Understanding Faulty Lot Tracing

You can trace a component or ingredient lot back to the immediate supplier in those cases in which faults are found with the lot. You also must identify active orders that are associated with lots containing faulty or recalled components, assess the impact, and process product recalls effectively. This procedure lets you reduce unnecessary scrap or recalls on orders that were already shipped to customers.

The Lot Management Workbench form in the Track/Trace Inquiry program (P41203) enables you to search from an internal lot, supplier lot (recall situation), or memo lot. After you locate active orders that are associated with the faulty lot, you can assess the impact of the product recall. You can also access respective order management programs from the order tabs on this form and make necessary changes to the order.

The system stores the supplier and supplier lot number along with other purchase order receipt information to the F4111 table and displays this information on these forms:

• Work with Item Ledger

• Lot Supplier Inquiry

• Transaction Information

The system also uses the F4108 table for processing information.