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Procedure documentation Packing in the Shipment Document Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

The packing hierarchy, which is set up in the delivery, is continued in the shipment document. Delivery items that were packed into crates and loaded on pallets can be packed into containers and loaded on trucks in the shipment document.

  1. To pack items in the shipment document, choose Goto ® Shipment and Packaging Matls on the initial screen or any of the shipment document overview screens. You see the screen for Editing Handling Units. All the delivery items not packed are displayed in the screen section Items to be packed.

    2. If goods have already been packed into the deliveries, the system displays the individual handling units and you can, if necessary, pack these further.

  2. To pack a delivery item that has not yet been packed, mark the item and choose Extras ® Allowed pack.matl to find the appropriate packaging materials.
  3. Select a packaging material from the Allowed packaging materials dialog box.
  4. In the quantity overview of the delivery, choose Edit ® Pack ® Pack.
  5. In the screen section All existing HUs (into which you can pack materials), create the required handling units. You cannot access Structure linkhandling units without an object reference . For further information on creating handling units, refer to the section Working with Handling Units.
  6. In the screen section Material to be packed or material packed, select the items that you wish to pack. Then in the section All existing HUs, select the handling units into which you wish to pack the goods and choose Pack material. See also: Pack if full, New HU per Number of HUs, and Packing per Partial Quantity).
  7. To pack an existing HU into a larger HU, for example into a truck, select the HU and choose Extras ® Allowed pack.matl to select the appropriate packaging material for the HUs concerned.
  8. Select a packaging material from the Allowed packaging materials dialog box.
  9. The system marks both the handling unit to be packed and the packaging material. Then choose Edit ® Pack ® Pack item.

You either receive a message from the system that the handling units are packed or you are notified that not all the items could be packed because the system reached the weight or volume limits.

Note

If you have marked several handling units for packing, the handling units at the top of the list are packed fully first. If not all the items to be packed fit onto this handling unit, the packing process is automatically continued with the next selected handling unit.

If only a partial quantity of a delivery item is to be packed, you must enter this in the section Material to be packed or packed material for the respective item in the field Partial quantity.

The total weight of the delivery is not increased by the packing weights.

Note

For handling units that represent means of transport, you may want to maintain the additional data such as the truck driver’s name or nationality..

  1. Select the respective HU and choose Edit ® Detailed data HU.
  2. Maintain the necessary data and return to the Pack Items screen.
  3. Save your data.

Note

Handling units that were created in the delivery cannot be unpacked in the shipment document.

 

 

 

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