Partial Picking 

Partial picking can occur in the following situation. When you create the sales order or delivery, the system determines that the goods are available in the warehouse to fill the delivery. However, when you try to create transfer order based on the delivery, the system determines that the quantity in the warehouse is not sufficient to meet the quantity for the delivery. Normally, in this situation, the system would not continue with the transfer order creation. You can create a transfer order only if the items can be fully satisfied. However, there is a way to allow partial picking so that a transfer order can be created in spite of reduced stock.

A delivery with two items of 50 pieces each was created. After the delivery document was created, 10 pieces of the material in the second item were issued from the warehouse so that only 40 pieces remain. When you create the transfer order for the delivery, the system issues a message that the picking quantity could not be completely filled.

To allow partial picking for goods issue for deliveries, you must change one of the default values for the warehouse. To change the warehouse data, see Interfaces ® Shipping ® Define shipping control in the Warehouse Management IMG documentation.

Procedure

Sometimes, it is not possible to pick goods at a later date due to organizational or technical reasons. In this case, the customer can make a partial delivery. If the customer is to receive a partial delivery, you need to change the quantity in the delivery.

  1. Choose Delivery ® Change from the SD Shipping menu bar.
  2. On the initial screen enter the required information and choose Overview ® Picking.
  3. On the overview screen for picking, change the value in the Delivery quantity field to match the value in the Pick quantity field manually or choose Edit ® Copy the picked qty from the menu bar.
  4. To post the change choose Delivery ® Save.

The system sets the SD picking status in the delivery document to C. Once the SD picking status and the WM activity status are set to C, you can post the goods issue to IM using the task in SD, as described above in "Posting a Goods Issue."

Picking Batches

If more than one batch is to be picked for a delivery item, this must also be confirmed in the delivery. In this case, it is considered to be a batch split. This means that for each batch, the system creates a new item in the delivery.