit
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Rupesh Brahmankar Jul 6, 2013 6:29 PM (in response to Ajit Kumar)

Hi Ajit,
Thanks for the pointing, I have correct the same. Yes we need to assign dependency to
characteristic.
Regards,
R.Brahmankar
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madhu guntuboina Jul 30, 2013 4:02 AM (in response to Rupesh Brahmankar)

Hi Rupesh,
Its a good document mate...and thanks for sharing....
Thanks & Regards,
Madhu.G
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Rupesh Brahmankar Aug 2, 2013 9:06 AM (in response to madhu guntuboina)

Thanks a lot Madhu.

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SANDEEP KUMAR SIDDAMSHETTY Jul 29, 2013 5:29 PM

Hi Rupesh,
Thanks for sharing....documented is detailed and clearly describes the process......
Regards,.
Sandeep
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Rupesh Brahmankar Aug 2, 2013 9:05 AM (in response to SANDEEP KUMAR SIDDAMSHETTY)

Thanks for the feedback.

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Vibin. V.Joseph Aug 2, 2013 8:26 AM

Very clear and Helpful.Thanks for sharing.

Regards,
Vibin.V.Joseph
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Rupesh Brahmankar Aug 2, 2013 9:05 AM (in response to Vibin. V.Joseph)

Thanks for the compliment.

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Sharat Sugur Aug 4, 2013 7:00 PM

Dear Rupesh,
Very much clear & understandably explained concept. Thank you for sharing and keep educating us
on more concepts like this. You have really good amount of knowledge & experience in SAP
production modules.
Thank you,
Sharat
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Rupesh Brahmankar Aug 5, 2013 6:00 AM (in response to Sharat Sugur)

Thanks a lot of compliment Sharat.

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Jrgen L Aug 4, 2013 9:13 PM

Thanks for putting this together. I had almost missed it because it was posted when I started with
my vacation.
I am already certain that I often share this document as it is frequently discussed in MM
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Rupesh Brahmankar Aug 5, 2013 5:59 AM (in response to Jrgen L)

Thanks a lot Jurgen.

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arturo senosain Aug 5, 2013 12:34 AM

Hi Rupesh.
Nice you spent your time sharing knowledge.
Just for more info, IS-CWM is quite common in Poultry Farming & meat production, some years ago I
participate in a proyect and discover the complex requirements of this industry and the way this IS
help to face their requirements.
Arturo.
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Rupesh Brahmankar Aug 5, 2013 5:58 AM (in response to arturo senosain)

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Hi Arturo,
Thanks a lot yes, IS-CWM is very useful in Poultry Farming & meat production.
Regards,
R.Brahmankar
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Monst Yang Aug 5, 2013 7:43 AM

Rupesh:
Thanks for sharing with us...btw,Where do u assign the dependency?
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Rupesh Brahmankar Aug 5, 2013 8:12 AM (in response to Monst Yang)

Hi Monst Yang,
You can assign dependency to characteristic. In CT04 (Characteristic) there is an object
dependency Assignment.-- Extras > Object Dependencies > Assignment and Editor.
Regards,
R.Brahmankar
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Mihir Shah Aug 5, 2013 8:32 AM (in response to Rupesh Brahmankar)

Dear Rupesh,
Nice document.Thanks for sharing it.............................
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Monst Yang Aug 6, 2013 5:04 AM (in response to Rupesh Brahmankar)

Thanks for your feedback..Why not assign the dependency to class? Does it take
effect the same in your example?
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Rupesh Brahmankar Aug 6, 2013 5:18 AM (in response to Monst Yang)

Hi Monst Yang,
Thanks for the update yes you can assign dependency to class too.
Regards,
R.Brahamnakar
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Krish Sri Aug 6, 2013 10:12 PM

Hi Rupesh,
Very good document. Thanks for sharing.
Regards,
Krish
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Rupesh Brahmankar Aug 8, 2013 1:32 PM (in response to Krish Sri)

Thanks Krish. Much appreciated your comments.

Regards,
R.Brahmankar
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SUNIL PILLAI Aug 7, 2013 4:00 AM

Hello

Rupesh Brahmankar

Comprehensive and Infromative Document.

Thanks for sharing.
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Rupesh Brahmankar Aug 8, 2013 1:31 PM (in response to SUNIL PILLAI)

ThanksSunil, much appreciated.

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Pillamgolla Amala Srinivasa Rao Aug 29, 2013 8:00 PM

Appreciable effort dear

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Rupesh Brahmankar Aug 30, 2013 5:47 AM (in response to Pillamgolla Amala Srinivasa Rao)

Thanks Amala..!!
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Ritesh Dube Sep 3, 2013 9:28 AM

Very Informative Rupesh,

Thanks for sharing it.
Ritesh
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Subrahmanyam B Sep 3, 2013 2:39 PM

Hi Brahmankar,
Thanks a lot for sharing the knowledge with us. There are not more than 5 stars !!
Regards,
Subbu
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Rupesh Brahmankar Sep 4, 2013 7:01 AM (in response to Subrahmanyam B)

Ritesh Dube and

Subrahmanyam B

Thanks for your message.

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Senthil Kumar Akash Sampath Sep 5, 2013 6:24 PM

Hi Rupesh,
Very useful document. Thanks for sharing.
Truly appreciated.
Regards,
Senthil
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Hema Hobenahally Sep 6, 2013 7:54 AM

Hi rupesh..
Really gud one...
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Subhojit Banerjee Sep 9, 2013 9:08 AM

Simply Brilliant document .

well done Rupesh.
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Ashok Kumar Telugu Sep 9, 2013 9:38 AM

Hi Rupesh,
Excellent document. Thanks for Sharing.
Regards,
Ashok Kumar Telugu
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SUJEET GARUD Sep 20, 2013 8:02 AM

Hello Rupesh,
Thanks a lot for such wonderful doc for our reference.
As well can you please elaborate Doc for PI Sheets more precisely as PI Sheet and XSteps concept
are not that much using / awareness in region Asia.
Best regards,

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Sujeet
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Dhaval Choksi Sep 23, 2013 8:10 AM

Hi Rupesh,
Very informative document. Thanks for sharing such document.
Regards,
Dhaval
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sw apnil rajane Sep 25, 2013 2:17 PM

Hi Rupesh,
Its really very tough for me to understand the batch specific UoM and its functionality.But this
documents is really very so much user friendly for fresher as well as for experienced one to
understand the concept in a very well behave manner.
Thanks a lot for sharing it.Hats Off to you.
Regards.
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Kartik Rohilla Oct 1, 2013 12:27 PM (in response to sw apnil rajane)

Hi Rupesh,
Thanks for sharing this wonderful document.
Regards,
Kartik Rohilla
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RAHUL SHROTRIYA Oct 11, 2013 2:36 PM

Thanks for sharing this document.

Regards,
Rahul
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minish gurukul Nov 20, 2013 7:35 AM

nice doc with detail explanation thnx Rupesh

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Amol Palsodkar Nov 23, 2013 8:06 PM

Hi Rupesh,
informative document. CWM will help to manage variable conversion factor between base & parallel
UoM for a batch / HU, how will it be able to address weight loss process ?e.g. if I have CWM material
for which I have posted GR (1 PAL = 350 kg = EUR 500). Over the period, the weight of this pallet is
reduced to 325 Kg due to evaporation losses. So from quantitative perspective I have to reduce qty of
this pallet but valuation should not change i.e. I now need 1 PAL = 325 KG = EUR 500). How will I
manage this qty variation ? Of course material is Valuated, so physical Inv will result in accounting
entry as well
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veeraprathap kankanala Jan 30, 2014 3:08 PM

Hi,
Good Document
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