Packing for Inbound and Outbound Deliveries
Use
Packing delivery items is carried out right in the delivery itself. From the overview screen, choose Edit
® Pack in order to access the packing screen.Features
The following functions are available during packing:
In addition to the standard packing of delivery items in handling units, you have the option of automatically packing a specific quantity into several different handling units.
You can pack handling units in one another. In this case, packing is multi-level. The number of possible packing levels is 999999.
Items that have already been packed can be unpacked again. This is also the case for multi-level-packed handling units.
If the weight or volume limit is reached when packing items in handling units, then only the maximum packable
Handling units can be deleted in the delivery. First, the handling unit that is to be deleted is unpacked and then it is removed from any higher-level handling units (if applicable) before it is actually deleted.
Handling units can be emptied out. Unlike unpacking, where only selected items from the HU are removed, here the handling unit in question is completely emptied.
You can enter HUs and HU contents manually by using the single entry function.
Changing the packing quantities is possible in various overviews. However, the packing quantities can no longer be changed after goods issue has been posted. In Customizing for packing, you can specify further conditions under which packing is not to be possible.
Delivery items can be created from handling units. In this way, it is possible to manage inventories and also to invoice them. To accomplish this, generation of delivery items for packaging materials must be set for the delivery type in Customizing and the packaging material type must suggest a delivery item generation as a default.
You can display a list of all allowed packaging materials for an item to be packed, as long as the material group Packaging material is maintained in the packaging data in the material master for the material concerned.
A check is carried out to make sure that the packaging material is meant for packing a certain material. Customizing for packing is used to control which packaging materials are allowed for packing.
Packing proposals in sales orders and scheduling agreements It is possible to enter packing proposals in sales orders and scheduling agreements. These specifications automatically lead to a packing proposal in the delivery if a special data transfer routine is maintained in Customizing for copying control between the sales documents and the delivery. The packing proposal can be changed in the delivery. It is also possible to pack the delivery according to the packing proposal in the preceding document by using the Use proposal function in delivery processing.
Packing and decentralized warehouse management
If you are working with decentralized Warehouse Management, packing takes place in several steps.
If the storage location in the decentralized system is HU-managed, then for outbound deliveries, no packing data for delivery items must be reported by the central system.
Automatic packing and batch split
For a batch split in the delivery, you can set the item category in Customizing to indicate whether the entire batch quantity or only an individual batch item is to be packed.
If you enter " " in the Pack batch main item field and no split items are available, then no items are proposed for packing. If the delivery item contains an HU-managed storage location, this delivery item must be packed at the split level. In this case, the indicator (pack batch main item) is overridden.
If a packing proposal has been defined in the order for a material to be handled in batches, and if automatic batch determination is not carried out when a delivery is created, then this delivery is not automatically packed.
You must select automatic packing by order proposal from the menu (see: Automatic Packing Through Order Proposal).
Example for packing with batch split, taking the Batch main item indicator into consideration:
|
Item |
Material |
Delivery qty. |
Accum.batch qty |
Batch main item |
Result |
|
10 |
Mat1 |
10 pcs |
Nothing packed |
||
|
10 |
Mat1 |
10 pcs |
X |
10 pcs |
|
|
10 |
Mat1 |
0 pcs |
10 |
X |
10 pcs |
|
900001 |
Mat1 |
4 pcs |
X |
Batch 1 not packed |
|
|
900002 |
Mat1 |
6 pcs |
X |
Batch 2 not packed |
|
|
10 |
Mat1 |
0 pcs |
10 |
Not packed |
|
|
900001 |
Mat1 |
4 pcs |
Batch 1 = 4 pcs |
||
|
900002 |
Mat1 |
6 pcs |
Batch 2 = 6 pcs |
It is possible to copy packaging data from subsystems to the delivery.
In shipment processing you can pack in the following ways:
Since the packing depends on the shipment, different packing methods can be used in a follow-up shipment with the same deliveries. If a delivery HU is packed in a shipment HU, the entire contents of the handling unit in the delivery can no longer be changed. No storage units are created for shipment HUs.
The following diagram shows how handling units are packed in the delivery.
