Enter a code and a description for a grouping of similar shipping materials (for example, crates, trucks, pallets).
The packaging material type that you enter here is linked in Customizing to a material group for packaging materials, which you assign to a material in the material master. During packing in the delivery or shipment document, you call up a list of allowed packaging materials for an item to be packed. This system puts together this list by matching the material group for packaging materials for the item to be packed with the appropriate packaging material types.
| Material group for packaging materials Packaging material types |
|---|
| 0001 Liquids 0010 Barrels |
| 0001 Liquids 0020 Bottles |
| 0002 Small parts 0030 Crates |
| 0002 Small parts 0040 Plastic bags |
| 0003 Pallets 0050 Containers |
| 0003 Pallets 0060 Trucks |
During packing, when you call up the list of allowed packaging materials for a material to be packed for which the material group 0001 (liquids) is defined in the material master, the system lists all packaging materials of the types 0010 (barrels) and 0020 (bottles). For group 0002 (small parts), packaging materials assigned to the types 0030 (crates) and 0040 (plastic bags) would be proposed and for group 0003, packaging materials of the types 0050 (containers) and 0060 (trucks) would be proposed.
The groups and packaging material types are freely definable.