Pick and Pack - Nested Handling Units

Use

The nested handling unit transaction (LM47) enables you to execute the regular picking transactions (including pick and pack), for nested handling units (HUs), from bulk or non-bulk storage.

Currently, this transaction is supported for two-levels of HUs – a highest-level HU and one level of lower-level HUs.

Prerequisites

The transaction is accessed by choosing Start of the navigation path Outbound Process Next navigation step Picking End of the navigation path / Start of the navigation path Replenishment Next navigation step Pick and Pack End of the navigation path – Nested HUs from the RF menu.

Features

The transaction is similar to the other pick and pack transactions, with the following differences:

  1. On the initial screen, you must enter the TO number, delivery number, or both.

    You also have the option of entering the pick HU (for pick and pack) and a packaging material.

  2. On the source screen, you have the option of entering/scanning the number of the highest-level HU (in the SrcHU field) , or of any of the lower-level HUs (in the LwrHU field).

  3. The Nested Handling Units - Lower-Level HUs screen appears in the following ways:

    • If you enter or scan the number of the highest-level HU, or any of the lower-level HUs, and then choose F9 Nest .

    • Automatically, after you scan the HU number and choose Enter , if the quantity of material in the HU is higher than the TO item material quantity

    • Automatically if you enter or scan the number of the highest-level HU and choose F6 Diff

  4. Once you are in the Nested Handling Units - Lower-Level HUs screen, you can do the following:

    • View previously scanned lower-level HUs

    • Enter or scan the number of another lower-level HU that you want to add to the list of selected HUs

    • Select a specific lower-level HU from the list by scanning it again

    • Select the next HU from the list, by choosing Enter . Each time you choose Enter , the next line in the list is selected.

    • Delete an HU, by selecting it and choosing DelHU

    • Pick an entire HU (take-over), by selecting it and choosing F7 AllHU. If an HU is already marked for take-over, choosing F7 AllHU enables you to pick a specified quantity of material from the HU, and to enter differences.

  5. After selecting HUs or material quantities to be picked, the open quantity is updated in the Op field.